Our Team
We are a multidisciplinary group of scientists who love gene expression, mitochondria, and RNA
L. Stirling Churchman, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
churchman [at] genetics [dot] med [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Lisa Hansen
BBS Graduate Student
BA in Biochemistry and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder
lisahansen [at] g [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Mary Couvillion, PhD
Computational Biologist
Analysis wizard
Gyan Prakash
Biological Science in Public Health graduate Student
MS in Biochemistry, McGill University
gprakash [at] g [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Mike Kourkoulakos
BS/MS Biology, Tufts University
Technician / Lab Manager
mike_kourkoulakos [at] hms [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Inés Patop, PhD
PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Brandeis University
ines_patop [at] hms [dot] harvard [dot] edu
The Parkinson’s Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nick Ide, PhD
PhD in Biological Science, Columbia University
nick_ide [at] hms [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship
Hope Merens
MCO graduate student
BA in Biochemistry and Neurobiology and MS in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
hmerens [at] g [dot] harvard [dot] edu
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Ana-Maria Raicu, PhD
PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
ana-maria_raicu [at] hms [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award F32
Claire Nuessmeier
Chemical Biology graduate student
BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Marquette University
clairenuessmeier [at] g [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Lab alumni
Former postdocs
Andreas Mayer, PhD
Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
Umut Eser, PhD
Co-Founder & CTO at Weave
Julia di Iulio, PhD
Director of Bioinformatics, Vir Biotechnology
Andrew Stergachis, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Iliana Soto, PhD
Biomedical Program Director, Kaiser University
Danya Martell-Smart, PhD
Patent agent, Wilson Sonsini
Karine Choquet, PhD
Assistant Professor, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Robert Ietswaart, PhD
Co-founder and CSO of Cellforma
Nick Kramer, PhD
Senior Scientist at Scribe Therapeutics
Stefan Isaac, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Boston University
Erik McShane, PhD
Senior Scientist, Flagship Labs 103, Flagship Pioneering
Katja Hansen, PhD
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
Former students
Kevin Harlen, PhD
Current position: AI & Data Manager at Deloitte Consulting
Heather Landry Drexler, PhD
Current position: Director of Strategy at Sail Biomedicines
Blake Tye, PhD
Current position: Research Associate, Wellington Management
Kate Lachance, PhD
Current position: Consultant at McKinsey Consulting
Aaron Aker, PhD
Current position: Scientist at Molecular Loop
Brendan Smalec, PhD
Current position: Consultant at Bain & Company
Tommy Tullious, PhD
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Levine lab, Princeton University