Kwon Lab Alumni

Allison Yan
Undergraduate Student

Nomfuneko Mafunda
Research Technician - nmafunda@mgh.harvard.edu

Candace Gregg
Staff Assistant - cgregg@mgh.harvard.edu

Juliet Bramante
Research Technician - jbramante@mgh.harvard.edu

Alice Linder
Research Technician - ahlinder@mgh.harvard.edu

Muntsa Rocafort
Postdoctoral Fellow - mrocafortjunca@mgh.harvard.edu
Muntsa joined the Kwon Lab as a postdoctoral fellow in February 2019. She finished her Ph.D. in Microbiology at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in 2018 working on the gut microbiome and HIV-1 infection at the AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa in Barcelona (Catalonia). Before that, she did an MsC in AIDS Treatment and Pathogenesis and an MsC in Bioinformatics. After spending almost all of her Ph.D. sitting in front of the computer, Muntsa joined the Kwon Lab ready to focus on wet lab work. Her aim is to decipher the role of phages on the changes occurring in the gut microbiome during HIV-1 infection. In her free time, she loves drawing, reading thrillers and cuddling around with her 2 cats.

Abby Schiff
Graduate Student - aschiff@mgh.harvard.edu

David Gootenberg
Graduate Student - dgootenberg@mgh.harvard.edu

Crystal Rawlings
Postdoctoral Fellow - crawlings@mgh.harvard.edu

Melis Anahtar
Graduate Student

Björn Corleis
Senior Research Scientist

Maud Deruaz
Instructor in Immunology - mderuaz@mgh.harvard.edu

Christina Gosmann
Postdoctoral Fellow

Antonella Lisanti
Research Technician

Brittany Bowman
Research Technician

Jeff Paer
Research Technician

Amy Dickey
Postdoctoral Fellow

Justin Rice
Graduate Student

Alex Munoz
Undergraduate Student

Kendall Jackson
Postbac Research Fellow

Zoe Rogers
Clinical Research Coordinator

Mara Farcasanu
Research Technician - mfarcasanu@mgh.harvard.edu

Shillah Luhembo
Undergraduate Student

Timothy Musoke
Research Technician - tmusoke@mgh.harvard.edu

Blythe Gulley
Project Manager - bbgulley@mgh.harvard.edu
Blythe Gulley joined the Kwon Lab as Staff Assistant in July 2020. She received her B.A. in English & Comparative Literature from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she was involved with The Carolina Quarterly and the UNC Institute of Politics. In 2018, she co-curated an exhibition for her research seminar: “Reconstructing Frankenstein’s Monster: Mary Shelley’s World in Print.” When she’s not at the lab, Blythe can be found wandering around museums, reading a good book, or cheering on UNC’s basketball team!

Tess Brunner
Research Technician - tbrunner@mgh.harvard.edu
Tess Brunner joined the Kwon Lab as a Research Technician in June 2021. She works with Postdoctoral Fellow Fatima Hussain on a number of projects, including studying phage evolution (Lactobacillus) in the vagina. Tess graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in Biology prior to joining the lab!