Category: New York State of Mind

  This month Natural Selections interviews Robert Gualtieri, Plant Operations      How long have you been living in the New York area?  Practically all my life, I was born and raised in Upper West Harlem, with the exception of 4 to 5 years that I lived in Puerto Rico.   Where do you currently live?  Which is your…

  Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Kipchirchir Bitok, Postdoctoral Associate. How long have you been living in the New York area?  Five years now. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I first moved to Brooklyn before I came to the Rockefeller housing. I like the Upper East Side, because it’s convenient to…

Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Maria Encarnacion, Customers Service, Weiss Café, The Rockefeller University How long have you been living in the New York area?  37 years. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? First I lived in High Manhattan for 22 years and I recently moved to New Jersey. I like this…

Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Jens Matthes, Information Security Architect. How long have you been living in the New York area?  18 years, since March 1999. I remember I was terrified, I wanted to go back home after a week. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in the Upper West…

Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Alicia Galicia. Conference dining/ catering, RU. How long have you been living in the New York area?  I’ve been living in NYC for 28 years. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in Astoria and I love it, so Astoria is my favorite neighborhood. What do…

Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Johannes Buheitel, a postdoctoral scientist in the Jallepalli Lab at MSKCC, and a member of the Natural Selections Editorial Board.   How long have you been living in the New York area?  As of this month, I’ve been living here for 1.5 years. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite…

Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Stefannie Moak, Research Assistant, Gilbert Lab. How long have you been living in the New York area?  Seven months now. Where do you currently live? Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in the Upper East Side and my favorite neighborhood is SoHo. What do you think is the most overrated…

This month Natural Selections interviews Tiago Siebert Altavini, Postdoctoral Associate, Gilbert Lab. Guadalupe Astorga How long have you been living in the New York area?  I’ve been living in NYC for five months now. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I currently live in the Upper East Side and my favorite neighborhood is hard to…

This month Natural Selections interviews Leslie Diaz, Associate Director CBC Guadalupe Astorga How long have you been living in the New York area?  My entire life. I grew up in the old Williamsburg area, in the pre-hipster era. I’ve always been a New Yorker born and raised. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I…

  This month Natural Selections features Brian Fabella, Research Technician in the Hudspeth Lab Interview by Guadalupe Astorga How long have you been living in the New York area?                            17 years in July. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I currently live in Woodside, Queens, and my favorite neighborhood right now is Long Island…