Current Team

A diverse, interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers

Principal Investigator

Paul Blainey

he/him; Professor, MIT; Core Member, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

Administrator

Martina Zhelezarova

she/her; Operations Specialist, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

Scientific Staff

Robert Majovski

he/him; Scientific Advisor, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
Ben Peters

he/him; Visiting Researcher

Postdoctoral Fellows

Owen Andrews

he/him
Kevin Bishop

he/him
Mohamad Najia
Yue Qin

she/her; Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center Fellow
Ming Zheng

he/him; Joint w/ Peng Lab

Graduate Students

Julie Chen

she/her; MIT Microbiology
Brian Cheng

he/him; MIT Biological Engineering
Sarah-Luisa Dülk

she/her; MIT Biology
Nick Godzik

he/him; MIT Biological Engineering
Frances Keer

she/her; MIT Biological Engineering
Heyuan “Michael” Ni

he/him; MIT Biological Engineering; joint w/ Bryson Lab
Nikita Podobedov

he/him; MIT Biological Engineering
Andy Saiz

he/him; MIT Biology
Justine Shih

she/her; MIT Biological Engineering
Russell Walton

he/him; MIT Biological Engineering
Xianyi (Sen) Xiong

he/him; MIT Microbiology

Research Associates

Bryce Kirby

he/him
Aaron Kirby

he/him

UROPs

Emily Chen
Jacob Cobb
Lexi Fernandez
Ella Lee

she/her; MIT Chemical Engineering
Vernon Lin
Theodore Pabst

he/him; Broad Summer Research Program; University of Texas at San Antonio