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

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)
NSF GRFP ⭐️

Education: B.S. in Bioengineering @ UC Berkeley 🇺🇸

Research interests: Editing tech dev & ML 🛠

True story: pipettes and runs marathons 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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Chris 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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Lani 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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Emily King

PhD Candidate
(Harvard BBS)

Education: B.S. in Biology @ Northeastern University 🇺🇸

Research interests: protein engineering, genome editing, delivery
Hobbies: Wordle, painting 🎨, concerts 🎵 (in that order) 
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Joana Ferreira da Silva, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: PhD @ CeMM 🇦🇹; MSc @ NOVA 🇵🇹

Research Interests: genome editing & therapies; DNA repair 🧬
Knows too much about: cheese 🧀🐁

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AJ Gross

Intern

Education: B.S. Biochem @ Eckerd College 🇺🇸

Research Interests: marine biotech & genome editing 🐳
Outside of the lab: internationally ranked hide and seeker

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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 🇺🇸

Madelynn Whittaker

Technician
2019-2021 🇺🇸

Hannah Stutzman

Technician
2019-2021 🇺🇸

Esaria Oliver

B.S. Summer Intern
2021 🇺🇸

Roman Doll

M.Sc. Intern
2021 🇩🇪

Benno Orr

Rotation Student
(Harvard BBS)

2021 🇨🇦

Allie Lemmer

Rotation student
(MIT BE)
2021 🇺🇸

Dr. Katie Christie

Postdoctoral fellow
2019-2021 🇮🇪

Isaiah Shriner

Rotation Student 
(Harvard BBS)
2022 🇺🇸

Michelle Prew

Technician

2014-2016  (Joung Lab)

Moira Welch

Technician

2015-2017  (Joung Lab)

Alex Sousa

Technician

2016-2018  (Joung Lab)