Current Lab Members

  • Nitya Jain, Ph.D.

    Principle Investigator

    Dr. Nitya Jain is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Immunologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received a Master’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Pune, India and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. Nitya is passionate about science, Immunology and STEM outreach.

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  • Jordan Philpott, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Dr. Jordan Philpott is a postdoctoral fellow in the Jain Lab. He has a BSc in Sports and Exercise Science and received his PhD in 2019 under the mentorship of Drs. Oliver Witard, Kevin Tipton and Lee Hamilton from the University of Stirling, Scotland (Thesis: ‘Understanding the role of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation for human performance.’ Jordan brings strong expertise in nutrition to the Jain Lab and is also keen to learn immunology.

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  • Simon Kazimierczyk

    Research Technician

    Simon Kazimierczyk is a Research Technician in the Jain Lab. He has a BS in Biology from University of Massachusetts, Boston. Simon shares the lab’s passion for early life research and his immediate goals are to master bench skills and experimentation in Immunology that will help him grow and foster his research interests. Simon is a true team player and values his role in contributing to the overall progress of the lab.

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  • Brittany Jimena

    Research Technician

  • Parimal Korgaonkar

    Sr. Research Technologist

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  • Caryn Porter

    Research Laboratory Manager

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Former Lab Members

  • Kara Clerkin

    2016-2017

    Career Stage: Research Tech

    Current Position: Registered Nurse, New York, NY

  • Maria Ennamorati

    2015-2019

    Career Stage: Undergrad Research and Research Tech

    Current Position: Graduate Student at New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA

  • Kaitlin Berry

    2015 and 2016

    Career Stage: Undergrad Research

    Current Position: Medical Student, Virginia School of Medicine, VA

  • Meg Crowley

    2017

    Career Stage: Undergrad Research

    Current Position: Unknown

  • Anika Martz

    2017

    Career Stage: High school Student

    Current Position: Genetic Counselor, BWH, MA

  • Anushka Pachaury

    2018

    Career Stage: High school Student

    Current Position: Undergraduate Student, University of Illinois at Urbana, IL

  • Chithra Vasudevan

    2019-2020

    Career Stage: Research Tech

    Current Position: Research Associate III, Wuxi Apptec, San Diego, CA

  • Shaniah Prosper

    2019-2020

    Career Stage: Undergrad Student

    Current Position: MIT

  • Adam Lazowski

    2019

    Career Stage: High school Student

    Current Position: Undergraduate Student, Boston University, MA

  • Samira Ibrahim

    2019

    Career Stage: Undergrad Student

    Current Position: Research Technician, MIT

  • Jaclyn Zois

    2019-2020

    Career Stage: Research Tech

    Current Position: Medical Student, Drexel University College of Medicine, PA

  • Ishan Bhatia

    2020-2021

    Career Stage: Research Tech

    Current Position: Incoming Medical Student, UmassChan Medical School, MA

  • Susmita Ghosh

    2020-2021

    Career Stage: Postdoctoral Fellow

    Current Position: Scientist 1, Kaleido, MA

  • Emmeline Laurence

    Jan 2021-July 2021

    Career Stage: Undergrad Student

    Current Position: Yale University, CT

  • Claire Perry

    2021

    Career Stage: High school Student

    Current Position: Johns Hopkins

  • John Carbone

    2021

    Career Stage: High school Student

    Current Position: Hamilton College, NY

  • Ishita Khurana

    2021

    Career Stage: High school Student

    Current Position: Hopkinton High School

  • Madelyn Stearns

    2022

    Career Stage: High school student

    Current Position: Senior, Thayer

  • Jean Jin

    2022

    Careerr Stage: High School Student

    Current Position: Freshman, UPenn

  • Saeina Charles

    2022

    Career Stage: Junior

    Current Position: Bryn Mawr College