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BioMicro Center Staff

Stuart Levine - Director

  • Phone: 617-452-2949
  • Email: slevine@mit.edu

WET LAB

Johan Gibcus, Ph.D., P.M.P - Project Manager

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: gibcus@mit.edu

General point of contact and Spatial Sequencing Specialist

Noelani Kamelamela - Lab Manager

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: hilo1@mit.edu

10X and Single Cell Specialist

Christopher Hallee - Sequencing Specialist

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: challee@mit.edu

Illumina Sequencing and Quality Control Specialist

Avanyish Toniappa - Automation Specialist

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: toniappa@mit.edu

Automation and Library Preparation Specialist

Sky Hebert - Library Preparation Specialist

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: shebert@mit.edu

Library Preparation and ONT Specialist

INFORMATICS LAB

Vincent Butty, M.D., Ph.D. - BioInformatics Research Scientist

  • Phone: x44945
  • Email: vbutty@mit.edu

Duanduan Ma, Ph.D. - BioInformatics Research Scientist

  • Phone: x44945
  • Email: duan@mit.edu

Yann Vanrobaeys, Ph.D. - Bioinformatics Research Scientist

  • Phone: x44945
  • Email: yannvrb@mit.edu

Charlie Demurjian - Lead Data Specialist

  • Phone: x44945
  • Email: cdemu@mit.edu

Taisha Joseph-Risch - Research Data Specialist

  • Phone: x44945
  • Email: taishajo@mit.edu

Huiming Ding, Ph.D. - Research Computing Scientist

  • Phone: x44945
  • Email: huiming@mit.edu

Allen Soberanes - Systems and IT Administrator

  • Phone: x44945
  • Email: asoberan@mit.edu

BioMicro Center Alumni

STAFF

Dikshant Pradhan

  • Start Date - End Date
  • Research Specialist
  • Email: dpradhan@mit.edu
  • Currently in graduate school at BU

Sam Mildrum

  • June 2018 - September 2022
  • Automation Specialist
  • Email: sam.mildrum@maine.edu
  • Currently Senior Research Associate at Omega Therapeutics

Barbara Karampalas

  • Jan 2011 - May 2012
  • Technical Associate
  • Currently Lab Manager for Dr. Chris Voigt

Kevin Thai

  • Sept 2009 - July 2012
  • Technical Assistant
  • PhD Biology at MIT 2017
  • Currently Scientist at Amgen

Ryan Sinapius

Ryan Abo

  • Apr 2012- Apr 2013
  • BioInformatics Scientist
  • Currently Sr Scientist at Ribon Therapeutics

Scott J. Morin

  • July 2012 - June 2014
  • Technical Assistant
  • DO at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine 2014
  • Currently Resident Physician at Mt Auburn Hospital
  • Email: smorin89@gmail.com

Shmulik Motola

  • January 2012 - October 2015
  • Lab manager
  • Currently Core Director, G-INCPM at Weizmann Institute
  • Email: shmulik.motola@weizmann.ac.il

Vidya Subramanian

  • June 2015 - April 2016
  • Research Scientist
  • Currently Research Scientist II at Broad Institute
  • Email:

Leigh Manley

  • April 2014 - May 2016
  • Technical Assistant
  • PhD UTSW
  • Email: leigh.j.manley@gmail.com

Manlin Luo

  • 1997-2016
  • Technical Associate
  • Retired

Michael Gravina

  • December 2010 - August 2016
  • Technical Associate
  • Currently Research Associate at OSU

Jie Wu

  • BioInformatics Scientist
  • September 2013-November 2016
  • Currently Sr Research Scientist at Phillips

Fangming Zheng

  • Technical Assistant
  • Sample Prep
  • July 2016-June 2017

Jon Penterman

  • Lab Manager
  • December 2015-November 2017
  • Currently Scientist at CRISPR Therapeutics

Namita Wadke

  • Technical Assistant: 2016-2018
  • Currently at Aldatu Biosciences

Vineet Vishwanath

  • Sequencing and Quality Control Specialist
  • August 2018-August 2020

Austin Hendricks

  • Coop: 2013
  • Automation Technologist: 2015-2021
  • Currently Grad Student at UNM

Chloe Morgan

  • Senior Research Support Associate: 2019-2021
  • MD Tufts University Medical School

Fugen Li

  • July 2010 - Dec 2011
  • BioInformatics Scientist
  • Currently Sr Scientist at Sanofi-Aventis

Stephen Goldman

  • System Administrator
  • 1962/11/26-2022/09/30

Allison Perrotta

  • Nov 2008 - Sep 2010
  • Technical Assistant
  • PhD Biological Engineering at MIT 2017
  • Currently FAS II at Illumina

Jingzhi Zhu

  • Research Computing Specialist
  • Email: jingzhi@mit.edu

Tatum Murdock

  • Automation Specialist 2021-2024
  • Currently Grad Student at Vanderbilt University

