#  Lab Members 

 



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  [### Timothy Springer

 ](/people/timothy-springer) [springer\_lab@crystal.harvard.edu](mailto:springer_lab@crystal.harvard.edu)Latham Family Professor

 

 

 Tim received his B.A. in Biochemistry from University of California in 1971, his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Harvard in 1976 and did a fellowship with Cesar Milstein in Cambridge, England. He began as Assistant Professor on the Quad... 

 

 

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  [### Jing Li, PhD

 ](/people/jing-li-phd)Assistant Professor in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

Research Scientist, Boston Children's Hospital

 

 

 

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   [### Viet Le, PhD

 ](/people/viet-le-phd)Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Research Scientist, Boston Children's Hospital

 

 

 

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   [### Joon Lee, PhD

 ](/people/joon-lee-phd)Research Scientist, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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   [### Jiabin Yan, PhD

 ](/people/jiabin-yan-phd-0)Research Scientist, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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##  Postdoctoral Fellows 

 



  [### Aravindabharathi Ramakrishnan, PhD

 ](/people/aravindabharathi-ramakrishnan) Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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   [### Pengxin Chai, PhD

 ](/people/pengxin-chai-phd)Postdoctoral Research Fellow Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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   [### Saket Rahul Bagde, PhD

 ](/people/saket-rahul-bagde)Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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   [### Uriel López-Sánchez, PhD

 ](/people/uriel-l%C3%B3pez-s%C3%A1nchez-phd)Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

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##  Students 

 



  [### Matthew Unger

 ](/people/matthew-unger)Graduate Student - HMS Chemical Biology

 

 

 

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##  Staff 

 



  [### Cary Hencken

 ](/people/cary-hencken)Lab Manager

 

 

 

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   [### Ranan Fattal

 ](/people/ranan-fattal)Chief of Staff

 

 

 

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   [### Joy Huang

 ](/people/joy-huang)Research Assistant

 

 

 

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   [### Samantha Keller

 ](/people/samantha-keller)Research Assistant

 

 

 

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   [### Jude Kim

 ](/people/jude-kim)Research Assistant

 

 

 

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   [### Grace Koh

 ](/people/grace-koh)Research Assistant

 

 

 

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   [### Maggie Nielsen

 ](/people/maggie-nielsen)Research Administrator

 

 

 

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