Principal Investigator
Cigall Kadoch, Ph.D.
cigall_kadoch at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
B.A., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Affiliated Faculty, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Institute Member, Center for the Science of Therapeutics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Postdoctoral Fellows
Ngai Ting (Steve) Chan, Ph.D.
ngait_chan at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
B.S., Biotechnology, Fudan University – Shanghai, China
Claudia Gentile, Ph.D.
claudia_gentile at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Experimental Medicine, McGill University
B.S., Specialization Cell and Molecular Biology, Concordia University
Usman Hyder, Ph.D.
usman_hyder at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Genetics, Development and Disease, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
B.S., Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Dallas
Siddhant Jain, Ph.D.
siddhant_jain at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
B.Tech., Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee
Brian Josephson, Ph.D.
brian_josephson at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Chemical Biology, University of Oxford
B.S., Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University
Matthew King, Ph.D.
matthew_king at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Princeton University
B.S., Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, University of Delaware
Visiting Researcher from Pappu Lab - Washington University in St. Louis
Shany Koren-Hauer, Ph.D.
shanyk at princeton.edu
Ph.D., Cell Biology, University of Basel
Diploma, Molecular Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
(Shared postdoctoral fellow with Muir Lab at Princeton University)
Sangwoo Park, Ph.D.
sangwoo_park at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
B.S., Biology and Physics, KAIST, Daejon, Republic of Korea
S. Aidan Quinn, Ph.D.
stuarta_quinn at dfci.harvard.edu
Ph.D., Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine, Columbia University
M.A., Biotechnology, Columbia University
B.S., Psychology, Fairfield University
Jessica St. Laurent, M.D.
jdstlaurent at bwh.harvard.edu
M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine
B.A., Biochemistry, Saint Anselm College
Clinical Fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Graduate Students
Kimberlee Hixon
khixon at g.harvard.edu
B.S., Biochemistry, Simmons University
Ph.D. Candidate, Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School
Whitney Lieberman
whitneylieberman at g.harvard.edu
B.A., Biochemistry, Claremont McKenna College
Ph.D. Candidate, Program in Chemical Biology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Kevin So
kevinso at g.harvard.edu
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno
Ph.D. Candidate, Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School
Kristian Teichert, Ph.D.
kristianteichert at g.harvard.edu
B.S., Biochemistry, Northeastern University
Ph.D. Program in Chemical Biology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science
Computational Biologists
Daren Card, Ph.D.
card at broadinstitute.org
Ph.D., Quantitative Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
B.S., Conservation BiologySUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), Syracuse, NY
SoYoung (Briley) Park
soyoung_park at dfci.harvard.edu
B.S., Biology
Emory University
Alexander Ying
yingalex at broadinstitute.org
B.S., Biomedical Engineering - Minor in History
Columbia University
Research Technicians
Maxwell Allison
maxwell_allison at dfci.harvard.edu
B.S., Biology, Tufts University
Madeline Hinkley
madeline_hinkley at dfci.harvard.edu
B.S., Biochemistry and Spanish, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ludan (Janet) Liu
ludan_liu at dfci.harvard.edu
B.A. in Biology, Grinnell College
William Surks
william_surks at dfci.harvard.edu
B.A., Biochemistry, Bowdoin College
Aasha Turner
aasha_turner at dfci.harvard.edu
B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology,
University of California, Berkeley
Grace Xu
grace_xu at dfci.harvard.edu
B.S.E., Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Princeton University
Undergraduate Student Interns
Tim Guan
tguan at college.harvard.edu
Major: Applied Mathematics
Harvard College
Andrew Ying
andrew_ying at dfci.harvard.edu
Major: Biomedical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Academic Assistant
Kristen Applegate
kadochoffice at gmail.com
B.A., Foreign Languages and Sociology/Anthropology,
Lewis & Clark College
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
Enrique Garcia-Rivera (2013–2017)
Currently: Director, Data Science — ROME Therapeutics
Steven Poynter
(2014–2018)
Currently: Science Advisor — Goodwin
Joshua Pan
(2014–2018)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow — Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Seth Cassel
(2014–2018)
Currently: Senior Associate, Biotech Investing — OrbiMed
Brittany Michel
(2015–2018)
Currently: Curriculum Fellows Program — Harvard Medical School
Matt McBride
(2015–2019)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow —Princeton University
Roodolph St. Pierre (2015–2021)
Currently: Staff Scientist — Jnana Therapeutics
Freddy Valencia (2015–2020)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow — Stanford University
Jordan Otto
(2016–2021)
Currently: Molecular Biologist — Flagship Labs 84, Inc.
Kaylyn Williamson (2017–2021)
Currently: Scientist, Biology — Flare Therapeutics
Hayley Zullow
(2017–2021)
Currently: MSTP Student, Clinical Rotations — Harvard Medical School
Dawn Comstock (2017–2021)
Currently: MSTP Student, Clinical Rotations — Harvard Medical School
Kristin Qian, Ph.D.
(2019–2023)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow — Harvard Medical School
Ajinkya Patil, Ph.D.
(2020–2023)
Currently: Senior Scientist — Pfizer
Postdoctoral Associates and Visiting Scholars
He Qing
(2015–2016)
Currently: Ph.D. candidate — Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gabriel Sandoval (2013–2018)
Currently: Senior Scientist — Foghorn Therapeutics
Rachel Palte Kubiak (2014–2016)
Currently: Associate Principal Scientist, Structural Chemistry —Merck
Robert Nakayama (2014–2017)
Currently: Senior Assistant Professor — Keio University
Veronika Ostapcuk (2018–2021)
Currently: Associate — McKinsey
Tobias Wauer
(2020–2021)
Currently: Associate — McKinsey
Dana Neel, M.D., Ph.D (2021)
Currently: Resident Doctor — Boston Children’s Hospital
Nazar Mashtalir, Ph.D.
(2015–2021)
Computational Biologists
John Pulice
(2015–2018)
Currently: Graduate Student — Harvard University
Drew D'Avino
(2016–2019)
Currently: MD-PhD Student — Weill Cornell Medical College
Clayton Collings, Ph.D.
(2017–2023)
Akshay Sankar
(2019–2023)
Currently:
Medical Student —University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Kasey Steven Cervantes
(2021–2023)
Currently: PhD Student — Cornell University
Research Technicians
Robert T. Williams (2014–2015)
Currently: MSTP Student — Weill Cornell Medical College
Christian Widmer (2014–2018)
Currently: Senior Clinical Program Lead — Foundation Medicine
Zachary McKenzie (2015–2019)
Currently: MSTP Student — Harvard Medical School
Evan Winter
(2017–2020)
Currently: Graduate Student — Dartmouth College
Nina Kuprasertkul (2018–2019)
Currently: Graduate Student — University of Pennsylvania
Busayo Bolonduro (2018–2020)
Currently: Graduate Student — University of Chicago
Martin Filipovski (2018–2020)
Currently: Graduate Student — Harvard Medical School
Aaron Corin
(2020–2022)
Currently: Graduate Student — University of California, San Francisco
Daniel Same Guerra (2020–2022)
Currently: Graduate Student — Harvard University
Other Lab Members
Katherine Yeager — CURE Program, DFCI (2018–2020)
Currently: Undergraduate student — Boston College
Nora Fortoul — CURE Program, DFCI
(2018–2020)
Currently: Undergraduate student — Washington University, St. Louis
Mary McKenney — Research Intern (Summer 2019)
Currently: Analyst — Chestnut Partners, Inc.