Meet the PI

Halil Aydin, DVM, PhD

Assitant Professor

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Pathobiology at New York University. I received my PhD with Jeffrey Lee in Biochemistry at the University of Toronto in Canada. My graduate work defined the molecular basis of sperm and egg recognition during mammalian fertilization. As a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Adam Frost at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), my research focused on organelle dynamics and function. Before joining NYU in 2025, I was an Assistant Professor and Boettcher Investigator at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Barth Syndrome Foundation Idea Award

  • Boettcher Foundation Biomedical Research Award

  • Human Frontiers Science Program Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • Stuart Alan Hoffman Prize, University of Toronto

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship International

  • University of Toronto Fellowship

Meet Our Lab

  • Akhil Iragavarapu

    POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR

    EDUCATION

    PhD Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2021

    BS Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology at Rourkela, India, 2016

  • Anton Avramov

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

    EDUCATION

    PhD Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, 2021

    MSc Microbiology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University, Russia, 2011

    BS Biology-Plant Biology, Siberian Federal University, Russia, 2009

  • Siri Thatavarthy

    PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    EDUCATION

    MS Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington 2021

    BE Biotechnology, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India, 2018

ALUMNI

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Dr. Kelly Zuccaro (2021 – 2024)
    American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow

Staff

  • Jeremy Bennett (2021 – 2023)
    Professional Research Assistant

  • Gracie Sapp (2021 – 2023)
    Professional Research Assistant

  • Adam Voss (2021 – 2023)
    Professional Research Assistant

  • Lucero Castorena Casillas (2023 – 2025)
    Professional Research Assistant

  • Gabriela Sullivan (2023 – 2025)
    Professional Research Assistant

  • Ashley Croteau (2024 – 2025)
    Professional Research Assistant

Graduate Students

  • Hannah Arthur (2023-2024)

Undergraduate Students

  • Rebecca Cone (2021-2022)

  • Mia Kantorovich (2023)

  • Victoria Kiss (2023-2024)

  • Carla Eyre (2023-2025)

  • Paul Meaney (2024-2025)

  • Maxwell Morris (2024-2025)

Join Our Team

 

  • Highly qualified and motivated postdoctoral scholars are encouraged to apply. Please send a cover letter describing your interest in the lab and your qualifications, CV, and contacts for three references to Halil Aydin.

  • We welcome students interested in rotating and/or performing their graduate work in our lab. Our lab is a part of the Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. To inquire about a potential rotation, please email Halil Aydin.

  • Highly motivated undergraduate students seeking laboratory experience are encouraged to apply. We look for students with a strong sense of curiosity and a drive to excel. Prospective students should email Halil Aydin.