Mark L. Andermann, PhD

manderma@bidmc.harvard.edu

Principal Investigator - Professor of Medicine, BIDMC

Oren Amsalem, PhD, Postdoc

oamsalem@bidmc.harvard.edu

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Hakan Kucukdereli, PhD, Postdoc

hkucukde@bidmc.harvard.edu

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Marta Porniece, PhD, Postdoc

mporniec@bidmc.harvard.edu

Joint postdoc with Maria Lehtinen

 
 

Kiersten Ruda, PhD, Postdoc

kruda@bidmc.harvard.edu

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  • NIH F32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2022-2024)

  • STEM writing specialist at Harvard’s Fellowships and Writing Center

Stephen Zhang, PhD, Postdoc

x.stephen.zhang@gmail.com

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Jonnathan Singh Alvarado, PhD, Postdoc

jsinghal@bidmc.harvard.edu

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Xintong Cai, PhD, Postdoc

xintongcai1@gmail.com

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  • Lefler Postdoctoral Fellow (2024 -Current)

 
 

Andrea Pinilla, Research Lab Manager

apinill1@bidmc.harvard.edu

Ahram Jang, Staff Researcher

AhRam.Jang@childrens.harvard.edu

  • AACR-Doreen J. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award (2025)

 

Rachel Essner, PhD Student

ressner@g.harvard.edu

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2019-2024)

  • NIDCD Kirschstein NRSA F31 Fellow (2022)

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Kathryn Evans, MD/PhD Student

kathryn_evans@hms.harvard.edu

  • NIDA Kirschstein NRSA F30 Fellow (2023)

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Crystian Massengill, PhD Student

crystian_massengill@g.harvard.edu

  • Ellen R and Melvin J. Gordon Fellow (2024-2025)

  • Albert J. Ryan Fellowship (2025)

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Grace Chahyadinata, PhD Student

gchahyadinata@g.harvard.edu

Josh Stern, PhD Student

sternj@g.harvard.edu

 
 

Zachary Stolberg, Research Technician

zstolber@bidmc.harvard.edu

Charlotte Ausfahl, Co-Op Student

ausfahl.c@northeastern.edu

Praneel Sunkavalli, Research Technician

psunkava@bidmc.harvard.edu

Juliana Colaccino, Co-Op Student

julianacolaccino@gmail.com

 
 

Alumni

Jo DeBolt, Research Associate

Jdebolt@bidmc.harvard.edu

Peter Kalugin, MD/PhD Student

peter_kalugin@hms.harvard.edu

  • NIDDK Kirschstein NRSA F30 Fellow (2021)

Jessica Baker, Co-Op Student

baker.jes@northeastern.edu

Madalon Hammell, Co-Op Student

hammell.m@northeastern.edu

Nghia Nguyen, PhD Student

nguyen@g.harvard.edu

  • NDSEG Graduate Fellow (2020 - 2022)

  • HHMI Gilliam Fellow (2020 - 2024)

Hannah Choh, Research Technician

hchoh@bidmc.harvard.edu

Julia Edelhaus, Co-Op Student

edelhaus.j@northeastern.edu

Lizzie Meschisen, Co-Op Student

meschisen.e@northeastern.edu

Dhriti Aiylam, Co-op Student

aiylam.d@northeastern.edu

Osama Alturkistani, Research Technician

oalturki@bidmc.harvard.edu

Dana Anderson, Co-op Student

anderson.dana@husky.neu.edu

Ellen Bamberg, Co-op Student

bamberg.e@husky.neu.edu

 

Melanie Barbini, Research Technician

mbarbini@bidmc.harvard.edu

Christian Burgess, PhD, Postdoc

cburgess@bidmc.harvard.edu

  • Davis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Eating Disorders Research (2013 - 2016)

Next Step: Assistant Professor at the Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute and Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan

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Emily Burke, Co-op Student

burke.emily1@husky.neu.edu

Hanaé Carrié, MS Student

hanae.carrie@supelec.fr

 

Crista Carty, Research Technician

carty.c@husky.neu.edu

Next Step: Medical student (MD) at UConn 

Janelle Chen, Co-Op Student

chen.janel@northeastern.edu

Lauren Christenson, Co-Op Student

christenson.l@northeastern.edu

Erin Conner, Co-op Student

conner.e@husky.neu.edu

 

Adriana Diaz, Co-op Student

diaz.adr@northeastern.edu

Veronica Diaz, Co-op Student

diaz.v@husky.neu.edu

Next Step: Graduate student (PhD) at NYU Neuroscience 

Chayanne Gumbs, Co-op Student

gumbs.c@husky.neu.edu

Jesseba Fernando, Sr. Research Associate

jfernan8@bidmc.harvard.edu

Next Step: Graduate Student (PhD) at Network Science Institute at Northeastern University

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Kayla Fernando, Research Technician

kfernan1@bidmc.harvard.edu

Next Step: Graduate Student (PhD) in the Neurobiology Program at Duke University: Hull Lab

Devin Fleharty, Co-op Student

fleharty.d@husky.neu.edu

Francisca Finkel, Co-op Student

finkel.f@husky.neu.edu

Vanessa Flores-Maldonado, Research Technician

viflores@bidmc.harvard.edu

Next Step: Development Coordinator at Prysm 

 

Alex Fratzl, MS Student

alex.fratzl@epfl.ch

  • Bertarelli Fellow (2016 - 2017)

Next Step: Graduate Student (PhD) in the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL: Hofer Lab

Diana Guarino, Research Technician

dguarin1@bidmc.harvard.edu

Amanda Hasbrouck, Co-Op Student

Hasbrouck.a@northeastern.edu

Leslie Hassanein, Co-op Student

hassanein.l@northeastern.edu

 

Jeremiah Isaac, Co-Op Student

isaac.je@northeastern.edu

Nick Jikomes, PhD Student

njikomes@g.harvard.edu

  • Sackler Scholar Graduate Fellow in Psychobiology (2015 - 2016)

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2012 - 2016)

Next Step: Senior Science Advisor at Leafly

Renee Jozanovic, Co-op Student

jozanovic.r@husky.neu.edu

Kristian Lensjø, PhD, Postdoc

Visiting postdoc from Marianne Fyhn’s Lab

kristian.lensjo@ibv.uio.no

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Hannah Lauterwasser, Co-op Student

lauterwasser.h@husky.neu.edu

Liang Liang, PhD, Postdoc

Joint postdoc with Chinfei Chen

lliang1@bidmc.harvard.edu

  • Life Sciences-Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain Fellow (2015 - 2018)

    Next Step: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine. Visit the Liang lab.

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Yoav Livneh, PhD, Postdoc

Joint postdoc with Brad Lowell

ylivneh@bidmc.harvard.edu

  • European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Long-term Fellow (2014 - 2016)

  • Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018 - 2020)

  • Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center (BNORC) Pilot & Feasibility Grant (2018 - 2020)

Next Step: Senior Scientist, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science. Visit the Yoav Livneh's Lab.

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Caroline Lommer, Co-Op Student

lommer.c@northeastern.edu

 

Andrew Lutas, PhD, Postdoc

alutas@bidmc.harvard.edu

  • Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow (2019 - 2021)

  • NIH F32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2017 - 2019)

  • Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center (BNORC) Pilot & Feasibility Grant (2021)

Next Step: Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator at the NIH NIDDK. Visit the Lutas Lab!

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Yael Mandelblat-Cerf, PhD, Postdoc

Joint postdoc with Brad Lowell

ycerf@bidmc.harvard.edu

  • Charles King Trust Postdoctoral Fellow (2015 - 2017)

Next Step: Quantitative Translational Neuroscientist at Pfizer

Omar El Mansour, MS Student

omar.elmansour@epfl.ch

Kelly McGuire, PhD Student

kmcguire@g.harvard.edu

  • Sackler Scholar in Psychobiology (2019 - 2020)

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2016-2021)

Next step: Research Engineer at Perceptive Automata.

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Claire McHugh, Co-op Student

mchugh.cla@husky.neu.edu

Katie McNealy, Summer Student

krmcnealy@alaska.edu

  • Boston University Summer Study Internship Program

Trent Pottala, Co-op Student

pottala.t@husky.neu.edu

Praveena Prasad, Research Technician

pprasad3@bidmc.harvard.edu

Next Step: PhD Student at Penn State

 

Rohan Ramesh, PhD Student

ramesh@fas.harvard.edu

  • NIH F31 Predoctoral Research Fellow (2015 - 2018)

Next Step: Insight Data Science Fellow

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Jasmine Reggiani, PhD Student

jreggiani@fas.harvard.edu

Next Step: Postdoctoral Fellow in Tiago Branco’s Lab

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Lily Rupert, Co-op Student

rupert.l@husky.neu.edu

Lilly Ryll, Co-op Student

ryll.li@husky.neu.edu

 

Abhijeet Sambangi, Research Technician

asambang@bidmc.harvard.edu

Shreya Sankar, Co-Op Student

sankar.sh@northeastern.edu

Fred Shipley, PhD Student

Joint student with Maria Lehtinen

shipley@g.harvard.edu

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2017-2022)

Inga Shurnayte, Co-op Student

shurnayte.i@husky.neu.edu

Next Step: Research Technician at the Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine: Liang lab.

 

Arthur Sugden, PhD, Postdoc

arthur.sugden@gmail.com

Next Step: Chief Technology Officer at Behaivior.

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Elise Thompson, PhD Student

Visiting student from Marianne Fyhn’s Lab

e.h.thompson@ibv.uio.no

David Tingley, PhD, Postdoc

dtingley@bidmc.harvard.edu

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Côme Willot, MS Student

come.willot@student.ecp.fr

Andy Young-Eon Ahn, Research Assistant

aahn3@bidmc.harvard.edu

Sasha Yurgenson, Summer Student

Jeff Zaremba, PhD, Postdoc

jzaremba@bidmc.harvard.edu

Next Step: Senior Data Science Engineer at Perceptive Automata

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Paula Zhu, BSc Student

paulazhu@college.harvard.edu

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