Members
Principal Investigator
David Mooney
mooneyd@seas.harvard.eduRobert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering
Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Education BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison PhD, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisors: Drs. Robert Langer and Donald Ingber) Post-doctoral Studies, Harvard Medical School (Advisor: Dr. Joseph...
Administrative Management
Jared Fujii
jfujii@seas.harvard.eduFaculty Coordinator
Education: B.A., Brandeis University, M.A., Boston University
Lab Management
Postdoctoral Fellows
Cian O'Connor
coconnor@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
BA in Physiology, Trinity College Dublin, 2015-2019 PhD in Neural Tissue Engineering, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2019-2023 Fulbright Ireland NUI and HRB Health Impact Scholar, 2024-2025
Duncan Morgan
dmorgan@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education B.E., Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics, Vanderbilt University 2017 M.S., Chemical Engineering Practice, MIT 2019 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, MIT 2022 Research focus immunology, regenerative biology
Nuria Lafuente-Gómez
nlafuentegomez@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid (2022). Center: Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanociencia) B.S., Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid (2017)
Olwyn Mahon
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education: B.A. Neuroscience, Trinity Centre for Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, (2014); M.Sc. Immunology, Trinity College Dublin (2015); PhD in Immunology and Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, (2016-2020)
Sangmin Lee
sangminlee@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2021) M.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (2017) B.S., Life Sciences, Korea University (2015)
Tetsuhiro Harimoto
tharimoto@g.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University (2022) B.S., Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto (2014)
Wei-Hung Jung
whjung@g.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University M.S. Physiology, National Taiwan University B.S. Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Taipei Medical University
Wenjun Wang
wjwang@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education: PhD Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2024 M.Eng Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2017 B.S. Biological Science, Ocean University of China, 2015 Research interest: Mechanobiology, breast cancer, diabetes, tumor...
Yuesong Hu
yhu@g.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education Ph.D. Chemistry, Emory University B.S. Chemistry, Lanzhou University
Graduate Students
Blake Hanan
blakehanan@fas.harvard.eduPhD Candidate
Education: B.E./M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2022
Emily Roloson
eroloson@g.harvard.eduPhD Candidate
Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2021
Jessica DeVilla
jdevilla@mit.eduPhD Candidate
Education: B.S. Bioengineering, Harvard University, 2021
Joshua Price
joshuaprice@g.harvard.eduPhD Candidate
Education: M.S. Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University, 2022 B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, 2018 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2018 Research Focus T-cell development and immunoengineering; Cell manufacturing
Junyi (Conny) Zhou
junyizhou@hsph.harvard.eduM.S in Health Data Science Candidate
Education: B.S. Applied Math and Statistics, Emory University, 2025
Kyle Ruark
kruark@g.harvard.eduPhD Candidate
Education: B.S. Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, 2022
Ryann Joseph
rjoseph@g.harvard.eduPhD Student
Education: B.S.E. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2025
Shawn Kang
skang@g.harvard.eduPhD Candidate
Education: B.S.E. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 M.S.E. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2022
Tania To
tania.to@g.harvard.eduPhD Candidate
Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2017 M.S. Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2020
Undergraduate Students
Ann Gao
anngao@college.harvard.eduUndergraduate
Education: Biomedical Engineering, Harvard College '27
Katherine Lam
katherinelam@college.harvard.eduUndergraduate
Education: Applied Mathematics (AB) & Chemistry (AB/SM), Harvard College
Krish Muniappan
krishmuniappan@college.harvard.eduUndergraduate
Education: Biomedical Engineering, Harvard College
Clinical Fellows
Yoav Binenbaum
Yoav_binenbaum@dfci.Harvard.eduClinical Fellow
Education M.D., Tel Aviv University School of Medicine Ph.D., The Technion Institute of Technology
Visiting Scholars
Lucia Pardinas del Aguila
lucia.pardinas@imdea.orgVisiting PhD Student
Education: M.S. Advance therapies and regenerative medicine, Universidad San Pablo CEU, 2023; B.S. Biotechnology, Universidad CEU San Pablo, 2022
Sissi Golay
sgolay@ethz.chVisiting Masters Student
Education: M.Sc. Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, B.Sc. Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, 2024
Alumni
Leila Krajnovic
leilak@g.harvard.eduVisiting Masters Student
Education M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich B.Sc. Materials Science, ETH Zurich, 2020
Alfonso F. Blanco
alfonsoblanco@seas.harvard.eduVisiting PhD Student
Education M.S. Drug Research and Development (Pharmaceutical Technology), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 2021 B.S. Biotechnology, Universidad de León, 2020
Joel Gutierrez-Estupinan
Joel.GutierrezEstupinan@wyss.harvard.eduUndergraduate REU
Education B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
Ayu Abu-Alfa
aa4573@princeton.eduUndergraduate REU
Education Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Tsvetelina Mladenova
tsvetelina.mladenova@wyss.harvard.eduVisiting Masters Student
Education M.S. Bioinformatics, Universitat de Vic M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Utrecht University B.S. Molecular Biology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Izabela Zmirska
izabelazmirska@ufl.eduUndergraduate REU
Education Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
Andrew Lu
andrew_lu@college.harvard.eduUndergraduate
Education Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering, Harvard College
Sanjay Schreiber
schreibersanjay@gmail.comVisiting Masters Student
Education MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, ETH ZurichBSc, Materials Science and Engineering, EPFL, 2020
Gabriele Nasello
gabrielenasello@seas.harvard.eduVisiting Postdoctoral Scholar
Education B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Palermo, Italy, 2014 M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2017 PhD Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, 2021 PhD Engineering Sciences, KU Leuven...
Azra Haseki
ahaseki@college.harvard.eduUndergraduate
Education Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Harvard College
Elise Ansart
elise.ansart@wyss.harvard.eduVisiting Masters Student
Education M.S., Materials chemistry, Sorbonne University B.S., Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
Nicole Prescott
nprescott@college.harvard.eduUndergraduate
Education Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering, Harvard College
Nick Mahtani
nmahtani@g.harvard.eduVisiting Masters Student
Education M.S., Life Sciences Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland B.S., Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Vittoria Martinolli
vittoria.martinolli@gmail.comVisiting Masters Student
Education MSc, Biotechnology, ETH Zurich BSc, pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Milan, 2020
Meike Bleeksma
mbleeksma@seas.harvard.eduVisiting Masters Student
Working under supervision of Dr. Ben Freedman on the application of tough adhesives to tendon injuries, with a focus on Achilles ruptures in an aging model. Educational Background: Bsc. Biomedicine at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2017 MSc...
Laura Cabizzosu
lcabizzosu@g.harvard.eduVisiting Masters Student
Education MSc, Life Sciences Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland, 2022 BSc, Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2018 Focus Cancer Immunotherapy
Rea Tresa
rea.tresa19@imperial.ac.ukUndergraduate REU
Education Molecular Bioengineering, Imperial College London
Mikayla Jackson
mikayla.jac@gmail.comUndergraduate REU
Education Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Ella Serrano-Wu
ellaserranowu@college.harvard.eduUndergraduate
Education Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering, Harvard College
Alexander Tatara
ATATARA@partners.orgClinical Fellow
Education: Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Mass General Brigham (current) Internal Medicine Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2020 M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 2018 Ph.D., Rice University Department of Bioengineering, 2017 B.S. Washington...
Bryan Nerger
bnerger@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education PhD, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 2021 BASc, Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo (Canada), 2015
Mani Diba
diba@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education: Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, Radboud University (2018) M.Sc. in Advanced Materials and Processes, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2012) B.Sc. in Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology (2010)
Mason T. Dacus
mason_dacus@g.harvard.eduPhD Candidate
Education B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2020 Research focus Regulatory T cells, Adoptive transfer of regulatory T cells, Autoimmunity
Josh Brockman
jbrockman@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Education Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Emory University-Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020 B.S. Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2014
