Meet our lab alumni

Anne Jecrois, PhD – Graduate Student (jointly with Celia Schiffer) 2014-2021, Generate:Biomedicines, Somerville, MA

Andrew Bellesis, MS, Undergraduate and Master’s Thesis Research (Clark University) 2015-2017, Current Position – Lab Manager, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 

Brendan Hilbert, PhD – Graduate Student (jointly with Celia Schiffer) 2007-2013 ,Director of Protein and Structural Sciences at Scorpion Therapeutics, Boston, MA  

Tara Kashav, PhD – Post-doctoral Research Scientist, 2010-2012, Current position: Assistant Professor at Central University of South Bihar, India 

Suvanna Lin – Research Assistant 2006-2008, Current position: AA Large Scale Manufacturing Facility Research Core, UMass Chan

Hema Srinath – Research Assistant 2006-2008, Current position: Technician at Abbvie Research Center, Worcester, MA

Weijun Chen, PhD – Post-doctoral research Scientist, 2005-2007, Director, RNA Technologies Lead at Intellia Therapeutics, Inc, Cambridge, MA

Michael Omartian – Lab Manager 2004-2008, Current Position: Senior Director, Product Management at Rapid Micro Biosystems.  

Jason Flores, PhD – Graduate Dissertation Research in Royer Lab (Graduate Advisor, CR Fisher, Penn State) 2001-2005, Associate Professor at North Carolina State University 

Hitesh Sharma, PhD – Research Assistant 2000-2003, (PhD Yale 2009) Current position: Consultant

James Knapp, PhD – Post-doctoral research scientist, 1998-2007, Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Preclinical Education, Mercer College of Medicine, Savannah, GA

Holly Soutter, PhD – Graduate Student (Clark University) 1996-2000, Current Position: Director, Lead Discovery and Profiling at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Michelle Bonham – Lab Manager 1994-1999

Kristen Strand-Tibbets, PhD – Graduate Student 1991-1998, 2002-2004, Current position: Director of Biomarker Statistics, Moderna, Westford, MA

Candace Summerford, PhD – Lab Manager 1991-1993 (PhD UNC Chapel Hill 1998) 

James Fettinger, PhD – Post-doctoral Research Scientist 1991-1992, Present Position: Director of X-ray Crystallographic Laboratory, University of California, Davis

Daniel Harrington, PhD – Graduate Student 1991-1998, Current Position: Beam Line Development Group Leader, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Menlo Park, CA

Animesh Pardanani MD, PhD – Graduate Student 1991-1997, Current position: Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota