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 Program)

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 Program)

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

Research interests: genomics & tech dev

Sponsored by: Gatorade🥤

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Allison James

Rotation student (BBS)

Education: B.S. in Chemistry @ Duke University

Research interests: gene therapies 💉
In 'free time': Running, hiking, soccer 🏃‍♀️

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Jimmy Guo

Rotation student (BBS)

Education: B.A.in Biological Sciences @ Cornell University

Research interests: off-targets 🎯and cancer

Should probably spend less time on: TikTok 📱

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Hannah Spinner

Rotation Student (BBS)

Education: B.Sc. Genetics and Plant Biology @ UC Berkeley

Research interests: computation 💾 and gene editing

Hobbies: baking 🥐 & queer fiction

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Russell Walton

Technician

2017-2019

Now: MIT Graduate Student (Blainey Lab)
Probably interested in crowd-funded cat science

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Joey Rissman

Technician

2018-2019

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John McGuire

Technician
2020

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Katrina Warner

Rotation Student
(Harvard BBS)

2020

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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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