PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Max is an Assistant Professor at HMS and Assistant Pathologist in the MGH Center for Integrated Diagnostics. Max is from San Francisco and trained at Princeton (BA), Stanford (PhD), and UCSF (MD) before completing pathology residency/fellowship at MGH as well as postdoctoral training in the Maus and Ebert labs. Moving to New England, Max was pleasantly surprised by the surf, glad that the California dream lives on.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Ditsa grew up in Kolkata, India. She graduated from National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi (‘22) with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Ditsa has always been intrigued by protein structure-function relationship and their role in disease progression. Her current research interest is to understand how targeted protein degradation can modulate immune cell programming in cancer patients. In her free time, Ditsa enjoys the outdoors, walking, painting and cooking.

HMS Immunology/MSTP THESIS RESEARCHER

Emily is a joint member of the Maus and Jan labs. Emily is originally from Fairfax, VA and graduated from Princeton University (’18), where she studied Chemical and Biological Engineering. After undergrad, she moved up to Boston to work as a research associate in a cancer immunology lab at the Broad Institute. She is now an MD/PhD student in the Harvard-MIT program, working towards her PhD in Immunology. Outside the lab, you can find her hiking, skiing, cooking, and making friends with dogs she meets on the sidewalk.

HMS BBS THESIS RESEARCHER

Noor graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (‘21) where she studied microbiology and infectious diseases. There, she dabbled in a few research areas involving plant genetics and microbiology. She is now a graduate student in the Harvard BBS program and is broadly interested in applied immunology and bacteriology. In her free time, she enjoys painting, embroidering, and wandering around the city.

MIT BE THESIS RESEARCHER

Amy is a joint member of the Galloway and Jan labs. Originally from Auburn, AL, she graduated from Brown University (’22) with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering. She’s currently pursuing an MD/PhD across two institutions—after completing two years of medical school at Brown, she moved to MIT to begin her PhD in Biological Engineering. Outside the lab, Amy enjoys watching movies, baking pastries, and checking out new cafes around town.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Manuella grew up in Maryland, Italy, and Madagascar and is originally from Cameroon. She graduated from Brown University (‘23) with a B.S. in Immunobiology. Manuella’s research interests lie in the complexities of the tumor microenvironment and in cancer immunotherapies such as CAR-T cell therapy. She is also interested in increasing access to cancer care. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, cooking, taking walks, listening to podcasts, and playing basketball.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Angelique is originally from Lexington, MA, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in December 2024 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences & Psychology. She is interested in how cell therapy can be used to enhance current cancer treatment options. Outside of the lab, she loves reading, completing the NYT crosswords, and listening to music.

SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER

Zoe is a rising senior at Cornell University majoring in computational biology and is originally from Boston. She is interested in the immune system and the ways it can be engineered for therapeutic purposes. In her free time, Zoe can be found volunteering at the local fire department, at the crossfit gym, exploring the outdoors, and trying new coffee shops. 

Isabel graduated from Williams College and was a RA in the lab from 2021-2023. Isabel then matriculated to the University of Washington Immunology Ph.D. program.

Michael graduated from Bowdoin College and was a joint member of the Maus and Jan labs, in the latter from 2021-2023. He then matriculated to the University of Connecticut M.D./Ph.D. program.

From 2021-2024, Will was an undergraduate thesis researcher in the lab while completing his studies at Brown University and earning a Goldwater Scholarship. Will then matriculated to the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program of Weill Cornell Medicine.

Jo graduated from Williams College and was a RA in the lab from 2022-2024. Jo matriculated to the Mt. Sinai MSBS program in 2024.

Stephen was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab in 2024. He completed his BA at Boston College and his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. He moved to a Scientist role at BPGbio.

Gabby completed her Harvard Immunology MMSc thesis in the lab and stayed on in total from 2022-2025. She then transitioned to pursue pediatric oncology research at St. Jude.

Jalen was an undergraduate researcher in the lab from 2024-2025. He graduated from MIT and matriculated to UCSF for his PhD studies.

Sonia was an undergraduate researcher in the lab from 2024-2025. She graduated from Northeastern University.