# Members ## Principal Investigator [### David Mooney ](/people/david-mooney) Robert 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... ![Mooney_David](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/mooney_david.png?itok=xWx7tVtQ) ## Administrative Management [### Jared Fujii ](/people/jared-fujii) Faculty Coordinator Education: B.A., Brandeis University, M.A., Boston University ![Jared Fuji headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/jared%20headshot.jpg?itok=NwylPnr7) [### Joan Cassidy ](/people/joan-cassidy) Grant Manager ![jcassidy1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/jcassidy1.jpg?itok=iFjnoCIH) ## Lab Management [### Matt Pezone ](/people/matt-pezone) Lab Manager ![Matthew Pezone Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/2018_christine_matt_weddingl_0377_1.jpg?itok=m8hxHUtS) ## Postdoctoral Fellows [### Cian O'Connor ](/people/cian-oconnor) Postdoctoral 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 ![Cian OConnor](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/3tysn8e0_400x400_1.jpg?itok=XI1C5Yjn) [### Duncan Morgan ](/people/duncan-morgan) Postdoctoral 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 ![Duncan Morgan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/original_3b654098-c1a3-44e1-9d86-621bcbe1d4e7_fb_img_1653576242944.jpg?itok=cx5tdAzV) [### Nuria Lafuente-Gómez ](/people/nuria-lafuente-gomez) Postdoctoral 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) ![foto_nuria_1_0_0_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/foto_nuria_1_0_0_0.jpg?itok=5ZHVL6O2) [### Olwyn Mahon ](/people/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) ![Olwyn Mahon headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Olwyn%20Mahon%20headshot.png?h=39486980&itok=IcoLlT0i) [### Sangmin Lee ](/people/sangmin-lee) Postdoctoral 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) ![Lee_Sangmin](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/lee_sangmin.jpg?itok=i8-4dD2V) [### Tetsuhiro Harimoto ](/people/tetsuhiro-harimoto) Postdoctoral Fellow Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University (2022) B.S., Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto (2014) ![a](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/profilepicture_square_bright.jpg?itok=_cliJOGE) [### Wei-Hung Jung ](/people/wei-hung-jung) Postdoctoral 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 ![whjung_headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/img_6049.jpg?itok=03U8AXI8) [### Wenjun Wang ](/people/wenjun-wang) Postdoctoral 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... ![img_1718_1.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/img_1718_1.jpeg?itok=6yTnLYxG) [### Yuesong Hu ](/people/yuesong-hu) Postdoctoral Fellow Education Ph.D. Chemistry, Emory University B.S. Chemistry, Lanzhou University ![yuesong_hu_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/yuesong_hu_1.jpg?itok=FD8he1ZD) ## Graduate Students [### Blake Hanan ](/people/blake-hanan) PhD Candidate Education: B.E./M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2022 ![Blake Hanan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/img_3871.jpg?itok=7uOQALNl) [### Emily Roloson ](/people/emily-roloson) PhD Candidate Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2021 ![mwi_2283.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/mwi_2283.jpg?itok=8AvaqrJ3) [### Jessica DeVilla ](/people/jessica-devilla) PhD Candidate Education: B.S. Bioengineering, Harvard University, 2021 ![jd_profile_photo.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/jd_profile_photo.jpeg?itok=PGyib7ow) [### Joshua Price ](/people/joshua-price) PhD 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 ![Josh Price](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/josh_price.jpg?itok=_ddWawFY) [### Junyi (Conny) Zhou ](/people/junyi-conny-zhou) M.S in Health Data Science Candidate Education: B.S. Applied Math and Statistics, Emory University, 2025 ![Conny Zhou headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/Conny%20headshot.jpg?itok=ieP5JslM) [### Kyle Ruark ](/people/kyle-ruark) PhD Candidate Education: B.S. Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, 2022 ![Kyle - photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/img_4843_2_0.jpg?itok=NKfunfFr) [### Ryann Joseph ](/people/ryann-joseph) PhD Student Education: B.S.E. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2025 ![Ryann Joseph headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/RAJ_CROPPED.jpg?itok=kh1biCT4) [### Shawn Kang ](/people/shawn-kang) PhD Candidate Education: B.S.E. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 M.S.E. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 ![Shawn Kang Image](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/sk_-_headshot_gray_bg_v2_1_0_0_0.jpg?itok=Q3wK5egi) [### Tania To ](/people/tania) PhD Candidate Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2017 M.S. Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2020 ![Tania To](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/taniat.jpg?itok=vjWhHxAI) ## Undergraduate Students [### Amy Li ](/people/amy-li) [amy\_li@college.harvard.edu](mailto:amy_li@college.harvard.edu)Undergraduate Education: Harvard College '29 ![Amy Li headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/AMY%20LI%20HEADSHOT.jpg?h=4a4d9f7d&itok=Y6STEE1R) [### Ann Gao ](/people/ann-gao) Undergraduate Education: Biomedical Engineering, Harvard College '27 ![Ann Gao](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/ann_gao_headshot.jpeg?itok=eFUfzFn6) [### Katherine Lam ](/people/katherine-lam) Undergraduate Education: Applied Mathematics (AB) & Chemistry (AB/SM), Harvard College ![Katherine Lam headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-02/Katherine_Lam.png?itok=L1r2hK6L) [### Krish Muniappan ](/people/krish-muniappan) Undergraduate Education: Biomedical Engineering, Harvard College ![Krish headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/KRISH%20HEADSHOT.jpeg?itok=f4vNBQRA) ## Clinical Fellows [### Yoav Binenbaum ](/people/yoav-binenbaum) [Yoav\_binenbaum@dfci.Harvard.edu](mailto:Yoav_binenbaum@dfci.Harvard.edu)Clinical Fellow Education M.D., Tel Aviv University School of Medicine Ph.D., The Technion Institute of Technology ![Binenbaum_Yoav](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/binenbaum_yoav.jpg?itok=jPTpuHFc) ## Visiting Scholars [### Lucia Pardinas del Aguila ](/people/lucia-pardinas-del-aguila) Visiting PhD Student Education: M.S. Advance therapies and regenerative medicine, Universidad San Pablo CEU, 2023; B.S. Biotechnology, Universidad CEU San Pablo, 2022 ![Lucia Pardinas del Aguila headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-02/Lucia%20Pardinas%20del%20Aguila.JPG?itok=f81XUa7b) [### Sissi Golay ](/people/sissi-golay) Visiting Masters Student Education: M.Sc. Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, B.Sc. Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, 2024 ![Sissi Golay headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Goldwyn%20Campus%20Interview%20.jpg?itok=DBJA7_I1) ## Alumni [### Leila Krajnovic ](/people/leila-krajnovic) Visiting Masters Student Education M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich B.Sc. Materials Science, ETH Zurich, 2020 ![Leila Krajnovic](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/leila_krajnovic.jpg?itok=Vsyd_Mzo) [### Alfonso F. Blanco ](/people/alfonso-blanco) Visiting PhD Student Education M.S. Drug Research and Development (Pharmaceutical Technology), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 2021 B.S. Biotechnology, Universidad de León, 2020 ![Alfonso Blanco](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/9fbd4f6b-ee82-440e-a675-607090c1726c.jpg?itok=mttaDFne) [### Joel Gutierrez-Estupinan ](/people/joel-gutierrez-estupinan) Undergraduate REU Education B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University ![Joel Gutierrez-Estupinan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/picture.jpg?itok=yht-qhPd) [### Ayu Abu-Alfa ](/people/ayu-abu-alfa) Undergraduate REU Education Molecular Biology, Princeton University ![Ayu Abu-Alfa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/aya_abu-alfa.jpg?itok=8pHsYlc9) [### Tsvetelina Mladenova ](/people/tsvetelina-mladenova) Visiting Masters Student Education M.S. Bioinformatics, Universitat de Vic M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Utrecht University B.S. Molecular Biology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski ![Lina Mladenova](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2023-05-09_155045.png?itok=jUzAwfQd) [### Izabela Zmirska ](/people/izabela-zmirska) Undergraduate REU Education Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida ![Izabela Zmirska](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/izabealzmirska.png?itok=A63LM5ef) [### Andrew Lu ](/people/andrew-lu) [andrew\_lu@college.harvard.edu](mailto:andrew_lu@college.harvard.edu)Undergraduate Education Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering, Harvard College ![Andrew Lu](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/headshot.jpeg?itok=g3ghMggy) [### Sanjay Schreiber ](/people/sanjay-schreiber) Visiting Masters Student Education MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, ETH ZurichBSc, Materials Science and Engineering, EPFL, 2020 ![Sanjay Schreiber](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/photo_1.jpg?itok=MC3tZAh0) [### Gabriele Nasello ](/people/gabriele-nasello) Visiting 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... ![Gabriele Nasello](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/pic_gn.jpg?itok=vAr1e67Q) [### Azra Haseki ](/people/azra-haseki) Undergraduate Education Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Harvard College ![Azra Haseki](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/face_photo_double_cropped.jpg?itok=OuMzLqqm) [### Elise Ansart ](/people/elise-ansart) Visiting Masters Student Education M.S., Materials chemistry, Sorbonne University B.S., Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris ![Elise Ansart](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/photo_01.jpg?itok=-0pt8fmf) [### Nicole Prescott ](/people/nicole-prescott) Undergraduate Education Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering, Harvard College ![Nicole Prescott](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/nicoleheadshot.jpg?itok=MHKj_TfQ) [### Nick Mahtani ](/people/nikhil-mahtani) Visiting Masters Student Education M.S., Life Sciences Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland B.S., Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE ![Nikhil Mahtani](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/img_1683.jpg?itok=sfgpXD96) [### Yannick Hajee ](/people/yannick-hajee) Visiting PhD Candidate ![Picture of Yannick Hajee in formal attire](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/formal_square_color.jpg?itok=teJ8GdP2) [### Vittoria Martinolli ](/people/vittoria-martinolli) Visiting Masters Student Education MSc, Biotechnology, ETH Zurich BSc, pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Milan, 2020 ![Vittoria](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/img_0485.heic_copy.png?itok=Uehbs5I_) [### Bersabeh Kelkai ](/people/bersabeh-kelkai)Undergraduate Education Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering, Harvard College ![Bersabeh Kelkai](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2022-07-28_163700.jpg?itok=9BKM0NjX) [### Jan-Marc Kartenbender ](/people/jan-mark-kartenbender) Visiting Masters Student ![Jan-Marc Kartenbender](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2022-07-28_164851.jpg?itok=xirk_fsl) [### Charlotte Meyer ](/people/charlotte-meyer) Visiting Masters Student ![Charlotte Meyer](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2022-07-28_165218.jpg?itok=z6DwRF1W) [### Meike Bleeksma ](/people/meike-bleeksma-0) Visiting 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... ![Meike Bleeksma](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2022-07-28_164545.jpg?itok=kAhi8L9N) [### Zhenwei Ma ](/people/zhenwei-ma) Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar ![Zhenwei Ma](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2022-07-28_165045.jpg?itok=ngu1eFgZ) [### Laura Cabizzosu ](/people/laura-cabizzosu) Visiting Masters Student Education MSc, Life Sciences Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland, 2022 BSc, Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2018 Focus Cancer Immunotherapy ![_cabizzosu_laura00003_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/_cabizzosu_laura00003_1.jpg?itok=OTA0oAvX) [### Einat Vitner ](/people/einat-vitner) Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar ![Einat Vitner](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2022-07-28_165359_1.jpg?itok=K9S5LRd-) [### Rea Tresa ](/people/rea-tresa) Undergraduate REU Education Molecular Bioengineering, Imperial College London ![Rea Tresa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/screenshot_2022-07-28_163925.jpg?itok=UEVAkO1l) [### Mikayla Jackson ](/people/mikayla-jackson) Undergraduate REU Education Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia ![Mikayla Jackson](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/ezgif-4-00ebe45feb_0.jpg?itok=hNDtzN54) [### Ella Serrano-Wu ](/people/ella-serrano-wu) Undergraduate Education Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering, Harvard College ![Ella Serrano Wu](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/1698790831161.jpeg?itok=W_XmUZwl) [### Alexander Tatara ](/people/alexander-tatara) Clinical 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... ![Alex Tatara](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/tatara.jpg?itok=JUIFea2u) [### Bryan Nerger ](/people/bryan-nerger) Postdoctoral Fellow Education PhD, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 2021 BASc, Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo (Canada), 2015 ![BN](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/ban.jpg?itok=sMb69Eur) [### Mani Diba ](/people/mani-diba) Postdoctoral 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) ![photo-m_diba_1_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/photo-m_diba_1_0.jpg?itok=sgFl7K0s) [### Mason T. Dacus ](/people/mason-dacus) [mason\_dacus@g.harvard.edu](mailto:mason_dacus@g.harvard.edu)PhD Candidate Education B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2020 Research focus Regulatory T cells, Adoptive transfer of regulatory T cells, Autoimmunity ​​​​​​​ ![Mason Dacus](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/img_1924.jpeg?itok=wMcwEcvi) [### Josh Brockman ](/people/josh-brockman) Postdoctoral Fellow Education Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Emory University-Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020 B.S. Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2014 ![Brockman_Josh](/sites/g/files/omnuum6436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mooneylab/files/brockman_josh.jpg?itok=36B0R23I) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/people/alumni)