OUR LAB
Simone Bruno
Postdoctoral Fellow
After earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University La Sapienza in Rome, Italy, Simone Bruno pursued doctoral studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working in the lab of Domitilla Del Vecchio. Learn More
Yu-Chen Cheng
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yu-Chen received his MD at Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. Since he had a longstanding interest in mathematics and mechanistic modeling in medicine, he then studied Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington, Seattle and obtained his PhD under the guidance of Dr. Hong Qian. Learn More
Emma Dyer
Graduate Student
Emma received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The University of Chicago where she studied Biological Sciences and Bioinformatics. She completed her Master’s work under the supervision of Dr. Alexander Pearson. Learn More
Cameron Flower
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cameron received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his thesis work was supervised by Forest White at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Learn More
Jacob Geisberg
Computational Biologist
Jacob obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Tulane University in 2021, double majoring in Cell and Molecular Biology and Computer Science with coursework focusing on Data Science and Machine Learning. Learn More
Christopher Graser
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chris studied Economics with a focus on Game Theory at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität and at the Tinbergen Institute. He received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam, working on mathematical models for the evolution of prosociality, under the supervision of Prof. van Veelen. Learn More
Yaoxuan Ju
Graduate Student
Yaoxuan Ju received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Manchester in the UK. She is now pursuing her master’s degree in Computational Biology and Quantitative Genetics at Harvard University. Learn More
Sophia Lichterfeld
Undergraduate Student
Sophia is a first-year student at Harvard College studying Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Learn More
Franziska Michor
Professor
Dr. Michor is the Charles A. Dana Chair in Human Cancer Genetics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a Professor of Computational Biology and of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University. Learn More
Christina Noonan
Program Administrator II
Nina plays a key role in supporting Franziska Michor, her lab, and the Center for Cancer Evolution (CCE) by managing essential administrative and operational functions. Learn More
Ivy Qin
Undergraduate Student
Ivy is originally from Vancouver, Canada. She is currently a first year student at Harvard College studying Statistics with a focus in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Learn More
Manuel Schürch
Postdoctoral Fellow
Manuel has a diverse background in Machine Learning, Statistics, and a range of biomedical applications. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master’s in Statistics from ETH Zurich, followed by a PhD in Machine Learning from USI Lugano. Learn More
Raunak Vijay
Graduate Student
Raunak is a Master’s student in the Computational Biology and Quantitative Genetics program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of New Hampshire at Manchester in 2023, with research interests in bioinformatics, microbiology, and machine learning. Learn More
Wenbo Wu
Graduate Student
Wenbo is a first-year student in the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD program. As an undergraduate at MIT, Wenbo studied chemistry, biology, and mathematics with research interests in pancreatic cancer (with Dr. Andrew Aguirre) and structural biology (with Dr. Mei Hong). Learn More