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Kleinstiver Group Members

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Ben Kleinstiver, PhD

Assistant Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School (HMS)

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PhD in Biochemistry @ Western University ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Postdoctoral Research @ MGH and HMS

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Logan Hille

PhD Candidate
(Harvard BBS)

Education: swears that he finished his B.S. in Biochemistry @ Indiana University ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Research interests: genome engineering, keeping cells alive ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Outside of the lab: proving to people that Indiana corn is #1 ๐ŸŒฝ
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Rachel Silverstein

PhD Candidate
(Harvard BBS)
NSERC Postgraduate Scholar โญ๏ธ

Education: B.Sc. in Molecular Genetics @ University of Toronto ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Research interests: genomics & tech dev

Sponsored by: Gatorade๐Ÿฅค

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Connor Tou

PhD Candidate
(MIT BE)
NSF GRFP โญ๏ธ

Education: B.S. in Bioengineering @ UC Berkeley ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Research interests: Editing tech dev & ML ๐Ÿ› 

True story: pipettes and runs marathons at the same time ๐Ÿƒ

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Linyuan Ma, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: Ph.D. @ China Agricultural University & B.S. @ Southwest University ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Research interests: gene editing tech & gene therapies ๐Ÿ’‰

Hobbies: fishing ๐ŸŽฃ and eating ๐Ÿฅข

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Chrisย Alves, PhD

Instructor
James L. and Elisabeth C. Gamble MGH Neuroscience Research Fellow โญ๏ธ
Charles A. King Trust Fellow โญ๏ธ

Education: Ph.D. and B.S @ University of Sao Paulo, Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
Research interests: Physiology & editing therapies

Words of advice: if you can't run a marathon, split it in half ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Laniย Ha

Research Technician

Education: B.S. in Molecular Biology @ UCLA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Research interests: Medical genetics & therapies

Best known for: watching the office on repeat ๐Ÿ“Ž

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Emily King

PhD Candidate
(Harvard BBS)

Education: B.S. in Biology @ Northeastern University ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Research interests: protein engineering, genome editing, delivery
Hobbies: Wordle, painting ๐ŸŽจ, concerts ๐ŸŽต (in that order) 
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Jo Ferreira da Silva, PhD/MSc

Postdoctoral Fellow
EMBO Fellowship โญ๏ธ

Education: Ph.D. @ CeMM ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น; MSc @ NOVA ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น

Research Interests: genome editing & therapies; DNA repair ๐Ÿงฌ
Knows too much about: cheese ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿ

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Blaire Smith

Research Technician

Education: B.S. in Biomed. Eng. and Biology @ Boston University ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Research interests: Genome editing / therapies / neurodegenerative diseases

Hobbies: baking, fluting, marching ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽต
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Natalie Ameral, MSc

Lab Manager

Education: MSc @ University of Rhode Island & BSc @ Unity College ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Research interests: population genomics & bioinformatics ๐Ÿงฌ

Outside lab: snorkeling ๐Ÿคฟ, cycling ๐Ÿšด, deep convos about horseshoe crabs ๐Ÿฆ€

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Nahye Kim, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: Ph.D. @ Yonsei University College of Medicine & B.S. @ Sungkyunkwan University ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท

Research interests: genome editing & genomics

Life goal: become a yoga guru ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™
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David Rufino Ramos, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: Ph.D. & M.Sc. @ University of Coimbra ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
Research interests: tech dev, delivery ๐Ÿ“ฆ, Tx 

When not in lab: Firefighter & Emergency Medical Technician ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿš’
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Co-mentored members

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Jasna Metovic, MD/PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Mentor: Dr. Florian Eichler, MGH

Education: PhD @University of Turin ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น; MD @ University of Montenegro ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช

Research interests: Translational neuroscience & gene editing ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿงฌ

Interests outside lab: Hiking, swimming, music and cooking. ๐ŸŽต

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Ginnie Hu, MS

Graduate student, SHBT, Harvard
Mentor: Dr. David Corey, Harvard

Education: MS Biomedical Engineering @ National Taiwan University ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ
Research interests: genetic therapies for hereditary hearing loss ๐Ÿฆป๐ŸŽถ

Loves to: scuba dive ๐Ÿคฟ & snowboard ๐Ÿ‚
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Former Trainees

We wouldn't be here without them..

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Russell Walton

Technician

2017-2019 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Joey Rissman

Technician

2018-2019 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Katrina Warner

Rotation Student
(Harvard BBS)

2020 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Allison James

Rotation Student

(Harvard BBS)

2020 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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John McGuire

Technician
2020 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Jimmy Guo

Rotation Student

(Harvard BBS)

2020 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Hannah Spinner

Rotation Student

(Harvard BBS)

2021 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Madelynn Whittaker

Technician
2019-2021 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Hannah Stutzman

Technician
2019-2021 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Esaria Oliver

B.S. Summer Intern
2021 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Roman Doll

M.Sc. Intern
2021 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

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Benno Orr

Rotation Student
(Harvard BBS)

2021 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Allie Lemmer

Rotation student
(MIT BE)
2021 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Dr. Katie Christie

Postdoctoral fellow
2019-2021 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

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Isaiah Shriner

Rotation Student 
(Harvard BBS)
2022 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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AJ Gross

B.S. Summer Intern
2022 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Jake Potts

Rotation Student
(Harvard Chem Bio)
2022 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Apurva Kanneganti

Rotation Student
(Harvard-MIT MD/PhD)
2022 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Ann-Sophie Krรถll

M.Sc. Intern
2022-23 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

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