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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Rachel Silverstein

PhD Candidate
(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

Graduate 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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Christiano Alves, PhD

Instructor

Education: Ph.D. and B.S @ University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷
Research interests: Physiology & editing therapies

Aspiring to: not run a marathon 🏃‍♂️🙅‍♂️

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Leillani Ha

Research Technician

Education: B.S. in Molecular Biology @ UCLA 🇺🇸
Research interests: Medical genetics & therapies

Best known for: watching the office on repeat 📎

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Benno Orr

Rotation Student
(Harvard BBS)

Education: B.Sc. in Molecular Genetics @ University of Toronto 🇨🇦
Research interests: genome editing tech dev. & applications 🧬🛠

In spare time: writes songs about CRISPR 🎼🎸 

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

Madelynn Whittaker

Technician
2019-2021

Hannah Stutzman

Technician
2019-2021

Esaria Oliver

B.S. Summer Intern
2021

Michelle Prew

Technician

2014-2016  (Joung Lab)

Moira Welch

Technician

2015-2017  (Joung Lab)

Alex Sousa

Technician

2016-2018  (Joung Lab)