Zarin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMB) group at UPenn and is a member of Dr. Jim Shorter’s Lab. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020 with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Neuroscience. As a member of Todd Cohen’s lab, she studied the regulation of the kinase MARK2 and acetyltransferase CBP, which are implicated in the protein tau’s aggregation in AD. She was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and raised in Muncie, Indiana. In her free time, she likes to read, play tennis, spend time with friends/family, and explore Philly. In 2020, Zarin was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Robby graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in Fall 2021 with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.A. Religious Studies. After working briefly as a middle school science teacher, Robby joined the Cohen Lab as a lab technician/manager in 2022. Hoping to attend graduate school, Robby is broadly interested in the cellular and molecular underpinnings of neurodegenerative diseases. Outside of the lab, Robby enjoys exercising, traveling, and drinking coffee.