Our Team

Jessica Stark, PhD

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering and Chemical Engineering

Underwood-Prescott Career Development Professor

Intramural Faculty, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

Associate Member, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard

Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

About the PI

Postdoctoral Fellows & Staff

  • Megan Priestley, PhD

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    PhD, University of Manchester
    MSc, University of Manchester
    Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Fellow
    Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Alex Somma

    Lab Coordinator
    MA, Hunter College
    BS, University of Connecticut

Graduate Students

  • Brian Cho

    PhD Student, Biological Engineering
    BS, Northeastern University

  • Ishika Govil

    PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
    BS, University of Delaware
    NSF Graduate Research Fellow

  • Tran Luu

    PhD Student, Biological Engineering
    BS, University of Washington
    NSF Graduate Research Fellow
    MIT Accenture Fellow

  • Casey McGuire

    PhD Student, Biological Engineering
    MS, Yale University
    BS, Yale University

  • Miyu Mudalamane

    PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
    BS, University of Delaware
    NSF Graduate Research Fellow

  • Leo Williams

    PhD Student, Biological Engineering
    BS, California Institute of Technology

Undergraduates

  • Chelsy Goodwill

    Undergraduate Researcher
    Biological Engineering Student, MIT
    Mentor: Tran Luu

  • Lucy Teng

    Undergraduate Researcher
    Biological Engineering Student, MIT
    Mentors: Brian Cho and Miyu Mudalamane

  • Jenny Wang

    Undergraduate Researcher
    Biology Student, MIT
    Mentor: Ishika Govil

Alumni

  • Sarah Bernard

    Undergraduate Researcher
    Biological Engineering Student, MIT
    Mentor: Ishika Govil
    Next step: MIT Biological Engineering BS

  • Adeline Schmidt

    Undergraduate Researcher
    Chemical Engineering Student, University of Florida
    MIT MSRP summer research program
    Mentor: Tran Luu
    Next step: U Florida Chemical Engineering BS