Sabine Keppler Ross

  • Library Preparation 2024-2025

UROPS / COOPS

Avanti Shrikumar

  • UROP
  • Sep 2010 - Jan 2012

Eris Bame

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • July-Dec 2010

Katie Sullivan

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • Jan-June 2011

Justin Elliott

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • Jan-June 2011

Kaitlyn Sanders

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • July-Dec 2011

Jessica Lebowitz

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • July-Dec 2011

Linda Nguyen

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • Jan-June 2012

Margaret Minnig

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • July-Dec 2012

Kate Tracka

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • July-Dec 2012

Paraj Patel

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • Jan-Jun 2013

Pierrick Millet

  • Technical Co-op Assistant
  • Jan-Jun 2013

Zach Banks

  • UROP

Ashley Machado

  • Technical Co-op
  • July-Dec 2013

Sample Prep

Alexander Soltoff

  • Technical Co-op
  • July-Dec 2013

Ani Webb

  • Technical Co-op
  • Jan-June 2014

Samuel Kaplan

  • Co-op
  • Technical Co-op
  • Jan-June 2014

Adam Perez

  • Co-op
  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: perezad@mit.edu

Quality Control

Jonathan

  • Co-op
  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: olsonj@mit.edu

Quality Control

Rachel Stoddard

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • June 2015-December 2015

Robert Freeman

  • Co -op
  • Sample Prep
  • July 2015-January 2016

Roberto Mennuti

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • January-July 2016

Kathryn Larkin

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • January-July 2016

Asa Budnick

  • Co-op
  • Library Preparation
  • January-July 2016

Kevin Lema

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • July-December 2016

Alexis Hester

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • July-December 2016

Cori Posner

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • July-December 2016

Charlie Mintz

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • January-July 2017

Meghna Kuppuraju

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • January-July 2017

Viren Kumar Dayal

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • January-July 2017

Duncan Locke - COOP

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: lockedu@mit.edu

Specialty: Quality control Fall 2017

Abigail Blake - COOP

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: ablake@mit.edu

Specialty: Quality Control Fall 2017

Meghan Masotti - COOP

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: mmasotti@mit.edu

Specialty: Quality Control &Sample Prep. Spring 2018

Emily Evangelista - COOP

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • January-July 2018
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Melissa Franco - COOP

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • January-July 2018

Kelly O'Rourke - COOP

  • Co-op
  • Sample Prep
  • January-July 2018

Julia Breed - COOP

  • Co-op
  • Quality control
  • July-December 2018

William Bonaventura - COOP

  • Co-op
  • Quality Control
  • July-December 2018

Joseph Katz - COOP

  • Co-op
  • Sample Prep
  • July-December 2018

Dang-Huy Nguyen - COOP Spring 2019

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: dhnguyen@mit.edu

Specialty: Quality control Spring 2019

Vindya Tumati - COOP Spring 2019

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: vtumati@mit.edu

Specialty: Quality Control Spring 2019

Taeyun Kim - COOP Fall 2019

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: taeykim@mit.edu

Specialty: Quality control Fall 2019

Simrah Ahmed - COOP Fall 2019

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: ahmedsim@mit.edu

Specialty: Quality control Fall 2019

  • Janssy Garcia - Co-op Spring 2020
  • Thy Nguyen (pictured) - Co-op Spring 2020

Merline Senat - Co-op Fall 2020

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: merline@mit.edu

Devin Chatterjee - Co-op Fall 2020

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: dchatt@mit.edu

Mali DiMeo - Co-op Spring 2021

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: mdimeo@mit.edu

Tram Huynh - Co-op Spring 2021

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: thuynh@mit.edu

Owen Spencer - Co-op Fall 2021

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: ospencer@mit.edu

Victoria Russo - Co-op Fall 2021

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: russov@mit.edu

Baifan Zhou - Co-op Fall 2022

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: baifan@mit.edu

Egi Hasani - Co-op Fall 2022

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: ehasani@mit.edu

Jake Schissel - FAIRdata Co-op Fall 2022

  • Email: jschisse@mit.edu

Salma Alawi - Data Co-op Spring 2023

  • Email: salawi@mit.edu

Liam McCoart - Co-op Spring 2023

  • Email: mccoart@mit.edu

Snigdha Patra - Co-op Spring 2023

  • Email: patras@mit.edu

Simren Samba - Co-op Fall 2023

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: ssamba@mit.edu

Elizabeth Niemiec - Co-op Fall 2023

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: eniemiec@mit.edu

Eunice Koo

  • Co-op- Data - Fall 2023
  • Email: kooe@mit.edu

Linda Tran - Co-op Spring 2024

  • Phone x54533
  • Email: lttran@mit.edu

Gideon Donahue - Co-op Spring 2024

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: gideon03@mit.edu

Neil Sheth - Co-op Single Cell Fall 2023-Fall 2024

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: neil98@mit.edu

Jared Lyon - Drylab Co-op Spring 2024

  • Email: jalyon@mit.edu

Sara Farinha - Wetlab Co-op Fall 2024

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: sara1463@mit.edu

Jessica Bolduc - Wetlab Co-op Fall 2024

  • Phone x54533
  • Email: bolducje@mit.edu

Francesca Licciardello

  • Drylab Co-op Fall 2024
  • Email: fl13@mit.edu

Hannah Jackson - Wetlab Co-op Spring 2025

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: hannahj4@mit.edu

Madeline Fiedler - Wetlab Co-op Spring 2025

  • Phone x54533
  • Email: madelin9@mit.edu
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Marley O'Connor - Co-op

  • Phone: x54533
  • Email: marleyoc@mit.edu

Jacqueline Pottle - Co-op

  • Phone x54533
  • Email: pottlej@mit.edu
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