Current Lab Members
Research Scientist-III
| Robert Wilson (He/him) |  |
Postdoctoral Associates
| Chiara Giannone (She/her) EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow |  |
| Minh (Peter) Nguyen Tran (He/Him) |  |
| Jiacheng Lin (He/him) |  |
| Aditi Dixit (She/her) |  |
Graduate Students
| Amanuella Mengiste (She/her) Robert J. Silbey Graduate Fellow MIT Future of Science Fellow BroadIGNITE Awardee |  |
| Seo-yeon Kim (She/her) Kwanjeong Scholar |  |
| Julie McDonald (She/her) Martin Fellow |  |
| Sorin Asha Srinivasa (She/they) NSF Fellow |  |
| Andrew Sabol (He/him) NSF Fellow |  |
| Anton Barybin (He/him) NSF Fellow |  |
| Stephanie Halim (She/her) Croucher Scholar |  |
Jessica Lynn Bonnar(She/her) NSF Fellow |  |
| Yunlong Zhao (He/him) |  |
| Michael Xiong (He/him) |  |
| Cale Locicero (He/him) NSF Fellow |  |
| Kristi Liivak (She/her) |  |
| Edward Lee (He/him) NSF Fellow |  |
| Tierani Green (She/her) MIT Dean of Science Fellow |  |
| Katelyn Meister (She/her) |  |
Research Technician
| Yixin Hu (He/him) |  |
Undergraduates
| April Wu (She/her) |  |
| Nathan P Shapiro (He/him) |  |
| Lillian Beliveau (She/her) |  |
| Emma Jakubicka (She/her) |  |
Senior Administrative Assistant
| Betty Lou McClanahan (She/her) |  |
Lab Manager
| Berenice Estrada Chavez (She/they) |  |
Lab Alumni
Visiting Professor
| Madhusudan Dey Visiting Professor, 2017 | Currently: Professor of Biological Sciences University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| C. Brandon Ogbunugafor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor, 2022 – 2023 | Currently: Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University |
Postdoctoral Associates
| Mahender B. Dewal Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2012 – 2015 | Currently: Chief Scientific Officer Expansion Technologies |
| N.-Duc Doan Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014 – 2019 | Currently: Scientist-III MacroGenics |
| Pyae P. Hein Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2014 – 2015 | Currently: Director Dragonfly Therapeutics |
| Azade S. Hosseini Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2016 – 2018 | Currently: Venture Associate NYU Innovation Venture Fund |
| Emmanuel E. Nekongo Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012 – 2017 | Currently: Senior Manager Veroem Solutions |
Graduate Students
| Chet M. Berman Ph.D. 2018 | Currently: Scientist-II Adimab |
| Kenny Chen Ph.D. 2020 | Currently: Senior Scientist Sanofi |
| Andrew S. DiChiara Ph.D. 2017 | Currently: Principal Research Scientist-I AbbVie |
| Samuel J. Hendel Ph.D. 2022 | Currently: Associate Scion Life Sciences |
| Rasia C. Li Ph.D. 2022 | Currently: Scientist-I NGM Biopharmaceuticals |
| Christopher L. Moore Ph.D. 2018 | Currently: Director GentiBio |
| Louis J. Papa, III Ph.D. 2019 | Currently: Protein Engineer Stealth NewCo |
| Jessica Patrick Ph.D. 2024 | Currently: Thru-Hiker Appalachian Trail |
| Angela M. Phillips Ph.D. 2018 | Currently: Assistant Professor HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar University of California – San Francisco |
| Anna I. Ponomarenko Ph.D. 2020 | Currently: Scientist-II Ultragenyx |
| Christopher E.R. Richardson Ph.D. 2019 | Currently: Senior Director Bausch + Lomb |
| Rebecca M. Sebastian Ph.D. 2022 | Currently: Senior Scientist-I AbbVie |
| Madeline Y. Wong Ph.D. 2018 | Currently: Educator Seattle, WA |
| Kathryn M. Yammine Ph.D. 2024 | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Prof. Alan Beggs Laboratory Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Genetics and Genomics |
| Jimin Yoon Ph.D. 2024 | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Prof. Dan Herschlag Laboratory Stanford University Department of Biochemistry |
Research Technicians
| Patreece H. Suen, PhD UROP, 2012 – 2015 Technician, 2015 – 2017 | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow University of California – San Diego |
| Alexander J. Weickhardt, MD Technician, 2017 – 2018 | Currently: Resident University of California – San Francisco |
| Ra’Mal Harris Technician, 2022 – 2024 | Currently: NSF Fellow and Ph.D. Student in Biological and Biomedical Sciences Harvard University |
Undergraduates
| Huda Abdelghani UROP, 2024 | Currently: Undergraduate Student Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Sophia M. Abularach UROP, 2021-2023 | Currently: NSF Fellow and PhD Student in Developmental Biology Stanford University |
| Lucas D. Akin MIT-Amgen UROP Scholar, 2015 | Currently: Ph.D. Student in Chemistry University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign Prof. Jefferson Chan Laboratory |
| Agata A. Bikovtseva Johnson and Johnson UROP Scholar, 2018 – 2021 | Currently: NSF Fellow and PhD Student in Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University Prof. Eric Jacobsen Laboratory |
| Abigail M. Caron UROP, 2012 | Currently: Ph.D. Student in Evolutionary Biology University of Chicago Prof. Michael Coates Laboratory |
