People

The people behind the measurements and the models.

The lab brings together RNA biology, virology, biochemistry, statistical inference, machine learning, and method development. Below: current members at HMS, and the alumni network now spread across academia and industry.

Rouskin Lab group photo at Harvard Medical School

Principal investigator

Silvi Rouskin

Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School. The lab develops RNA structure measurements and the statistical and computational methods needed to read them.

Silvi Rouskin

Principal investigator

Silvi Rouskin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology · Harvard Medical School

Silvi's lab studies how RNA folds in living cells, how the same sequence can adopt multiple structures, and how those alternatives shape viral biology, splicing, and disease.

Current members

The lab today.

Graduate students, postdocs, and research staff working between the bench and the model.

Justin Aruda

Justin Aruda

Graduate student · Harvard Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Prisha Bhat

Prisha Bhat

Undergraduate student

Pierre Bongrand

Pierre Bongrand

Research associate · computational methods

Aminah Coleman

Aminah Coleman

Undergraduate student

Federico Fuchs Wightman

Federico Fuchs Wightman

Postdoctoral fellow · RNA structure

Wesley Hanson

Wesley Hanson

Graduate student · Harvard Virology

Colin Hwang

Colin Hwang

Undergraduate student

Aravind Iyer

Aravind Iyer

Master's student · computational biology

Gabriel Romero-Agosto

Gabriel Romero-Agosto

Graduate student · Harvard BBS

Adam Sychla

Adam Sychla, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellow · RNA methods

Grant Yang

Grant Yang

Graduate student · Harvard Virology

Alumni

Where they went next.

Former lab members now at universities, biotech, and across the broader scientific community.

Matthew Allan

Matthew Allan

Postdoc · MIT CSB

Amir Brivanlou

Amir Brivanlou

Graduate student · Harvard BBS

Peyton Carpen

Peyton Carpen

Alumna

Jordan Cook

Jordan Cook

Alumna

Albéric de Lajarte

Albéric de Lajarte

Research associate

Sarah Dülk

Sarah Dülk

Graduate student · MIT Biology

Mandy Duong

Mandy Duong

Lab manager

Margalit Glasgow

Margalit Glasgow

UROP

Scott Grote

Scott Grote

Research assistant

Paromita Gupta

Paromita Gupta

Senior technician

Lauren Hagler

Lauren Hagler

Joint postdoc · Stanford

Colin Kalicki

Colin Kalicki

Research associate

Stuti Khandwala

Stuti Khandwala

Undergraduate · MIT

Tammy Lan

Tammy Lan

Graduate student · Harvard MCO

Casper L'Esperance-Kerckhoff

Casper L'Esperance-Kerckhoff

Research associate

Tian Liu

Tian Liu

Data analyst

Sherry Nyeo

Sherry Nyeo

Undergraduate · MIT

David Parker

David Parker

Alumnus

Sitara Persad

Sitara Persad

Master's student

Jenna Port

Jenna Port

Medical student · Tufts

Miriam Rittenberg

Miriam Rittenberg

Undergraduate · MIT

Harish Swaminathan

Harish Swaminathan

Data scientist

Jay Thangappan

Jay Thangappan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellow

Phil Tomezsko

Phil Tomezsko, Ph.D.

Joint graduate student

Ariadne Vazquez

Ariadne Vazquez

Undergraduate · UT El Paso

Jia Zheng Woo

Jia Zheng Woo

Graduate student · Stanford Biochem

Fengrui Zhang

Fengrui Zhang

Software engineer · Microsoft