Chairman

Shyh-Chang  Ng

Ph.D. candidate (2009 - Present)
Harvard Medical School

shyhng[at]fas.harvard.edu

Shyh-Chang is a student at Harvard Medical School, pursuing research on the metabolic programming of stem cells under the guidance of Dr. George Daley (Cofounder of Epizyme and iPierian) and Dr. Lewis Cantley (Cofounder of Agios). He hails from Singapore, with a growing interest in the life sciences industries of the US and Asia. Prior to Harvard Medical School, he has served in the military, and worked as an officer in the Agency for Science, Technology & Research. He majored in molecular biology and completed his A.B. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa at Princeton University in three years.

 

Co-Directors

Director of External Affairs

Sergio Davila

Ph.D. candidate (2011 – Present)

Harvard Medical School

sdavila[at]fas.harvard.edu

Sergio is a PhD student in the Harvard biological and biomedical sciences program, researching the T cell response to Chlamydia trachomatis under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Starnbach.  Prior to moving to Boston, he did research at the RAND corporation, Stanford and UCLA. He majored in Molecular and Cell biology at UCLA, graduated with highest honors and received the outstanding senior award in his major. He hopes to learn more about translating lab results to therapies and diagnostics particularly ways to make this process more efficient. During his free time, you can find Sergio playing guitar, finding the perfect chocolate, or planning his next trip.

Director of Internal Affairs

Richa Dixit

Richa_Dixit[at]hms.harvard.edu

 

Richa is a research fellow in the department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on investigating the role of microRNA in neurodegeneration. Currently, she is studying Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Parkinson’s disease models of Drosophila. She received her PhD in Neurobiology from National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India. She was recipient of several TIFR and Govt. of India fellowships during her graduate years. In her free time, Richa enjoys cooking, hiking, yoga and organizing Biotech-related events.

 

Director of Events

Anna Turetsky

Ph.D. candidate (2009 – Present)

Harvard GSAS / Mass. General Hospital

turetsky[at]fas.harvard.edu

 

Anna is a PhD student in the Harvard Biophysics program, working on point-of-care diagnostics and novel imaging probes in Dr. Ralph Weissleder's lab at MGH. As a result of her ongoing interest in exploring possible life science business career paths (and she's happy to chat about what she's learned so far!), she joined the Biotech Club as a co-organizer of the annual Career Fair. Anna graduated in 2009 from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied biochemistry and dabbled in fine arts. In her spare time, she enjoys biking adventures around Boston, cooking with goodies from the summer farmers markets, First Friday Open Studios in the South End, and dodging the x-ray scanners at Logan airport.

 

Director of Events

 

Shane is an undergraduate student in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology department at Harvard College. He has worked as a summer intern at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Agios Pharmaceuticals and most recently Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research in discovery chemistry. His research interests lie at the interface of synthetic organic chemistry and chemical biology as these areas apply to drug discovery. Shane joined the Harvard Biotechnology Club to learn about opportunities in the biotech and pharmaceutical research industries and to explore how basic science research can be translated to clinical medicine.

 

Director of Events

Ruiqi Rachel Wang

PhD in Chemical Biology (2012)

Harvard Medical School

rwang[at]crystal.harvard.edu

Rachel is currently a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Boston. She works in the lab of Professor Thomas Walz and has been involved in developing a novel new technology that combines the convenience of standard biochemistry with the resolving power of electron microscopy. To further her understanding and expand her network in the business world of science and technology at Boston, Rachel joined the Harvard Biotechnology Club as a Director to help organize events to bridge Harvard students with Boston’s tech entrepreneur and VC community. She graduated with a PhD in Chemical Biology from Harvard University in 2012. Prior to that, she majored in Chemistry and graduated in 3 years with BSc (Hons) from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In her spare time, Rachel also enjoys reading Chinese literature.

 

Director of Corporate Communications

Chenning Lu

Ph.D. candidate (2009 – Present)

Harvard Medical School

clu[at]fas.harvard.edu

Chenning is a graduate student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program at Harvard Medical School. Her doctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Danesh Moazed focuses on studying Sir3-mediated heterochromatin silencing in S. cerevisiae. Chenning joined the GSAS Harvard Biotechnology Club, hoping to contribute towards the intellectural property aspect of the Club. She hopes to learn more about translating basic research at the bench to commercial products that can benefit the general society, and to contribute towards connecting the vibrant pharma/biotech industry with the academics here. Prior to Harvard, Chenning graduated with honors from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, majoring in life sciences.

 

Director

Edouard Mullarky

PhD candidate (2009-present)

Harvard Medical School

emullark[at]fas.harvard.edu

Edouard is a PhD student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program at Harvard Medical School. He is pursuing his thesis under the guidance of Dr. Lewis Cantley and studies cancer cell metabolism. Prior to Harvard, he graduated summa cum laude from Seattle University in 2008 with a B.S. in Biochemistry. He joined the Harvard Biotechnology Club to explore how basic science discoveries can be translated to marketable products that can benefit society and to make contact with the vibrant life sciences industry here in Boston.