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Tetiana Matvuiik

Research Associate
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Tetiana comes to HSPH with a background in medicinal chemistry and small molecules synthesis, working recently in a contract research organization on integrated projects for 9 years. Her passion is working on integrated projects combining synthetic chemistry, biology, and computational chemistry.

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Sille Remm

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Sille has experience in microbiology and structural biology. She is interested in the inner workings of the mycobacterial cell envelope as well as drug resistance mechanisms in M. abscessus.

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Benedetta Salvucci

Visiting Graduate Student
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Benedetta is a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Sciences in Rome and has recently joined the Rubin lab to expand her knowledge of Mycobacteria. She has a background in pharmaceutical chemistry, specializing in synthesizing active compounds against Mtb to combat pharmacological resistance. She is interested in studying drug resistance mechanisms in M. abscessus.

Emmy Dove

Emmy Dove

Lab Manager
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Emmy handles managerial responsibilities for the lab. These include ordering supplies, managing safety trainings, maintaining equipment, and shipping materials to collaborators.

Kristi Guinn

Kristi Guinn

Project Manager
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Kristi (not a slave to fashion) Guinn has been keenly interested in TB since 2000.  She did her Master’s work studying genetic determinants of pathogenicity, and migrated away from the bench shortly thereafter to try her hand at project management.  She has happily remained in this capacity, joining the Rubin Lab in 2011.

Jackson Marakalala

Jackson Marakalala

Visiting Scientist
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Mohlopheni (Jackson) is interested in host factors that drive lung granuloma progression in TB patients. He is also interested in genes utilized by M. tuberculosis to subvert macrophage killing effects. Office: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Jessica T. Pinkham Schweber

Jessica T. Pinkham Schweber

Senior Research Assistant
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Jess joined the Rubin Lab in 2009 and has been involved with multiple projects since then, but has mainly contributed to work investigating genes that are essential for growth in M. tuberculosis, with a special focus on potential drug targets.

Harim I. Won

Harim Won

Graduate Student
Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Harry is studying targeted protein degradation as a Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic development strategy.

Junhao Zhu

Junhao Zhu

Research Scientist
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Junhao targets specific, high throughput anti-TB small molecule screening using a DNA encoded drug library and synthetic mitochondria.