Kirchhausen Group 2023

Principal Investigator

TK

Tomas Kirchhausen, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
Senior Investigator,
Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Springer Family Chair;
Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School, and Boston Childrens Hospital

Staff

Eric Marino photo

Eric Marino

Imaging Specialist
Warren Alpert Building, Room 133D
Eric.Marino [at] childrens.harvard.edu
Elliott Somerville Photo

Elliott Somerville, M.S., , B.S.

Research Laboratory Supervisor
Warren Alpert Building, Room 138
617.713.8684
Elliott.Somerville [at] childrens.harvard.edu
Catherine Swan

Catherine Swan

Administrative Assistant
Warren Alpert Building, Room 133A
617.713.8889
Catherine.Swan [at] childrens.harvard.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Beren Aylan photo

Beren Aylan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Warren Alpert Building, Room 140
617.713.8684
Beren.Aylan [at] childrens.harvard.edu
Alex Kreutzberger

Alex Kreutzberger, Ph.D.

Instructor in Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Building, Room 138
617.713.8684
Alex.Kreutzberger [at] childrens.harvard.edu
Anand Saminathan

Anand Saminathan, Ph.D., , M.S.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Warren Alpert Building, Room 140
617.713.8684
Anand.Saminathan [at] childrens.harvard.edu
Anwesha Sanyal

Anwesha Sanyal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Warren Alpert Building, Room 138
617.713.8684
Anwesha.Sanyal [at] childrens.harvard.edu
Gustavo Scanavachi Moreira Campos

Gustavo Scanavachi Moreira Campos, Ph.D.

Instructor in Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Building, Room 138
617.713.8894
scanavachi [at] tklab.hms.harvard.edu
Ewa Sitarska

Ewa Sitarska, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Warren Alpert Building, Room 138
617.713.8684
sitarska [at] tklab.hms.harvard.edu

Students

Adrian Coscia Photo

Adrian Coscia, M.S., , B.S.

Graduate Student
Warren Alpert Building, Room 138
617.713.8684
Adrian.Coscia [at] childrens.harvard.edu
Bryan Zuniga

Bryan Zuniga, B.S.

Graduate Student
Warren Alpert Building, Room 136
Bryan_zuniga [at] g.harvard.edu

Visiting Scholars

Nikos Hatzakis

Nikos Hatzakis, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor
hatzakis [at] nano.ku.dk

Recent Alumni


Ellie Abbott

Elizabeth Abbott, B.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

Harvard Medical School, Division of Medical Sciences, Virology

Austin Wang

Austin Wang, B.S.

Graduation Year -
(Undergraduate Student)
Present Position:
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Steen Bender, M.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

University of Copenhagen

Kostas photo

Konstantinos Tsolakidis, M.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

Machine Learning Engineer, University of Copenhagan

Fiorenza Sella photo

Fiorenza Sella, M.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

Graduated PhD, Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM)

Adam Ingemansson photo

Adam Ingemansson, B.S.

Graduation Year -
(Undergraduate Student)
Present Position:
Arkash Jain

Arkash Jain, M.S., , B.S.

Graduation Year -
(Software Engineer)
Present Position:

Machine Learning Engineer at Benmore Technologies / Dakota Systems

Iris Rapoport

Iris Rapoport, Ph.D.

Graduation Year -
(Research Associate)
Present Position:
Patrick Stock

Patrick Stock, M.S.

Graduation Year -
(Software Engineer)
Present Position:

Sr Machine Learning Engineer at Dyno Therapeutics

Nicholas Chow

Nicholas Chow, B.S.

Graduation Year -
(Research Assistant)
Present Position:

Graduate student at UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Alex Lavaee

Alex Lavaee

Graduation Year -
(Undergraduate Student)
Present Position:

Graduated Boston University May 2025, Software Engineer, Microsoft, Redmond, WA

Ricardo Bango Da Cunha Correia

Ricardo Bango Da Cunha Correia, Ph.D.

Graduation Year -
(Senior Staff Scientist, Research Associate in Pediatrics)
Present Position:

Imaging manager/director, HSPH - BSL3 & Research Associate, Harvard School of Public Health

Liam Thievery

Liam Theveny, M.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

Graduate Student, HMS

Benjamin Gallusser

Benjamin Gallusser, M.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

Computer Scientist, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, San Francisco Bay Area

Daanyal Saeed

Daanyal Saeed

Graduation Year -
(Undergraduate Student)
Present Position:

Berkeley University of California

Athul Nair Photo

Athul Nair

Graduation Year -
(Undergraduate Student)
Present Position:

Data Engineer, LeoVegas Group, Hoboken, NJ

Akhil Nair

Akhil Nair

Graduation Year -
(Undergraduate Student)
Present Position:

MD student, Columbia University, NY

Sander Cosica

Sander Coscia

Graduation Year -
(Undergraduate Student)
Present Position:

Current WPI Student

Jacob Kaestel-Hansen

Jacob Kaestel-Hansen, Ph.D.

Graduation Year -
(Postdoctoral Fellow)
Present Position:

MIT Fellow, Cambridge, MA

Giuseppe Di Caprio

Giuseppe Di Caprio, Ph.D.

Graduation Year -
(Instructor in Pediatrics)
Present Position:

Associate Professor (senior lecturer), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Zhenyu Li

Zhenyu Li, M.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

HMS Virology G1 Program

Philip Mark Lund

Philip Mark Lund, M.S., , B.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

Ph.D. Fellow

Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark

Catherine Doyle photo

Catherine Doyle, M.S., , B.S.

Graduation Year -
(Graduate Student)
Present Position:

University of Virginia

Tegy Vadakkan Picture

Tegy Vadakkan, Ph.D.

Graduation Year -
(Research Associate)
Present Position:

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee