Kleinstiver Group Members

Ben Kleinstiver, PhD

Assistant Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School (HMS)

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PhD in Biochemistry @ Western University

Postdoctoral Research @ MGH and HMS

Katie Christie, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: Ph.D.@ Ulster University & B.Sc. @ Newcastle University

Research interests: allele specific editing 🧬

Hobbies: pipetting, snacks, and Zone5 🏋🏻‍♀️

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Logan Hille

PhD Candidate
(Harvard BBS)

Education: swears that he finished his B.S. in Biochemistry @ Indiana University

Research interests: genome engineering, keeping cells alive 🤷🏻‍♂️

Outside of the lab: proving to people that Indiana corn is #1 🌽
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Hannah Stutzman

Research Technician

Education: B.S. in Biotechnology, Summa Cum Laude, @ UMass Lowell, Honors College 

Research interests: medical genetics

Hobbies: reading, exploring Boston, playing the ukulele 🎶

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Madelynn Whittaker

Research Technician

Education: B.S. in Bioengineering @ UC Berkeley

Research interests: engineered cell therapeutics

Known in the lab for: power moves 💯

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Rachel Silverstein

Graduate Student
(Harvard BBS)

Education: B.Sc. in Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto 🇨🇦

Research interests: genomics & tech dev

Sponsored by: Gatorade🥤

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Connor Tou

Rotation Student
(MIT BE)

Education: B.S. in Bioengineering @ UC Berkeley

Research interests: Editing tech dev & ML 🛠

Trying to: pipette and run a marathon at the same time 🏃

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Linyuan Ma, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: Ph.D. @ China Agricultural University & B.S. @ Southwest University

Research interests: gene editing tech & gene therapies 💉

Hobbies: fishing 🎣 and eating 🥢

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Roman Doll

M.Sc. Internship

Education: B.Sc. @ University of Bonn & currently M.Sc. student @ University of Heidelberg

Research interests: genome editing & disease modeling

Goal while in the lab: teach the lab how to ballroom dance 🕺💃

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Russell Walton

Technician

2017-2019

Joey Rissman

Technician

2018-2019

Katrina Warner

Rotation Student
(Harvard BBS)

2020

Allison James

Rotation Student

(Harvard BBS)

2020

John McGuire

Technician
2020

Jimmy Guo

Rotation Student

(Harvard BBS)

2020

Hannah Spinner

Rotation Student

(Harvard BBS)

2021

Michelle Prew

Technician

2014-2016  (Joung Lab)

Now: Harvard Graduate Student (BBS) in the Walensky Lab

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Moira Welch

Technician

2015-2017  (Joung Lab)

Now: Clinical Research Coordinator at MGH

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Alex Sousa

Technician

2016-2018  (Joung Lab)

Now: Harvard Graduate Student (BBS) in the Liu Lab

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