Team
We believe that science is best advanced by a diverse team working in an inclusive and collaborative environment. Our team and alumni have roots in MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, GA, FL, IL, CA, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Iran, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, and many other places of the world.
Current Team Members:
Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari
Director, Movement Disorders Program
Attending Neurologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Faculty, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center
Julian Alecu
Education: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Xu-Tong Xue
Education: Tsinghua University, Beijing
Zoe Piccus
Education: Brown University
Vicente Quiroz
Education: Universidad de Valparaíso
Awards: Movement Disorders Society – Research Fellowship
Luca Schierbaum
Education: University of Bonn
Awards: DFG Walter Benjamin Fellowship
Habibah Agianda
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Awards: Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation (MMSCI) Program, Harvard Medical School
Umar Zubair
Education: Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg
Awards: DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship
Henri Schmidt
Education: University of Heidelberg
Dario Resch
Education: University of Frankfurt
Awards: German National Academic Foundation
Hyo Min Kim
Education: Boston University
Amy Tam
Education: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Nicole Battaglia
Education: University of Rhode Island
Josh Rong
Education: Boston University
Eva Davies
Education: Northeastern University
Lab Alumni
| Name | Position in Lab | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Noah Wyman | Summer Intern | Bachelor Student, University of Central Florida |
| Luis Borja | Research Assistant | Associate Engineer, Quiver Bioscience |
| Kathy (Hoi Ki) Fong | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, Northeastern University |
| Avaneesh Kunta | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, University of Central Florida |
| Abigail Sveden | Computational Analyst | Translational Neuroscience Center, Boston Children's Hospital |
| Marlene Scheffold (Boehringer Ingelheim Scholarship) | MD/PhD Student | MD/PhD Student, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| Cedric Boeger (DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship) | Graduate Student (M.Sc.) | PhD Student, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany |
| Akshitha Maqtedar | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, UMass Amherst |
| Afshin Saffari (DFG Walter Benjamin Fellowship) | Postdoctoral Fellow | Child Neurology Fellow, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Hellen Jumo | Research Assistant | MD/PhD Student, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Zoe Gardner | Research Assistant | Research Assistant, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| Jessica Rosenthal | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, Northeastern University |
| Julian E. Alecu (DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, University of Erlangen, Germany |
| Marvin Ziegler (DAAD Biomedical Engineering Scholarship, Bayer Foundation Carl Duisberg Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | MD/PhD Student, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| Catherine Jordan | Graduate Student (M.A.) | Associate Research Scientist, Evidinno Outcomes Research Inc., Vancouver, Canada |
| Helena Rosengarten (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, Charité University, Berlin, Germany |
| Rebecca Hayes | Undergraduate Research Intern | Bachelor Student, Harvard College |
| Oleksandr Strelko | Research Assistant | Medical Student, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine |
| Gregory Geisel | Research Assistant | Program Administrator, Translational Neuroscience Center, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| Barbara Brechmann (Bayer Foundation Carl Duisberg Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Medical Student, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| Julian Teinert (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Resident Physician (Pediatrics), Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany |
| Angelica D’Amore | Graduate Student (Ph.D.) | Research Associate, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| Miriam Wimmer | Graduate Student (M.Sc.) | Research Associate, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| Robert Behne (German National Academic Foundation Scholarship) | Medical Student Researcher | Resident Physician (Child Neurology), Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany |
