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)

Graduate Students
Amanuella Mengiste (She/her) Robert J. Silbey Graduate Fellow MIT Future of Science Fellow BroadIGNITE Awardee
Jessica Patrick (She/her)
Seo-yeon Kim (She/her) Kwanjeong Scholar
Julie McDonald (She/her) Martin Fellow
Sorin Srinivasa (They/She) 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

Research Technician

Yixin Hu

(He/him)

Undergraduates
April Wu (She/her)
Nathan P Shapiro (He/him)
Huda Abdelghani (She/her)

Highschool Students
Daniel Eaton (He/him) MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern
Joshua Miner (He/him) MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern
Anika Harris (She/her) MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern

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: Associate 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 Scientist ElevateBio

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: Senior Scientist-II 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: Research Scientist Stealth NewCo
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: Science Teacher Lexington High School
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
Sophia M. Abularach UROP, 2021-2023	Currently: Ph.D. 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 UROP, 2015	Currently: Ph.D. Student in 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. David Liu 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: B.S. Student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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: MBA Student New York University Stern School of Business
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 Google
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

High Schoolers
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
Christopher J. Hillenbrand Research Science Institute Scholar, 2014	Currently: Ph.D. Student in Computational Science and Engineering Georgia Tech
Camden Holm MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2016	Currently: Research Associate-I MatTek Life Sciences
Karun Kaushik MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2021 - 2022	Currently: B.S. Student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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
Kiera Murray MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2019
Rebecca Schooler MIT-HIPSAT High School Intern, 2017	Currently: Research Associate-I Chroma Medicine
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 Google

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Current Lab Members

Research Scientist-III

Postdoctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Research Technician

Undergraduates

Highschool Students

Senior Administrative Assistant

Lab Manager

Lab Alumni

Visiting Professor

Madhusudan Dey

C. Brandon Ogbunugafor

Postdoctoral Associates

Mahender B. Dewal

N.-Duc Doan

Pyae P. Hein

Azade S. Hosseini

Emmanuel E. Nekongo

Graduate Students

Chet M. Berman

Kenny Chen

Andrew S. DiChiara

Samuel J. Hendel

Rasia C. Li

Christopher L. Moore

Louis J. Papa, III

Anna I. Ponomarenko

Christopher E.R. Richardson

Rebecca M. Sebastian

Madeline Y. Wong

Kathryn M. Yammine

Jimin Yoon

Ph.D. 2024

Research Technicians

Patreece H. Suen, PhD

Alexander J. Weickhardt, MD

Ra'Mal Harris

Undergraduates

Sophia M. Abularach

Lucas D. Akin

Agata A. Bikovtseva

Abigail M. Caron

Gina Choi

Erika A. Ding

Nora Enright

Xavier A. Bonilla Garcia

Apolonia Gardner

Luna O. Gonzalez

Nicholas Guiliano

Chyleigh J. Harmon, MD

Ra'Mal Harris

Helen T. Hobbs, PhD

Michelle S. Huang

Karun Kaushik

Abigail Kolyer

Jingting Lin

Nancy B. Lu, PhD

Diya Malhotra

Meryl Ann Mendoza

Daniel J. Mirny, PhD

Angelina O'Brien

Anna V. Plank

Sebasthian Santiago, PhD

Patreece H. Suen, PhD

Eileen Tan-Aristy

Rebecca J. Taylor, PhD

Marissa S. Vera

Rachel F. Weissman

Yu Meng Zhang

High Schoolers

Rose Evard

Brittan Gallo

Christopher J. Hillenbrand

Camden Holm

Karun Kaushik

Jocelyn Koelb

Caiden M. Kumar

Kiera Murray

Rebecca Schooler