Christina Caragine

Experience

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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Aug 2010 - May 2014

  Worked under the supervision of Professor Gyorgy Korniss to find the minimum size of a population needed for successful growth in a two sex diffusive population model. This work led to the following publication:Molnár Jr, F., Caragine, C., Caraco, T., & Korniss, G. (2013). Restoration Ecology: Two-Sex Dynamics and Cost Minimization. PloS one, 8(10), e77332. Graded exams and laboratory reports, assisted in laboratory sessions, held office hours Took classes, held several leadership positions including President of the Society of Physics Students and the Alpha Omega Epsilon Sorority (A.O.E.), the Social Chair and Scholastic Chair/Greek Academic Peer Counselor in A.O.E., and the Vice President of Finance on the Panhellenic Council.

  • Undergraduate Research Program

    Jan 2012 - May 2014

  • Classroom Facilitator

    Aug 2011 - May 2014

  • Student

    Aug 2010 - May 2014
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  University of Chicago

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Worked under the supervision of Professor Wendy Zhang studying the pressure distributions under viscous drops prior to splashing.

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  New York University

  Jan 2016 - Sept 2020

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Working under the supervision of Professor Alexandra Zidovska on the dynamics of nucleoli in live human cell. This has led to the following first author publication:Caragine, Christina M., Shannon C. Haley, and Alexandra Zidovska. "Surface Fluctuations and Coalescence of Nucleolar Droplets in the Human Cell Nucleus." Physical Review Letters 121.14 (2018): 148101.

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  New York Genome Center

  Sept 2020 - now

  Staff scientist and lab manager in the Sanjana Lab at the New York Genome Center and New York University

  • Staff Scientist & Lab Manager

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

    Sept 2020 - Mar 2022