People

Faculty-Curators

Hopi E. Hoekstra

Curator of Mammalogy
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
(On Leave Academic Year 2022-2023)
Prof. Hoekstra combines field and laboratory work to understand the evolution of mammalian diversity from morphology to behavior. Her research focuses on...
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Hoekstra Lab
Harvard University
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
hoekstra@oeb.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-9040
Alfred W. Crompton

Faculty-Curator, Emeritus
Fisher Professor of Natural History, Emeritus
Prof. Crompton, former Curator of Mammalogy, was the Director of the MCZ from 1970 to 1982, having served as Director of both the Peabody Museum of...
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Crompton Lab
Museum of Comparative Zoology
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
acrompto@oeb.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-3202

Postdoctoral Fellows

Robert Boria

Postdoctoral Fellow
Scott Edwards Lab
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Robert's research is broadly focused on how populations have responded to past climate change. Specifically, he studies how the historical distributions... Read more about Robert Boria
rboria@fas.harvard.edu
Jenny Chen

Harvard Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Jenny is interested in the evolution of gene regulation and expression across mammalian species. She received my BS/MS in Biomedical Computation from Stanford... Read more about Jenny Chen
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
jjenny@mit.edu
p: 617-496-7450
Shuonan He

Postdoctoral Researcher
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
shuonanhe@fas.harvard.edu
Caroline Hu

Postdoctoral Fellow
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Caroline received her B.S. from Brown University in 2006. She began studying the molecular and cellular basis of behavior in the context of the developing frog... Read more about Caroline Hu
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
carolinehu@fas.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-7450
Nicholas Jourjine

Postdoctoral Fellow
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Nick received his B.S. from Brown University in 2011, where he worked with David Rand studying genetic epistasis between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in... Read more about Nicholas Jourjine
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
jourjine@berkeley.edu
p: 617-496-7450
Andreas Kautt

Postdoctoral Fellow
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
During his PhD, Andi worked on crater lake Midas cichlid fish from Nicaragua, inferring their colonization history and the evolutionary relationships of these... Read more about Andreas Kautt
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
akautt@g.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-7450
Nacho Sanguinetti-Scheck

Postdoctoral Researcher
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Nacho received his B.S. in Biochemistry in 2009 from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay, his home country. He also completed in Uruguay his M.S in 2012... Read more about Nacho Sanguinetti-Scheck
Twitter
jsanguinettischeck@fas.harvard.edu
Kelsey Tyssowski

Postdoctoral Researcher
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Kelsey is broadly interested in understanding nervous system function at the molecular level. She received a BA in Molecular Biology and Neuroscience from... Read more about Kelsey Tyssowski
Twitter
tyssowski@g.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-9054

Staff

Mark D. Omura

Curatorial Associate/Collection Manager
Mammalogy
... Read more about Mark D. Omura
Museum of Comparative Zoology
52 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
momura@oeb.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-2469
Nikki Hughes

Faculty/Collection Assistant
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Harvard University
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
nhughes@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-9054
Chris Kirby

Lab Technician
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
ckirby@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-9054
Sade McFadden

Research Assistant
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
I graduated from Clark University in 2017 with a bachelors degree in Environmental Science. While at Clark, I did work on the threespined stickleback (... Read more about Sade McFadden
smcfadden@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-9054
Madeleine Mullon

Curatorial Assistant
Mammalogy
madeleine_mullon@fas.harvard.edu
Catherine Musinsky

Faculty Assistant
Crompton Lab
Museum of Comparative Zoology
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
cmusinsky@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-1032

Graduate Students

Rockwell Anyoha

Graduate Student
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
ranyoha@g.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-9054
Landen Gozashti

Graduate Student
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Landen received a BS in bioengineering with a minor in bioinformatics from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2020. Landen spent most of his... Read more about Landen Gozashti
lgozashti@g.harvard.edu
Olivia Harringmeyer

Graduate Student
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Olivia graduated from Williams College in 2016 with a B.A. in Mathematics. As an undergraduate, she worked with Matt Carter studying the connection between... Read more about Olivia Harringmeyer
Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
olivia_meyerson@g.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-9054
Julius Tabin

Graduate Student
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Julius graduated with a dual BA in Biology and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Egyptology track) from the University of Chicago in 2022. During his... Read more about Julius Tabin
jtabin@g.harvard.edu
Maya Woolfolk

Graduate Student
Hopi Hoekstra Lab
Maya graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2020 with a B.S. in Biology. During her time at UK, she worked in the lab of Dr. Catherine Linnen studying... Read more about Maya Woolfolk
mayawoolfolk@g.harvard.edu

People

Faculty-Curators

Hopi E. Hoekstra

Alfred W. Crompton

Postdoctoral Fellows

Robert Boria

Jenny Chen

Shuonan He

Caroline Hu

Nicholas Jourjine

Andreas Kautt

Nacho Sanguinetti-Scheck

Kelsey Tyssowski

Staff

Mark D. Omura

Nikki Hughes

Chris Kirby

Sade McFadden

Madeleine Mullon

Catherine Musinsky

Graduate Students

Rockwell Anyoha

Landen Gozashti

Olivia Harringmeyer

Julius Tabin

Maya Woolfolk

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