Principal Investigator (Bio | CV)
sophia.liu@mgh.harvard.edu

B.S. in Chemical-Biological Engineering, minor in Biology, MIT (2017)
Ph.D. in Biophysics, Harvard University (2023)

- Early Independence Fellow and Core Faculty, Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard
- BroadIgnite recipient, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Graduate Student
kewei@mit.edu

B.S. in Biological Engineering, minor in Computer Science, MIT (2023)
Ph.D. Student in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP)

Kenneth is building approaches for host-pathogen interaction recording to measure the dynamics of cell interactions over infection. Kenneth is jointly advised by Sebastian Lourido.

Research Technician
avernich@meei.harvard.edu

B.S. in Biology, MIT (2023)

At MIT, Ally most recently worked on protein tagging using prime editing. In the Liu Lab, she works on the development of a spatial transcriptomics tool to study BCRs in homeostatic and disease contexts. Ally is broadly interested in immune cell profiling in human disease states and aging.

Research Technician
bchen23@mgh.harvard.edu

B.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University (2020)
M.S. in Bioengineering, Stanford University (2023)

Kevin is developing computational tools for spatial analysis, including studying B cell clonal development in the tissue context. Kevin is jointly mentored by Facundo Batista.

Undergraduate Researcher
larissma@mit.edu

B.S. in Computer Science and Molecular Biology, MIT (2026)

Larissa works on developing spatial methods for studying B cell receptors in tissues. She is interested in developing new technologies with applications in answering biological questions. She hopes to better understand the immune system to improve human health.

Undergraduate Researcher
kyz@mit.edu

B.S.in Artificial Intelligence & Decision Making and Mathematics, MIT (2027)

Kaitlyn is working on computational methods for spatial analysis, as well as developing host-pathogen recorders for identifying cell interactions during infection.

Postdoctoral Researcher

B.S. in College of Science, Purdue University (2014)
M.S./Ph.D. in Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University (2024)

Jaewon is joining in January 2025!