STANTON LAB
TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS TREATMENTS
People
We are ambitious scientists, creative innovators, problem-solving technologists, and entrepreneurial engineers motivated to improve human health.
Our doors are open to passionate self-starters at all levels to join us in our quest to invent and discover.
The Stanton Lab accepts students from all relevant departments at Harvard and from many local universities in the Boston area.
Dr. Alice Stanton
Dr. Alice Stanton is an engineer and neuroscientist working at the interface of neurotechnology and biological discovery. She aims to invent technologies to accelerate therapeutic development, advance precision medicine approaches, and pioneer new strategies to improve drug delivery. She is an Assistant Professor and Investigator at Massachusetts General Brigham and Harvard Medical School in the Center for Genomic Medicine and Department of Neurology. Dr. Stanton's work has been featured by outlets such as Scientific American, MIT News, and Drug Discovery Online. She has been recognized with numerous awards, including an NIH Director's New Innovator Award, Rising Star designation in Engineering in Health by Johns Hopkins and Columbia University, Rising Star award in Chemical Engineering by MIT, Young American Scientist designation by Scientific American, and the Danica Stanimirovic Memorial Award by the International Brain Barriers Society.
Dr. Stanton received her B.S.E. from Princeton University in Chemical Engineering and Engineering Biology, Ph.D. from Stanford University in Bioengineering, and postdoctoral training at MIT. She was the recipient of the NIA Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion Fellowship Award, NIA Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Kavanaugh Fellowship, and Convergence Scholars Program Fellowship.
Our Team.
Dr. Louis DeRidder
Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School & MIT, PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics in the Health Sciences and Technology Department (HST)
Johns Hopkins, B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering
Dr. Kareem El-Ghazawi
Research Fellow
University of Virginia, PhD in Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia, B.S. Engineering Science: Nanomedicine Engineering
Dr. Romane Gaston-Breton
Research Fellow
Saclay University, PhD in Neuroscience & Pharmacology
Sorbonne University, M.Sc. in Neuroscience
Biological and Industrial School, M.Sc. in Biology
National School of Chemistry Physics and Biology of Paris, Advanced Technician Certificate
Dr. Haroon Kalam
Researcher
Massachusetts General Hospital & the Broad Institute, Postdoctoral Fellow
ICGEB, PhD in Cellular Immunology
IIT Bombay, M.S. in Biotechnology
Delhi University, B.S. in Biomedical Sciences
Pavle Micic
Visiting Student
Medical University of Vienna, Austria,
Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Venkatesh Pooladanda
Research Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow
NIPER, Hyderabad, PhD in Pharmacology & Toxicology
JNTU, Hyderabad, B. Pharmacy
Kathryn Popinchalk
Research Lab Tech
Northeastern University, M.S. Biotechnology
Northeastern University, B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology
Xiaojun Wang
Research Lab Tech
China Agricultural University, M.S. Genetics
Northwest A&F University, B.S. Genetics
Mary Zhou
Student Intern
Wellesley College, B.A. in Neuroscience and Music
Alumni.
Name / After the Stanton Lab
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Pom Strauss, Visiting Student / Max Planck, PhD Student
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Ryana Sarcar, Student Intern / Yale University, Research Assistant
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Sevinj Mursalova, Student Intern / Boston University, MS Student
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Edward Shi, Summer Student /Boston University Academy, Student
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Liesl-Ann Vaz, Summer Student / Providence College, Student