| Gina Choi UROP, 2019 | Currently: Associate Consultant HelloAdvisr |
| Erika A. Ding, PhD UROP, 2015 | Currently: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California – Berkeley Prof. Sanjay Kumar Laboratory |
| Nora Enright UROP, 2016 | Currently: Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering Stanford University Prof. Ami Bhatt and Prof. Michael Bassik Laboratories |
| Xavier A. Bonilla Garcia MSRP-Bio Intern, 2022 | Currently: B.S. Student in Chemistry University of Puerto Rico |
| Apolonia Gardner UROP, 2017 | Currently: Ph.D. Student in Health Sciences and Technology Harvard–MIT Prof. Constance Cepko Laboratory |
| Luna O. Gonzalez UROP, 2015 – 2018 | Currently: PhD Student in Mathematics University of California – Los Angeles |
| Nicholas Guiliano UROP, 2017 – 2018 | |
| Chyleigh J. Harmon, MD UROP, 2012 – 2014 | Currently: Physician Saint Louis, MO |
| Ra’Mal Harris MSRP-Bio Intern, 2022 | Currently: NSF Fellow and Ph.D. Student in Biological and Biomedical Sciences Harvard University |
| Helen T. Hobbs, PhD MIT-Amgen UROP Scholar, 2013 | Currently: Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow University of California – Irvine Prof. Chang Liu Laboratory |
| Michelle S. Huang UROP, 2016 – 2019 | Currently: NSF Fellow and Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering Stanford University Prof. Sarah Heilshorn Laboratory |
| Karun Kaushik UROP, 2022 – 2023 | Currently: Co-Founder and CEO Delve |
| Abigail Kolyer UROP, 2020 | Currently: B.S. Student in Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Jingting Lin UROP, 2021 – 2024 | Currently: NSF Fellow and PhD Student in Biological and Biomedical Sciences Harvard University |
| Nancy B. Lu, PhD UROP, 2014 | Currently: Management Consultant Qral Group |
| Diya Malhotra Visiting Summer Student, 2015 & 2016 | Currently: Associate Oliver Wyman |
| Meryl Ann Mendoza MSRP-Bio Intern, 2021 | Currently: Ph.D. Student in Cell and Molecular Biology University of Pennsylvania Prof. Andy Vaughn Laboratory |
| Daniel J. Mirny, PhD UROP, 2015 | Currently: Assistant Professor IESE Business School University of Navarra |
| Angelina O’Brien MSRP-Bio Intern, 2024 | Currently: B.S. Student in Biochemistry Washington University in Saint Louis |
| Anna V. Plank UROP, 2021 – 2024 | Currently: PhD Student in Biological Sciences Columbia University |
| Sebasthian Santiago, PhD UROP, 2015 | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Amgen |
| Patreece H. Suen, PhD UROP, 2012 – 2015 Technician, 2015 – 2017 | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow University of California – San Diego |
| Eileen Tan-Aristy UROP, 2019 MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2017 | Currently: Technical Program Manager |
| Rebecca J. Taylor, PhD UROP, 2012 – 2015 | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Prof. John Briggs Laboratory |
| Marissa S. Vera MSRPx Research Intern, 2020 | Currently: Ph.D. Student in Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. Laura Kiessling Laboratory |
| Rachel F. Weissman UROP, 2020 – 2021 | Currently: NSF Fellow and PhD Student in Molecular and Cell Biology University of California – Berkeley Prof. David Savage Laboratory |
| Yu Meng Zhang UROP, 2020-23 | Currently: PhD Student in Virology Harvard University Prof. Dan Barouch Laboratory |
High Schoolers
| Daniel Eaton MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2024 | Currently: Senior High School |
| Rose Evard MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2018 | Currently: M.S. Student Molecular Life Sciences University of Lausanne |
| Brittan Gallo MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2022 | |
| Anika Harris High School Intern, 2024 | Currently: Senior High School |
| Christopher J. Hillenbrand Research Science Institute Scholar, 2014 | Currently: Ph.D. Student in Chemistry Yale University Prof. Tianyu Zhu Laboratory |
| Camden Holm MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2016 | Currently: PhD Student Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Karun Kaushik MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2021 – 2022 | Currently: Co-Founder and CEO Delve |
| Jocelyn Koelb MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2018 | Currently: B.S. Student in Biochemistry and Political Science Northeastern University |
| Caiden M. Kumar MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2015 | |
| Joshua Miner MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2024 | Currently: Senior High School |
| Kiera Murray MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2019 | Currently: B.S. Student in Statistical and Data Science Smith College |
| Rebecca Schooler MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2017 | Currently: Research Associate-I Vivtex |
| Ellie Strano MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2023 | Currently: Senior High School |
| Eileen Tan-Aristy MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2017 UROP, 2019 | Currently: Technical Program Manager |