#  Lab Alumni 

 




### Postdoctoral Researchers

- **Yuki Haba** (2023-2024), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
    
    Email: <yhaba@princeton.edu>
- **Robert Boria** (2021-2023), Current Position: Principal Investigator at San Francisco State
    
    Email: <rboria@sfsu.edu>
- **Caroline Hu** (2015-2022), Current Position: Faculty, Mass College of Art
    
    Email: <carolinehu@fas.harvard.edu>
- **Jean-Marc Lassance** (2010-2020), Current Position: Principal Investigator at Liege Universite Medecine Veterinaire
    
    Email:<jmlassance@uliege.be>
- **Ricardo Mallarino** (2011-2017), Current Position: Principal Investigator at Princeton University
    
    Email: <rmallarino@princeton.edu> Website: [Mallarino Lab](https://molbio.princeton.edu/research/labs/mallarino-lab)
- **Andr**e**s Bendesky** (2012-2017), Current Position: Principal Investigator at Columbia University
    
    Email: [ab4463@columbia.edu](/ab4463@columbia.edu) Website: [Bendesky Lab](https://bendeskylab.com)
- **Heidi S. Fisher** (2009-2015), Current Position: Principal Investigator at University of Maryland
    
    Email: [hsfisher@umd.edu](mailto:hfisher@oeb.harvard.edu) Website: [Fisher Lab](http://biology.umd.edu/heidi-fisher.html)
- **Adam Freedman** (2012-2015), Current Position: Data Scientist at Informatics Division, Harvard FAS
    
    Email: <afreedman@oeb.harvard.edu>
- **Sarah Kocher** (2010-2015), Current Position: Principal Investigator at Princeton University
    
    Email: <skocher@gmail.com> Website: [Kocher Lab](http://www.kocherlab.com/)
- **Brant Peterson** (2008-2013), Current Position: Senior Scientist at Novartis
    
    Email: <brantp@gmail.com>
- **Rowan Barrett** (2010-2013), Current Position: Principal Investigator at McGill University
    
    Email: <rdhbarrett@gmail.com> Website: [Barrett Lab](https://barrettlab.ca/)
- **Marie Manceau** (2007-2013), Current Position: Principal Investigator at College de France
    
    Email: <mariemanceau@gmail.com> Website: [Manceau Lab](http://www.manceaulab.com/)
- **Vera Domingues** (2008-2012), Current Position: Associate Editor at *Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution*
    
    Email: <vera.domingues@nature.com> Website: [Editor Page](http://www.nature.com/natecolevol/about/editors)
- **Catherine Linnen** (2007-2011), Current Position: Principal Investigator at University of Kentucky
    
    Email: [catherine.linnen@uky.edu](mailto:svignieri@aaas.org) Website: [Linnen Lab](http://www.linnenlab.com/)
- **Sacha Vignieri** (UCSD/Harvard, 2007-2009), Current Position: Associate Editor at *Science*
    
     Email: <svignier@aaas.org> Website: [Editor Page](http://www.sciencemag.org/author/sacha-vignieri)
- **Yael Aminetzach** (2009-2010), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
    
     Email:
- **Cynthia Steiner** (UCSD, 2004-2007), Current Position: Associate Director, Genetics Division, Inst for Conservation Research, San Diego, CA
    
     Email: <cynthinette@hotmail.com> Website: [Steiner Lab](http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/cynthia-steiner-phd)

### Graduate Students

- **Olivia Harringmeyer** (2017-2024), Current Position: Lewis-Sigler Scholar, Princeton University
    
    Email: <oharring@princeton.edu>
- **Brock Wooldridge** (2015-2022), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Shapiro Lab, UC Santa Cruz
    
    Email: <t.brock.wooldridge@gmail.com>
- **Felix Baier** (2014-2021), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laurent Lab, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
    
    Email: [felixsbaier@gmail.com](mailto:ehager@bu.edu)
- **Emily Hager** (2013-2020), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sgro Lab, Boston University
    
    Email: <ehager@bu.edu>
- **Jake Gable** (2014-2020), Current Position: MSc Student, Science Media Production, Imperial College London
    
    Email: [jaketgable@gmail.com](mailto:nicole_bedford@hms.harvard.edu)
- **Nicole Bedford** (2012-2019), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sabatini Lab, Harvard University
    
    Email: [nicole\_bedford@hms.harvard.edu ](mailto:nicole_bedford@hms.harvard.edu)
- **Caitlin Lewarch** (2011-2019), Current Position: Fellow, Insight Data Science,
    
    Email: [clewarch@gmail.com ](mailto:clewarch@gmail.com)
- **Jasmin Camacho** (2013-2019)
    
    Email: [jasmin.j.camacho@gmail.com ](mailto:jasmin.j.camacho@gmail.com)
- **Hillery C. Metz** (2009-2016), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, McBride Lab, Princeton University
    
