Current Lab Members
Visiting Faculty |
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C. Brandon Ogbunugafor(He/him) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University |
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Research Scientist |
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Robert Wilson(He/him) |
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Postdoctoral Associates |
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Chiara Giannone(She/her) |
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Minh (Peter) Nguyen Tran(He/Him) |
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Graduate Students |
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Amanuella Mengiste(She/her) Robert J. Silbey Graduate Fellow
MIT Future of Science Fellow
BroadIGNITE Awardee
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Kathryn Yammine(She/her) |
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Jimin Yoon(She/her) |
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Jessica Patrick(She/her) |
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Seo-yeon Kim(She/her) |
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Julie McDonald(She/her) |
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Sorin Srinivasa(They/them) |
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Andrew Sabol(He/him) |
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Anton Barybin(He/him) |
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Stephanie Halim(She/her) |
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Jessica Lynn Bonnar(She/her) |
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Yunlong Zhao(He/him) |
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Research Technician |
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Ra'Mal Harris(He/him) |
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Undergraduates |
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Yu Meng Zhang(She/her) |
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Jingting Lin(She/her) |
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Sophia M. Abularach(She/her) |
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Anna V. Plank(She/her) |
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April Wu(She/her) |
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Nathan P Shapiro(He/him) |
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Senior Administrative Assistant |
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Betty Lou McClanahan(She/her) |
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Lab Alumni
Visiting Professor |
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Madhusudan DeyVisiting Professor, 2017
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Currently:
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Postdoctoral Associates |
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Mahender B. DewalPostdoctoral Research Associate, 2012 - 2015
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Currently:
Head of Research and Development
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N.-Duc DoanPostdoctoral Fellow, 2014 - 2019
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Currently:
Scientist-III
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Pyae P. HeinPostdoctoral Research Associate, 2014 - 2015
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Azade S. HosseiniPostdoctoral Research Associate, 2016 - 2018
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Currently:
Business Development Consultant
Biofuturis
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Emmanuel E. NekongoPostdoctoral Fellow, 2012 - 2017
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Currently:
Senior Scientist
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Graduate Students |
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Chet M. Berman |
Currently:
Scientist-I
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Kenny Chen |
Currently:
Scientist-II
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Andrew S. DiChiara |
Currently:
Senior Scientist-II
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Samuel J. Hendel |
Currently:
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Rasia C. Li |
Currently:
Scientist-I
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Christopher L. Moore |
Currently:
Director
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Louis J. Papa, III |
Currently:
Strain Engineer
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Angela M. Phillips |
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Anna I. Ponomarenko |
Currently:
Scientist-II
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Christopher E.R. Richardson |
Currently:
Principal
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Rebecca M. Sebastian |
Currently:
Senior Scientist-I
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Madeline Y. Wong |
Currently:
Faculty
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Research Technicians |
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Patreece H. SuenUROP, 2012 - 2015
Technician, 2015 - 2017
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Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Biophysics & Biochemistry
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Alexander J. WeickhardtTechnician, 2017 - 2018
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Currently:
M.D. Student
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Undergraduates |
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Lucas D. AkinMIT-Amgen UROP Scholar, 2015
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Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
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Agata A. BikovtsevaJohnson and Johnson UROP Scholar, 2018 - 2021
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Currently:
NSF Fellow and PhD Student in Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
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Abigail M. CaronUROP, 2012
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Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Evolutionary Biology
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Gina ChoiUROP, 2019
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Currently:
B.S. Student in Biology
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Erika A. DingUROP, 2015
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Currently:
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Nora EnrightUROP, 2016
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Xavier A. Bonilla GarciaMSRP-Bio Intern, 2022 |
Currently:
B.S. Student in Chemistry
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Apolonia GardnerUROP, 2017
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Luna O. GonzalezUROP, 2015 - 2018
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Currently:
PhD Student in Mathematics
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Nicholas GuilianoUROP, 2017 - 2018
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Currently:
B.S. Student in Chemistry
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Chyleigh J. Harmon, MDUROP, 2012 - 2014
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Currently:
Physician
Saint Louis, MO
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Ra'Mal HarrisMSRP-Bio Intern, 2022 |
Currently:
Research Technician
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Helen T. Hobbs, PhDMIT-Amgen UROP Scholar, 2013
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Currently:
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Michelle S. HuangUROP, 2016 - 2019
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Currently:
NSF Fellow and Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering
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Karun KaushikUROP, 2022 - 2023
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Currently:
B.S. Student (First-year)
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Abigail KolyerUROP, 2020
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Currently:
B.S. Student in Biological Engineering
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Nancy B. Lu, PhDUROP, 2014
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Currently:
Management Consultant
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Diya MalhotraVisiting Summer Student, 2015 & 2016
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Currently:
MBA Student
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Meryl Ann MendozaMSRP-Bio Intern, 2021 |
Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Cell and Molecular Biology
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Daniel J. MirnyUROP, 2015
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Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Marketing
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Sebasthian SantiagoUROP, 2015
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Currently:
NSF Fellow and Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
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Patreece H. SuenUROP, 2012 - 2015
Technician, 2015 - 2017
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Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Biophysics & Biochemistry
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Eileen Tan-AristyUROP, 2019
MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2017
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Currently:
Technical Program Manager
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Rebecca J. Taylor, PhD |
Currently:
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Marissa S. VeraMSRPx Research Intern, 2020
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Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
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Rachel WeissmanUROP, 2020 - 2021 |
Currently:
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High Schoolers |
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Rose EvardMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2018
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Currently:
B.S. Student in Biological Sciences
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Brittan GalloMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2022
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Currently:
High School Senior
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Christopher J. HillenbrandResearch Science Institute Scholar, 2014
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Currently:
Ph.D. Student in Computational Science and Engineering
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Camden HolmMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2016
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Currently:
Research Associate-I
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Karun KaushikMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2021 - 2022
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Currently:
B.S. Student (First-Year)
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Jocelyn KoelbMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2018
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Currently:
B.S. Student in Biochemistry and Political Science
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Caiden M. KumarMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2015
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Currently:
B.S. Student
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Kiera MurrayMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2019
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Currently:
High School Senior
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Rebecca SchoolerMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2017
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Eileen Tan-AristyMIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2017
UROP, 2019
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Currently:
Technical Program Manager
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