top of page

Alumni: Details and Current Endeavours

Former Postdocs and Scientists

Name
Shih Lab Role
Lab Tenure
New Position
Michal Walczak
Research Fellow
2023-2024
Yuchen Wang
Research Fellow
2023-2024
Huawei Engineer
Fabian Schnitter
Research Fellow
2022-2024
Jie Deng
Research Fellow
2021-2023
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry，Huazhong University of science and technology
Toma Tomov
Research Fellow
2016-2021
Tel Aviv, Israel​
Michael Raez
Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
2019-2021
Scientist, CSL Behring, Bern, Switzerland
Zhao Zhao
Research Fellow
2014-2019
Research Scientist
Yi Luo
Research Fellow
2016-2018
Scientist, Illumina
Leo Chou
NSERC fellow
2014-2018
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Elisha Krieg
HFSP Fellow
2014-2017
Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute in Dresden
Shelley Wickham
Research Fellow
2011-2017
Group Leader, University of Sydney
Serkan Cabi
Scientist
2015-2016
Research Scientist, Google Deepmind
Alex Johnson-Buck
Research Fellow
2014-2016
Assistant Research Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Nandhini Ponnuswamy
Schlumberger Fellow
2012–2016
Engagement Manager, McKinsey
Maartje Bastings
Rubicon Fellow
2012-2016
Assistant Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (EPFL)
Steven Perrault
CIHR Fellow
2010-2016
​ Associate Director, Research & Development at Foundation Medicine ​
Seungwoo Lee
NRF Korea Fellow
2012-2014
Currently Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomicrosystem Technology, Korea University
Page 1 of 3

Former Graduate Students

Name
Shih Lab Role
Lab Tenure
New Position
Olivia Arnold
NSF GRFP fellow, MIT presidential fellow
2020-2024
Venture Creation Associate at Flagship Pioneering
Dionis Minev
Harvard SEAS Graduate Student
2016-2020
Richard Guerra
HMS BBS Graduate Student
2016–2020
Consultant, Health Consulting Firm
Jaeseung Hahn
Harvard-MIT HST NSF Fellow
2013-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
Frances Anastassacos
HMS BBS Onassis Fellow
2016–2019
co-Founder, Nabla Bio
Adam Marblestone
Harvard Biophysics Hertz Fellow
2009–2012
Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow
Franziska Graf Leifer
HSPH GCD Graduate Student
2008–2012
Senior Scientist, INSMED
Nathan Derr
Harvard Biophysics Graduate Student
2009-2012
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Smith College
Shawn Douglas
Harvard Biophysics Graduate Student
2005–2009
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
Chris Wintersinger
Meg Dillingham
Rick Guerra
Kevin Emancipator
MBA Student
Luzia Kilwing
Boehringer Ingelheim
Page 1 of 1

Former Sabbatical Visitors

Name
Shih Lab Role
Lab Tenure
Kurt Gothelf
Visiting Professor, Aarhus U.
2014
Erik Winfree
Visiting Professor, CalTech
2012
Page 1 of 1

Former Visiting Scholars

Name
Shih Lab Role
New Position
Lab Tenure
Krishna Gupta
Visiting PhD Student, TU Dresden
2024
Mette Galsgaard Malle
Visiting Ph.D. Student, U. Copenhagen
2020
Qian Tang
Visiting Ph.D. Student, East China Normal U.
2019 - 2020
Josephine Boesen
Visiting Ph.D. Student, U. Copenhagen
2019
Ju Hee Ryu
Visiting Scientist, KIST
2016 - 2019
Alexandra Eklund
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry
2017
Jon Berengut
Visiting Ph.D. Student, UNSW
2017
Glenn Cremers
Visiting Ph.D. Student, U. Eindhoven
2017
Philipp Schramm
Visiting Masters Student, U. Tübingen
2016 - 2017
Mart Last
Visiting Ph.D. Student, TU Delft
2017
Stephanie Walcher
Visiting Masters Student, U. Vienna
2016 - 2017
Luzia Kilwing
Visiting Masters Student, LMU Munich
2016
Aurora Torrijos
Visiting Undergraduate Student, U. Waterloo
2016
Tao Zhang
Visiting Ph.D. Student, LMU Munich
2015
Mathias Vinther
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Aarhus U.
2014 - 2015
Bas Nijholt
Visiting Ph.D. Student, TU Delft
2014
Thomas Schlichthärle
Visiting Ph.D. Student, TU Dresden
2013 - 2014
Page 1 of 2

Former Rotation Graduate Students

Name
Shih Lab Role
Lab Tenure
Rong Chen
Wyss Institute
2024
Huangchen Cui
Wyss Institute
2024
Paul Nguyen
HMS BBS
2019
Bradley Wierbowski
HMS BBS
2013
George Emanuel
Harvard Biophysics
2013
Erica Shapiro
HSDM
2012
Jack Nicoludis
Harvard Chemistry
2012
Johnny Hu
HMS BBS
2012
Brian Pepe-Mooney
HMS BBS
2011
Joanne Ho
HMS BBS
2010
Travis Zack
Harvard Biophysics
2009
Anna Turetsky
Harvard Biophysics
2009
William Hwang
Harvard Biophysics
2009
Paul Cowgill
HMS Systems Biology
2008
Andrew Leifer
Harvard Biophysics
2008
Gaelen Hess
Harvard Biophysics
2006 - 2007
Sidney Wang
Harvard Biophysics
2005
Page 1 of 2

Former Research Technicians

Name
Lab Tenure
Devon Yu
2021-2023
Katie Mulligan
2021-2023
Ben Everhart
2020 - 2021
Jianghong Min
2011 - 2014
Syeda Anum
2012 - 2013
Elena Fradkov
2010-2011
Mark McClintock
2008-2010
Katrina Galkina
2008
Eva Volf
2004 - 2006
Payal Pallavi
2005 - 2006
Eduardo Corea-Dilbert
Page 1 of 1

Former Undergraduate Students

Name
Lab Tenure
Sofiya Lysenko
2020 - 2021
Qi Yan
2019
Mat Martins
2015
Felipe Da Cruz
2013
Jae Shin
2013
Mark Theilman
2011 - 2012
​Kentaro Marchionni
2011
Adam Marblestone
2007 -2008
Eve Hu
2006 - 2007
Yuyin Chen
2005 - 2007
Tiffany Chan
2006
Aiwa Zhang
Maria Cheriyan
Rahul Subramaniam
Lauren Kim
Michele Rosso
Kow Simpson
Page 1 of 2
bottom of page