    Email: <hillerymetz@gmail.com>
- **Emily Jacobs-Palmer** (2008-2015), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
    
    Email: <ejacobspalmer@gmail.com>
- **Evan P. Kingsley** (2007-2015), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Tabin Lab, Harvard Medical School
    
    Email: [evan\_kingsley@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:hfisher@oeb.harvard.edu)
- **Emily Kay Delaney** (2007-2014), Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Kopp Lab, UC Davis
    
    Email: <ekdelaney@ucdavis.edu>
- **Wenfei Tong** (2005-2012), Current Position: Principal Investigator at University of Alaska, Anchorage
    
    Email: <wenfei.tong@gmail.com> Website: [Tong Lab](https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/biological-sciences/faculty/tong.cshtml)
- **Jesse Weber** (2005-2012), Current Position: Principal Investigator at University of Alaska, Anchorage
    
    Email: [jesweber711@gmail.com ](mailto:jweber@austin.utexas.edu) Website: [Weber Lab](https://adaptationmatters.wixsite.com/home)
- **Lynne Mullen** (UCSD/Harvard, 2004-2010), Current Position: Senior Scientist, QIAGEN
    
    Email:
- **Leslie Turner** (UCSD, 2002 - 2007), Current Position: Principal Investigator at the University of Bath, UK
    
    Email: <l.m.turner@bath.ac.uk> Website: [Turner Lab](http://www.bath.ac.uk/groups/milner-centre-for-evolution/?utm_source=FindAPhD&utm_medium=projectListing&utm_campaign=pjid%5B80678%5D&utm_content=button)

### Masters Students

- **Courtney Reed** (2016-2018), Current Position: Graduate Student, Brown University
    
    Email: <cgr656@g.harvard.edu>

### Sabbatical Visitors

- **Barbara Koenig**, Sabbatical Visitor, University of Zurich (Fall 2016)
    
    Email: <barbara.koenig@ieu.uzh.ch> Website: [Koenig Lab](http://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/research/behaviour/social.html)
- **Hunter Fraser**, Sabbatical Visitor, Stanford University (Summer - Fall 2014)
    
    Email: <hbfraser@stanford.edu> Website: [Fraser Lab](http://web.stanford.edu/~hbfraser/)

### Visiting Students

- **Charlotte Rosher**, MSc student, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Spring-Summer 2018)
- **Mehdi Khadraoui,** MSc student, University of Groningen (Fall 2016)
- **Vladimir Bajić**, MSc student, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Fall 2014)
- **Arash Askary**, MSc student, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Fall 2013)
- **Katie Fawcett**, MSc student, Uppsala University (Fall 2013)
- **Nick Crawford**, Graduate student, Boston University (2008-2013)
- **Eva Lievens**, MSc student, Université Montpellier (Fall 2011)
- **Cong (Charles) Xu**, Undergraduate student, University of Notre Dame (Summer 2011)
- **Pavitra Muralidhar**, Undergraduate student, Cornell University (Summer 2011)
- **Vanda McNiven**, MSc student, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (August - December 2010)
- **Ryutaro Miyagi**, Graduate student, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (Fall 2010)
- **Yann Bourgeois**, Graduate student, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France (Spring 2010)
- **Jonathan Rolland**, Graduate student, University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble / Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris, France (2010)
- **Gislene Goncalves**, Graduate student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil (2009-2010)
- **Eveline Diepeveen**, MSc student, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (January - July 2007)

### Rotation Students

- **Faisal AlZaben**, MCO graduate student (Spring 2022)
- **Devorah Kranz,** PiN graduate student (Fall 2020)
- **Stephan Foianini**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2019)
- **Rebecca Izen**, BBS graduate student (Winter 2019)
- **Julien Barrere**, MCO graduate student (Winter 2019)
- **Karen Bao**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2018)
- **Olivia Meyerson**, BioPhysics graduate student (Fall 2017)
- **Anna Cha**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2017)
- **Rockwell Anhoya**, MCO graduate student (Summer 2017)
- **Ali Rudolph**, Biological &amp; Biomedial Sciences (Spring 2017)
- **Meng Xiao He**, BioPhysics graduate student (Spring 2015)
- **Rebecca Senft**, PiN graduate student (Fall 2015)
- **Gavin Zhou**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2015)
- **Korleki Akiti**, MCO graduate student (Summer 2015)
- **Alexandra Mattei**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2014)
- **Jamilla Akhund-Zade**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2014)
- **Javier Masis**, MCO graduate student (Spring 2014)
- **Felix Baier**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2013)
- **Emily Hager**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2013)
- **Stephanie Tsai**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2013)
- **Diego Baptista**, MCO graduate student (Spring 2013)
- **Zain Ali**, MCO graduate student (Spring 2012)
- **Clarissa Scholes**, MCO graduate student (Spring 2011)
- **Caitlin Lewarch**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2011)
- **Johanna Kowalko**, BBS graduate student (Spring 2010)
- **John Srouji**, MCO graduate student (Fall 2008)

### Undergraduate Students **(in alphabetical order)**

- Lucrecia Aguilar, Rice University '18
- Kemi Ashing-Giwa, OEB ’22
- Christine Ashton, OEB ’13
- Julie Baldassano, OEB '18 (Senior Thesis)
- Lorena Benitez, OEB '17 (PRISE Fellow)
- Prerna Bhat, OEB '16 (Senior Thesis)
- Anna Bree, UC San Diego ’07 (Senior Thesis)
- Linda Boettger, UC San Diego ’07 (Senior Thesis)
- Dana Brimmer, OEB ’10
- Jennifer Bustamante, MIT ’13
- Isabel Carino-Bazan, Lehigh University '25
- Eva Catenaccio, OEB '10 (Senior Thesis)
- Alan Chiu, OEB ’10
- Edward Chuong, UC San Diego ’07 (Senior Thesis)
- Karen Cortina, OEB '23 (Senior Thesis)
- Emmanuel D'Agostino, OEB '19
- Matthew Diaz, OEB '19
- Fayola Fears, OEB '14 (PRISE Fellow; Senior Thesis)
- Andrew Goldberg, OEB '09 (PRISE Fellow)
- Rebecca Greenberg, OEB '18 (Senior Thesis)
- Simon Hoang, UC San Diego ’07
- Oliver Hollo, Harvard '22
- Juani Hopwood, English ’11
- Ariana Kam, OEB '16 (Senior Thesis)
- Isabel Kim, Harvard '25
- Ian Kohnle, Neurobiology ’16 (Senior Thesis)
- Krzyzstof Kozak, OEB '10 (PRISE Fellow; Senior Thesis; Hoopes Thesis Prize)
- Young Mi Kwon, OEB '15 (Senior Thesis; Hoopes Thesis Prize; Herchel-Smith Postgraduate)
- Joanna Larson, OEB ’11 (Senior Thesis)
- Keza Levine, OEB '22
- Tess Linden, OEB '15 (Senior Thesis; Hoopes Thesis Prize; Harvard Trustman Traveling Fellow)
- Jesus Lopez, Florida International University '19
- Rachelle Ludwick, OEB ’13
- Maya Mastick, CPB '25
- Paola M. Matos Ruiz, University of Puerto Rico '18
- Manny Mendoza, OEB ’14
- Eris Mihelic, Integrative Biology '22 (Senior Thesis)
- Darcy Mishkind, Carleton University '16
- Will Moyo, OEB ’16
- Melisa Noriega, Neurobiology '15 (Senior Thesis)
- Linda Pan, OEB ’13 (Senior Thesis)
- Will Parson, UC San Diego ’07
- Kainoa Paul, OEB '26
- Paula Pelayo, UCLA '18
- Jillian Peters, Neurobiology ’14
- Rafael Polo Prieto, University of Houston '18
- Srishti Prabha, Northeastern University ’15
- Emily Rivard, Holy Cross '19
- Emory Sabatini, Applied Mathematics '22 (Senior Thesis)
- Michael Scott, Computer Science/Integrative Biology '20 (PRISE Fellow; Senior Thesis)
- Nadine Shen Molesky, Tufts University '17
- Summer Smentek, Integrative Biology '25
- Michelle Tang, Columbia '22
- Lane Theander, OEB '24
- Shunn Theingi, OEB '18 (Senior Thesis)
- Victoria Tong, Neurobiology '20 (Senior Thesis)
- Emily Travers, OEB '21
- Alyssa Vanerelli, UNCA '19
- Erin Washington, OEB ’11 (Senior Thesis)
- Patryk Wekwejt, Neuroscience &amp; Economics '26
- Sophie Westbrook, Integrative Biology '19 (Senior Thesis)
- Steven Wolff, OEB '08
- Jane Xie, OEB ’11
- Olivia Yoo, Neurobiology '23
- Jelle Zijlstra, OEB ’13 (Senior Thesis; Hoopes Thesis Prize)

### Staff

- Nikki Hughes, Administrative Coordinator, 2013-2024
- Chris Kirby, Research Assistant/Colony Manager, 2018-2024
- Phoebe Richardson, Research Technician, 2022-2024
- Sade McFadden, Research Technician, 2019-2023
- Beverly Neugeboren, Lab Manager, 2018-2020
- Kyle Turner, Lab Manager, 2014-2018
- Nina Sokolov, Research Assistant, 2016-2018
- Sheridian O'Conner, Research Assistant, Summer 2017
- Melisa Noriega, Research Assistant, 2016-2107