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

Gabriel Romero-Agosto

Gabriel Romero-Agosto

Graduate student · Harvard BBS

Wesley Hanson

Wesley Hanson

Graduate student · Harvard Virology

Grant Yang

Grant Yang

Graduate student · Harvard Virology

Pierre Bongrand

Pierre Bongrand

Research associate · computational methods

Federico Fuchs Wightman

Federico Fuchs Wightman

Postdoctoral fellow · RNA structure

Adam Sychla

Adam Sychla, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellow · RNA methods

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

Lauren Hagler

Lauren Hagler

Joint postdoc · Stanford

Albéric de Lajarte

Albéric de Lajarte

Research associate

Sarah Dülk

Sarah Dülk

Graduate student · MIT Biology

Amir Brivanlou

Amir Brivanlou

Graduate student · Harvard BBS

Tammy Lan

Tammy Lan

Graduate student · Harvard MCO

Jia Zheng Woo

Jia Zheng Woo

Graduate student · Stanford Biochem

Phil Tomezsko

Phil Tomezsko, Ph.D.

Joint graduate student

Casper L'Esperance-Kerckhoff

Casper L'Esperance-Kerckhoff

Research associate

Colin Kalicki

Colin Kalicki

Research associate

Scott Grote

Scott Grote

Research assistant

Mandy Duong

Mandy Duong

Lab manager

Paromita Gupta

Paromita Gupta

Senior technician

Harish Swaminathan

Harish Swaminathan

Data scientist

Jay Thangappan

Jay Thangappan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellow

Tian Liu

Tian Liu

Data analyst

Fengrui Zhang

Fengrui Zhang

Software engineer · Microsoft

Sitara Persad

Sitara Persad

Master's student

Ariadne Vazquez

Ariadne Vazquez

Undergraduate · UT El Paso

Jordan Cook

Jordan Cook

Alumna

David Parker

David Parker

Alumnus

Peyton Carpen

Peyton Carpen

Alumna

Jenna Port

Jenna Port

Medical student · Tufts

Margalit Glasgow

Margalit Glasgow

UROP

Miriam Rittenberg

Miriam Rittenberg

Undergraduate · MIT

Stuti Khandwala

Stuti Khandwala

Undergraduate · MIT

Sherry Nyeo

Sherry Nyeo

Undergraduate · MIT