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...

Robert Brucker

Rowland Fellow

The focus of the Brucker lab is on interactions of environmental toxins metabolized by the gut microbiome. We utilize natural product chemistry,...

Alessandra Ferzoco

RJF Alumna

Reactions useful for the conversion of light energy into chemical energy are often complex because they require multiple charge transfer steps. Coupling...

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...

Jennifer Li

Rowland Fellow

The ability to adjust one’s actions based on past experience (learning) and retain the value of past actions (memory) is one of the most complex,...

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...

Drew Robson

Rowland Fellow

Optogenetic tools are currently revolutionizing the field of systems neuroscience. To take advantage of these tools, our lab is developing novel imaging...

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...

Cynthia Friend

Director of Rowland Institute at Harvard
T.W. Richards Prof. of Chemistry & Prof. of Materials Science
Director EFRC IMASC

Cynthia Friend is a physical chemist whose current research is focused on developing solutions to important problems in energy usage and...

Angela Healy

Director of Administration

Angela Healy was educated at University College Cork, Ireland and qualified as a lawyer in Ireland. She practiced general law in Ireland and was one...

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...

Alexis Loving

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

loving@rowland.harvard.edu

p: 617 497 4614

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...

Winfield Hill

Director of Electronics and Engineering

As the Director of Electronics Engineering at the Rowland Institute, Win oversees a fully appointed electronics engineering laboratory with a dedicated...