Polyak Lab Alumni
Laura Stevens, PhD
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Carlos Gil Del Alcazar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2021) Currently: Principal Scientist I, Lab Head, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA 
Julieann Puleo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021) Currently: Regional Associate Director, US Oncology Medical Affairs Strategy, Merck, Philadelphia, PA 
Katherine Murphy
Research Assistant (2018 - 2020) Currently: Research Assistant, U.Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 
Stephanie Zhao
Undergraduate Student (2018-2020) 
Shaokun Shu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 - 2019) Currently: Assistant Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China 
Felipe Flores
Undergraduate Student (2016 - 2019) 
Michalina Janiszewska, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012 - 2018) Currently: Assistant Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 
Muhammed Ekram, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2017) Currently: Cancer Geneticist, WuXi NextCODE, Cambridge, MA 
Sung Jin Huh, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 - 2015) Currently: Associate Director, Translational Medicine, Alkerme, Waltham, MA 
Andriy Marusyk, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 - 2015) Currently: Associate Member, Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, FL 
Elina Khasanova, MD
Visiting Scientist - Fullbright (2014) Currently: Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellow at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada 
Andrew Place, MD, PhD
Pediatric Oncology Fellow (2010-2012) Currently: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Hematologic Malignancy Center; Chief Medical Officer, Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research; Associate Director, Developmental Therapeutics; Senior Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA 
Sibgat Choudhury, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2012) Currently: Director, Clinical Biomarker Development, Acrivon Theraputics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 
Reo Maruyama, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2011) Currently: Attending Physician, Ushiku Aiwa General Hospital, Ushiku, Ibaraki, Chief of Division of Cancer Biology, Cancer Institute of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan 
Lauren L. Marrotta, PhD
Graduate Student (2005 - 2010) 
Michail Shipitsin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2010) Currently: Director, Head of Biomarker Development, Acrivon Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA 
Jee Hyun Kim, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2008-2009) Currently: Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Bundang Hospital Seoul, Korea 
So Yeon Park, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2007-2008) Currently Professor of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea 
Min Hu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2008) Currently Vice President; Discovery Biology, Small Molecules & Translational Medicine, Shanghai HengRui Pharmaceutical Co. Shanghai, China 
Ian Krop, MD, PhD
Oncology Fellow (2000-2006) Currently: Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 
Dale Porter, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2000-2004) Currently: Vice President and Head of Biology, Cedilla Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA 
Jaana Lahti-Domenici, MSc
Technician (2001-2003) Currently:Technician, Agendia, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Anushree Gulvady, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021) Currently: Scientific Analyst at Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY 
Jayati Anand
Lab Technician (2020-2021) 
Alanna Pyke
Post-baccalaureate in Research Scholar Initiative at Harvard University Currently: PhD Student, Stanford University, Standford, CA 
Yawei (Jenn) Ge,
MDPhD student (2015 - 2019) Currently: Resident in Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 
Kunihiko Hinohara, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 - 2019) Currently: Designated Associate Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan Ethan Krop
High School Student and Research Assistant (2018-2019) 
Robert Witwicki, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013 - 2018) Currently: Research Scientist, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 
Doris Tabassum, PhD
Graduate Student (2011 - 2016) Currently: Academic Editor at Research Square, Boston, MA 
Francisco De Beca, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013 - 2015) Currently: Medical Director, Clinical Development, Seagen, Bothell, Wa 
Ying Su, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 - 2014) Currently: Executive Medical Director, Clinical Development, Codiak Biosciences Cambridge, MA 
Taku Yoshida, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2010-2012) Currently: Vice President, Immuno - Oncology Research, Astellas Pharma Inc. Ibaraki, Japan 
Filipe Martins, MD
Visiting Scientist (2009-2012) Currently: Academic clinical fellow, Cambridge University Hospitals and Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 
Shinji Takagi, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2010-2011) Currently: Principal Scientist, Oncology Science Unit, MSD K.K., Tokyo, Japan 
Hege Russness, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2010-2011) Currently: Group leader, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 
David Jee
Undergraduate Student and Research Assistant (2010-2011) Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 
Hee Jung Kim, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2008-2010) Currently: Professor of Pathology, MizMedi Hospital, Seoul, Korea 
Laura Mulvey
Undergraduate Student (2004-2008) Currently: Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY 
Guillermo Peluffo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 - 2019) 
Daniel Carrasco, BSc.
Research Technician (2004-2007) Currently: Medical student, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL 
Michele Taylor-Parker, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2004) Currently: Program Director, Sciences and Biotechnology, Berkeley, CA 
Ana Merlos-Suarez, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-2002) Currently: Strategic Projects and Philanthropy Officer, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Selim Nasser, MD
Pathology Fellow (1999-2002) Currently Chair, Dept. of Pathology, University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon 
Pankaj Seth, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (1999-2002) Currently: Scientific Director, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson |
