RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Meet the people behind the work
According to myth, the famed explorer Ernest Shackleton took out a small ad in a newspaper and wrote: “Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.”
From our previous headquarters in Minnesota, and our new HQ in Boston, we can similarly promise small wages and bitter cold. (Not so much the complete darkness and constant danger!) And as for success, honor, and recognition? Time will tell. But I am grateful to the many research assistants who have collaborated on our work over the years. A Lab is only as good as the people who work in it. Below is a list of those who have worked as RAs for me over the years.
Lab alumni have gone off to amazing careers in law, science, medicine, business, education, and more. They are using their talented brains to make their community a better place, and I am proud of all they are accomplishing.
Since our move to Harvard in 2022, we continue to expand the Lab. So check out the Hiring page and let us know if you’re interested in joining the team. It’s the most amazing Lab in the world! (Well, at least I think it is. You can join and see for yourself.)
SHEN lab CURRENT MEMBERS
Click on photos to read RA bios.
SHEN lab Alumni

Natasha Ahrweiler

Maha Al-Suwaidi

Ilham Abdalla Tagelsir Ali

John Arceci

Alexander Bagwell

Amber Banks

Yuhan Bao

Melissa Barwick

Sarah Becker

Mariah Bellamoroso

Monisha Bhatia

Andrea Bilbija

Thomas Booms

Sam Brandao

Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine

Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine

Brent Brien

Julianne Campbell

Morgan Carlson

Deniz Cataltepe

Junchi Chu

Gabriela Barriuso Clark

Spencer Compton

Warren Cormack

Warren Cormack

JP Costello

Frances Daniels

Sean Deitrick

Jonathan Dial

Sydney Diekmann

Sydney Diekmann

Shawn Donovan

Devin Driscoll

Laura Drohan

Michael Dunbar

Kathryn Easterling

Christine Egan

Christine Egan

Erin Shortell

Elizabeth Escalante

Heloise Evins-Mackenzie

Regina C.E. Fairfax

Katherine Fang

Jenna Farleigh

Alexandria Scarbrough Fisher

Kyle Flann

John Frost

Ilai Gavish

Laura Gisler

Anne Gooch

Joseph Graen

Juile Griep

Felicity Grisham

Vihra Groueva

Lea Gulotta

Lokys Gust

Julia Hall

Ian Hayes

Katherine Van Deusen Hely

Courtney Holliday Hess

Annie Ilsley

Shreyas Iyer

Eric Jackson

Ian Jackson

Lauren Bair Jacques

Elizabeth McElwee Janss

Mariam Abdel-Malek, JD

Grace Jensen

Tyler Johnson

Brendan Johnson

Dara Johnson-Ayodele

Kaela Juarez

Kat Kubis Jugo

Annie Jwa

Fatjon Kaja

Michelle Kallen

David Kamper

Robert Kim

Clarissa Kimmey

Ellen Kleeman

Alexis Kocken

Shishira Kothur

Martha Kramer

Jordan Krieg

Kathryn Kuhn

Rtusha Kulkarni

Sarah Lagan

Emily Larish

Erica Larson

Ryan Lee

Weiwen Leung

Reid Litman

Stacy Livingston

Geordin Crist, MA

Greg Maczko

Megha Majumder

Layla Malamut

Amy Mandel

Maxim Massenkoff

Jillian Mastroianni

Craig McFarland
Research Assistant

Lindsey Gilling McIntosh

Fenella McLuskie

Jaleh McTeigue

Maria McTeigue

Najet Miah

Monica Miecznikowski

Bethany Mihalik

Tim Mitchell

Madeleine Muller

Jennifer Near

Kailey Nicholson

Aubrianne Norton

Jennifer Novo

Job Okeri

Ifeoma Okoli

Caitlin Opperman

Caitlin Opperman

Jonathan Ord

Cameron Kruger Pariseau

Andrew Park

Raquel Stringer Parker

Alex Payne

Ryan Pesch

Aldis Petriceks

Breanna Philips

Jeff Phillips

Sarah Prentice-Mott

Joshua Preston

Spencer Ptacek

Ivan Ramirez
Research Assistant

Lauren Ramos

Carly Rasmussen

Carly Rasmussen

Jason Reed

Rick Weinmeyer

Kelsey Rodgers

Kai Saito

Sam Sipprell

Jennifer Sauer

Cole Schott

JT Schuweiler

Anish Sethi

Sina Sadeghzadeh

Tayla Smith

Aubrey Sprenger

Drew Staniewski

Adam Steiner

Christopher Sundby

Oliver Sussman

Jamie Thalgott

Deanna Thompson

Tom Pryor

Efrain Torres

Robin Tu

Emily Twedell

Emily Twedell

Tevyn Waddell

Kennon Wales

Alexander Walker

Aryan Weisenfeld

Ian Welsh

Jacob Westerberg

Bethany Whelan

Matthew Wilkinson

Sarah Pazar Williams

Justin Wong

Yihan Wu

Micaela Yarosh

Alina Yasis

Lois Yoo
