Lab Members

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Sichen (Susan) Shao

Principal Investigator

sichen_shao [at] hms.harvard.edu
Google_scholar   ORCID   @sshao714

Susan was born in China and grew up in Texas. She trained with Manu Hegde in the JHU-NIH graduate partnerships program and at the MRC LMB. She enjoys designing experiments, interpreting unexpected results, and marveling at the elegance of cellular mechanisms. Work in the Shao lab has been recognized by the Vallee Foundation, a Packard Fellowship, and the NIH New Innovator award.

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Michael McKenna

Postdoctoral Fellow

michael_mckenna [at] hms.harvard.edu
AHA Fellow 2018-2020
 ORCID 

Mike is from the UK and did his PhD with Prof. Stephen High at the University of Manchester.

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Jingjing Gao

Postdoctoral Fellow

jingjing_gao [at] hms.harvard.edu
Reed Memorial Fellow

Jingjing is from China and did her PhD research in the lab of Ye Xiang at Tsinghua University.

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João Coelho

Postdoctoral Fellow

joao_coelho [at] hms.harvard.edu

João is from Portugal and did his PhD with Prof. Matthias Feige at the Technical University of Munich.

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Haruka Chino

Postdoctoral Fellow

haruka_chino [at] hms.harvard.edu
Takeda Science Foundation Fellow

Haruka is from Japan and did her PhD research in the lab of Noboru Mizushima at The University of Tokyo. She is interested in how cells maintain protein quality control.

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Michael Rale

Postdoctoral Fellow

michael_rale [at] hms.harvard.edu

Michael is from Los Angeles, California and did his PhD research with Prof. Sabine Petry at Princeton University. He enjoys writing short stories, reading, photography, and being near the ocean. Also loves dogs and cats.

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Dawafuti Sherpa

Postdoctoral Fellow

dawafuti_sherpa [at] hms.harvard.edu
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow
@sshao714 

Dawa grew up in Nepal and moved to Germany for higher education. She did her PhD with Prof. Brenda Schulman at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich. Outside of lab, she loves taking long walks in nature, running, and hiking.

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Samantha Sedor

Graduate Student (BBS)

sedors [at] g.harvard.edu
NHLBI F31 Fellow
ORCID   @sshao714

Sam is from Philadelphia, where she did her undergraduate research with Virginia Lee at the University of Pennsylvania. Outside of lab, she likes to go hiking and camping.

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Muskaan Vasandani

Research Associate

muskaan_vasandani [at] hms.harvard.edu

Muskaan is from India and did her undergraduate research with the Bergstralh lab at the University of Rochester. She enjoys painting, reading, and watching movies.

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Isabella Ruiz

Research Associate

isabella_ruiz [at] hms.harvard.edu

Isabella is from Houston, Texas and worked under Prof. Mona Mehdy as an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, watching movies, and painting.

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Sage

Lab Dog

bark [at] squirrels

Sage is from Texas. She can be persuaded to sit, stay, speak, shake, high-five, lie down, roll over, catch, jump, and (usually) come when called.

Lab Pets

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lab pets

Alumni

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