Lab Members

Professor,
Harvard Medical School

B.S. Yale College
M.D., Ph.D. Harvard University

srdatta at hms.harvard.edu
617-432-7890

Strange but true: Bob went to high school with Snoop Dogg.

Lab Manager

B.S. Northeastern University

Neha_Bhagat at hms.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Neha can “jump rope” with her arms.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S., University of Tokyo
Ph.D., University of Tokyo

617-432-7971

Strange but true: When Tatsuya was 4 he got lost in Paris, and while in the custody of the police spent the time trying to get them to pronounce his name correctly.

Graduate Student

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018

617-432-7971

Strange but true: Maya once bribed her way out of a foreign country, and for $100 she'll tell you which one.

Graduate Student

B.A. Columbia University

617-432-7971

Strange but true: Things David has slept through: fire alarms, a Philip Glass concert, his college graduation.

Graduate Student

B.A. Boston University

617-432-7971

Strange but true: Winthrop lived through most of his childhood without two front teeth.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S. UC Davis
Ph.D. University of Oregon

angiemicha at gmail.com
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Angie has had many strange pets over the years, including an octopus.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S., Johns Hopkins University
PhD, Boston University

jeffrey_markowitz at hms.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Jeff has two webbed toes on each foot.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S., Brown University
Ph.D., Harvard University

calebsw at gmail.com
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Caleb went through a six month phase around age 5 where he required a half apple face down on his chest to fall asleep

Graduate Student (joint with H. Hoesktra lab)

B.S., Columbia College
B.S., Western Connecticut State College

ranyoha at g.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Rockwell has three independent visual impairments in one eye: because of this he hates red/blue 3d glasses, microscopes and binoculars.

Graduate Student

B.S., Cornell College

slatersharp at g.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Slater eats one box of Trader Joe’s Organic Shells and White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese® every day.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S. Istanbul University
M.S. Strasbourg University
Ph.D. Charite Medical University

dilansuguneykaya at gmail.com
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Dilansu almost went to the Olympics

Co-op Student

B.S., Northeastern University, expected 2020

617-432-7971

Strange but true: When Jeff was 8, he was playing with fireworks and accidentally set his arm on fire

Co-op Student

B.S., Northeastern University, Expected 2021

617-432-7971

Strange but true: Alia used to order cheese pizza without the cheese

Senior Computer Scientist

B.S., Lehigh University

ayman_zeine at hms.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Ayman didn't eat a strawberry until he was 18

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S. Brandeis University
Ph.D. Harvard University

pashkovs at fas.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Stan can eat a pound of peanut M&Ms in under two minutes.

Co-op Student

B.S. Northwestern (expected 2022)

emsrobinson101 at gmail.com
617-432-7971

Strange but true: In high school, Emma was a volunteer at an invertebrate zoo as a tarantula handler!

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.Sc. Hebrew University
Ph.D. Weizmann Institute

dana_levy at hms.harvard.edu
617-969-1799

Strange but true: Dana's name was changed after her older sister relentlessly insisted she be named after her best friend from kindergarden.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.A. Boston University
Ph.D. Harvard University

guitchounts at fas.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Greg once had a brief but illustrious football career as a defensive tackle. Ask him about his pinkie.

Senior Software/Data Engineer

B.S. Stanford

Akshay_Jaggi at hms.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Until the age of 5, Akshay went by “Milkshake”

Administrative Coordinator

B.A., UNC Chapel Hill
Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill

Janet_Wallace at hms.harvard.edu
617-432-7971

Strange but true: Until she was 30 Janet thought that "drumettes" were drumsticks from exceptionally small chickens.