Team

Leonard Cheung PhD

Assistant Professor
Leonard trained in England and Michigan, and has pursued pituitary gland research since graduate school. He continues to maintain close connections with endocrine collaborators around the world.
He is an active member of the Endocrine Society, and has served on the Scientific Statements Subcommittee and Advocacy and Public Outreach Core Committee.

 

Yuxuan Lin BS

Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology PhD program
Graduating from Stony Brook summa cum laude, Yuxuan joined the MCP in 2025 after performing undergraduate research with the Cheung lab. She uses mouse and human model systems to investigate how pituitary stem cells respond to thyroid hormones.

 

Kevin Byun

BS class of ’27
URECA Summer Research Award 2025

 

 

Patrick Reynolds BS

MS Physiology & Biophysics, class of ’26

 

 

 

Jannatun Nayeem

BS Biology, class of ’26
(Explorations in STEM summer award 2024)

 

 

 

Alumni

Emily Sarli MS (currently MD student, Stony Brook University)
Gabrielle Domanas, Undergraduate Researcher
Riya Mann BS (currently MS student, Montclair State University)
Adita Arunima, Undergraduate Researcher