Former Lab Members

Talia Kahan

tkahan@college.harvard.edu

Undergraduate Student

I am interested in the genetics and evolution of the human skeleton and its health

Vismaya Kharkar

vkharkar@college.harvard.edu

Undergraduate Student

I am studying human skeletal development and the genes that are differnentially expressed in different skeletal elements.

Eunah Lee

eunahlee@college.harvard.edu

Undergraduate Student

Harvard University Sophmore

I am continuing to follow a fascination with genetics and evolution that my first class in genetics has kindled. My favorite books also grapple with concepts in genetics, bioethics, and evolution (Chrichton’s NEXT and HG Wells’ The Time Machine). For me...

Edward Litwin

elitwin@college.harvard.edu

Undergraduate Student

Interested in the evolution of modern human and neandertal biology

Zhenzhen Liu

Research Assistant III

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Zun Liu

zunliu@fas.harvard.edu

Post-doctoral Fellow

Interested in the regulation of GDF5 and osteoarthritis risk

Taylor Marquis

taylormarquis@college.harvard.edu

Undergraduate Student

I am interesting in exploring the role of regulatory mutations during primate long bone evolution

Alanah McKeever

alanahmckeever@college.harvard.edu

Undergraduate Student

I am interesting in studying the genetics of height and skeletal disease

Allison Moats

amoats@fas.harvard.edu

Graduate Student

I am particularly interested in the genome and how it relates to morphology, particularly in humans and human ancestors.

Pushpanathan Muthuirulan

muthuirulanp@fas.harvard.edu

Post-doctoral Fellow

I am interesting in the genetics of height and skeletal development

Alexander Okamoto

Graduate Student

I will be studying the developmental genetic control of skeletal morphology.

Amanda Papakyrikos

apapakyr@wellesley.edu

Undergraduate Student

Wellesley College Senior

HEB Researcher

I am interested in the genetic and molecular mechanisms that underlie human development. Currently, I am working on two projects for my senior thesis, involving circadian rhythms and incremental growth line formation in teeth. In collaboration with Dr...