Who We Are

A cross-disciplinary team studying neuroimmune biology

The Wheeler Lab brings together researchers working across immunology, neuroscience, genomics, computation, and translational biology.

Lab Personnel

Meet our team

Principal Investigator

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Michael Wheeler, PhD

Michael Wheeler, PhD

PI, Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral Researchers

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Jinsu Lee, PhD

Jinsu Lee, PhD

Postdoctoral research fellow

Sienna Drake, PhD

Sienna Drake, PhD

Postdoctoral research fellow

Liu Yang, PhD

Liu Yang, PhD

Postdoctoral research fellow

Minji Cho, PhD

Minji Cho, PhD

Postdoctoral research fellow

Research Scientists

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Minkyoung Lee, PhD

Minkyoung Lee, PhD

Research scientist

Staff

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Sharmila Rai, MPH

Sharmila Rai, MPH

Genomics scientist

Tae Hyun Heo

Tae Hyun Heo

Research technician

Graduate Students

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Zev Armour-Garb

Zev Armour-Garb

Rotation student, Harvard Biophysics PhD Program

Kate Kennedy

Kate Kennedy

Graduate student, Harvard Business School

Eric Jeong

Eric Jeong

Rotation student, Harvard Neuroscience PhD Program

Undergraduate Students

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Ailish Nagpal

Ailish Nagpal

Undergraduate student, Boston University

Aasim Ahmad

Aasim Ahmad

Undergraduate student, Boston University

Catarina Rahal da Gama Lobo d'Eca

Catarina Rahal da Gama Lobo d'Eca

Undergraduate student, Tufts University

Lexi Tower

Lexi Tower

Undergraduate student, University of Michigan

Administration

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Matt Varley

Matt Varley

Financial administration

Alumni

Former lab members and visiting scientists

Lucas Flausino, visiting scientist, now MD program at University of Sao Paulo

Daniel Farrenkopf, visiting scientist, now MD program at University of Erlangen

Hong-Gyun Lee, visiting scientist, now Assistant Professor at Seoul National University

Lizzie Chung, post-bac student, now MD/PhD student at UCSF