Education: Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows;

PhD, Biological Engineering – MIT; B.S., Bioengineering – UC Berkeley; City College of San Francisco.

Hometown: Malang, Indonesia.

Research Project: Keeping the lab running, the nanobodies flowing, and the immune system guessing.

Favorite Pastime: Cooking Indonesian food and snuggling with Freyja and Tyr.

What’s your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Sipping a glass of Riesling on the porch with my husband and our puppies.

American Heart Association Postdoc Fellowship

 

Education: PhD, Medical Sciences and Immunology – Radboud University Nijmegen; MSc, Immunology and Immunopathology – Pierre and Marie Curie University.

Hometown: Paris, France.

Research Project: Nanobody-based immunotherapies for malaria.

Favorite Pastime: Anything outdoors.

What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

A bike ride on the Minuteman or a hike in the White Mountains.

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American Lung Association Catalyst Award

 

Education: PhD, Chemical Immunology – Radboud University Medical Centre; BSc and MSc, Chemistry – Leiden University.

Hometown: Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the Netherlands.

Research Project: Nanobody-based conjugates to treat allergic asthma.

Favorite Pastime: Cooking, calisthenics, chess, hiking.

What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

Meal-prepping for the week ahead.

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Education: PhD, Cell Biology – University of Alberta; BSc, Biological Sciences and Political Science – University of Alberta. 
Hometown: Born in Cairo, Egypt. Raised in Edmonton, Canada.
Research Project: Nanobody-based immunotherapies for type 1 diabetes.
Favorite Pastime: Baking to optimize my recipes and organizing my perfume collection. 
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Unwinding by watching movies, exploring around the city or cooking.

 

 

Education: PhD Candidate, Immunology – Leiden University; MSc, Molecular Mechanisms of Disease – Radboud University Nijmegen; BSc, Medical Biology – Radboud University Nijmegen.

Hometown: Boekel, the Netherlands.

Research Project: Engineered nanobodies to direct antigen-specific tolerance.

Favorite Pastime: Hiking.

What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Eating Ben & Jerry's.

Max Delbrück Center International PhD Program

Berlin Institute of Health Fellowship

Education: PhD Candidate, Biochemistry – Freie Universität Berlin; BSc and MSc, Biochemistry – Freie Universität Berlin.
Hometown: Berlin, Germany.
Research Project: Alpaca-derived nanobodies targeting proteins in hematopoiesis.

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Education: PhD Candidate, Infection and Immunity – University of Bonn; BSc and MSc, Molecular Life Sciences – Radboud University Nijmegen.
Hometown: Siegburg, Germany. 
Research Project: Novel nanobodies to track and modulate T cells in vivo.
Favorite Pastime: Trail running, working out, and taking strolls through the city. 
What’s your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

Cooking at home or out in nature.

 

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Education: PhD Candidate, Immunology – Harvard Medical School; BA, Biochemistry – Amherst College.
Hometown: El Dorado Hills, CA.
Favorite Pastime: Going to concerts.
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Taking a long drive, listening to music, doing some writing.
 

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Education: MSc Student, Drug Innovation – Utrecht University; BSc, Molecular Life Sciences – Utrecht University.
Hometown: Oss, the Netherlands.
Research Project: Engineered nanobodies to direct antigen-specific tolerance.
Favorite Pastime: Walking around the city.
What’s your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Catching up on a good show with nice food.​

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Education: Master’s Candidate, Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences – Utrecht University; BSc, Biology - Utrecht University. 
Hometown: Hoevelaken, the Netherlands. 
Research Project: Molecular mechanisms of nanobody conjugates. 
Favorite Pastime: Reading, running, cycling, and spending time outdoors.
What’s your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

Spend some time exploring Boston, going for a run or hike and relax with a good book after!​​​​​​​​

 

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Education: Master‘s Candidate, Molecular Biotechnology - University of Applied Sciences Vienna; BSc, Molecular Biotechnology - University of Applied Sciences Vienna.
Hometown: Vienna, Austria
Research Project: Nanobody-based conjugates for the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes.
Favorite Pastime: Long city strolls and getting ice cream.
What‘s your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Watching Netflix series with my roommates.
 

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Education: MSc Candidate, Life Sciences Engineering - EPFL;
BSc, Life Sciences engineering - EPFL
Hometown: Casablanca, Morocco
Research Project: Nanobody-based Immunotherapy for Modulating Inflammation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Favorite Pastime: Reading, listening to music and shopping:) 
What’s your favourite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?Walking around the city to discover new spots or resting at home with a comfort TV show.
 

 

 

Education: BA, Biology – University of Vermont.
Hometown: Andover, MA.
Research Project: Making sure everything runs relatively smoothly.
Favorite Pastime: Reading.
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

I like spending a Sunday afternoon either playing board games or mountain biking.

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Education: BSc, Cell and Molecular Biology - Northeastern University. 
Hometown: Mahwah, NJ.
Research Project: Nanobody-based immunotherapies for malaria and also making sure things run somewhat smoothly in the lab.
Favorite Pastime: Taking long walks, cooking new recipes, reading.
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Getting a matcha and reading a good book.
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2025 Harvard Program for Research in Science and Engineering Fellow; 2026 Cordeiro Summer Research Fellowship

Education: BA Candidate, Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard College.
Hometown: Ipswich, MA.
Research Project: Mechanism of durable antigen-specific tolerance.
Favorite Pastime: Horseback riding.
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

Reading a good book.​​

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2026 Herchel Smith Undergraduate Science Research Program Fellow​

Education: BA Candidate, Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard College.
Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Research Project: Engineered nanobodies to direct antigen-specific tolerance.
Favorite Pastime: Finding new study spots on campus and fun places in Boston.
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

Organizing my workspace to prepare for a new week.​

 

 

Education: BA Candidate, Neuroscience – Harvard College.
Hometown: La Mirada, CA.
Research Project: Nanobody-based immunomodulation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
Favorite Pastime: Playing softball, reading, and taking film photography.
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Getting a coffee with my friends and going to the beach.

 

 

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Education: BA Candidate, Neuroscience, Economics, and English - Boston College
Hometown: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Research Project: Nanobody-based antigen-specific tolerance in Multiple Sclerosis. 
Favorite Pastime: Listening to music.
What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Going on a hike.

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