People

Howard C. Berg

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Herchel Smith Professor of Physics

Flagellated bacteria possess a remarkable motility system based on a reversible rotary motor linked by a flexible coupling (the proximal hook) to a thin...

S J Claire Hur

RJF Alumna
Assistant Research Professor

Single-cell deformability has been recently identified as a critical biomarker for various diseases and it varies considerably based on phenotypes. Current...

Qimin Quan

RJF Alumnus

Our lab seeks to understand novel optical phenomena in nanoscale structures and applying these novel phenomena to build functional devices. Optical...

Alvaro Sanchez

RJF Alumnus
Asst. Professor Ecology/Evolutionary Biology/Microbial Sciences

Microbes are social organisms that are most commonly found forming complex ecological communities. Every species in a community is typically represented...

Ethan Schonbrun

RJF Alumnus
Senior Engineer at Instrumentation Laboratory, A Werfen Company

Our group develops optical technologies for capturing 2D, 3D and hyperspectral images of cells in fast moving fluids. These systems exploit spectral...

Joel Parks

Rowland Senior Fellow

Current research projects in the Trapped Ion Dynamics Group are designed to study the structural dynamics of nanoscale gas-phase species including small...

Scott Bevis

Facilities Manager

Our facilities manager works with each new Junior Fellow to design a laboratory suited to their experimental needs. As well as...

Michael Burns

Past Director, 1998 - 2002
Associate Director of Science

Michael Burns is currently the Associate Director for Science, a position he has held since the Rowland Institute for Science merged with Harvard...

Diane Schaak

Senior Researcher Phys./Med./Basc. Science

A major goal as scientific advisor here at the Rowland, is to be available for mentoring and assisting scientists not experienced in laboratory...

Chris Stokes

Electronics Instrumentation Engineer

Rowland Institute at Harvard
Harvard University
100 Edwin H. Land Blvd
Cambridge MA 02142

p: 617-497-4635

John McKenna

Rowland Institute at Harvard
Harvard University
100 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA 02142

p: 617 497 4626

Michael Aziz

Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies

Michael J. Aziz

Harvard Engineering & Applied Science Pierce Hall 204A
29 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA

maziz@harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-9884

David Cox

RJF Alumnus
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and of Computer Science

coxlab@harvard

Harvard University
Northwest Laboratory, Room 219.40
52 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

davidcox@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 384-7328

Ben de Bivort

RJF Alumnus
Assistant Professor Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology and Center for Brain Science

the de Bivort lab

Harvard University
Northwest Laboratory, Room 235.30
52 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

debivort@oeb.harvard.edu

p: 617 230 3769

Peer Fischer

RJF Alumnus
Max Planck Research Group Leader
Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart

Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems Lab

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Heisenbergstr. 3
D. 70569 Stuttgart
Germany

fischer@is.mpg.de

p: 0711 689 3560

Kristin Lewis

RJF Alumna
Energy Analysis and Sustainability / Volpe National Transportation System Center

Volpe

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
U.S. DOT
55 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142-1093

kristin.lewis@dot.gov

p: 617 494 2130

Christopher Richards

RJF Alumnus
Research Fellow in Paleorobotics

Dr. Christopher Richards

The Royal Veterinary College
Hawkshead Lane
North Mymms
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 7TA
United Kingdom

ctrichards@rvc.ac.uk

p: +44 (0)1707 66 6988

Ozgur Sahin

RJF Alumnus
Associate Professor in the Departments of Biological Sciences and of Physics

Imaging and Modeling Biology at Physical Extremes

Columbia University
908 NWC Building
M.C. 4830
New York, NY 10027

os2246@columbia.edu

p: 212 851 9285

Yuki Sato

RJF Alumnus
Experimental Physicist at D-Wave Systems Inc.

Rowland - Applied Matter & Devices

D-Wave Systems, Inc

D- Wave Systems , Inc
3033 Beta Avenue
Burnaby, British Columbia,
Canada
V5G-4M9

p: 1 604-630-1428

Andrew Speck

RJF Alumnus
Senior Research Scientist at Schlumberger - Doll Research

The Rowland Institute at Harvard