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  [### Ulrich von Andrian

 ](/people/ulrich-von-andrian) <uva@hms.harvard.edu>Mallinckrodt Professor of Immunopathology at Harvard Medical School 

Program Leader, Basic Immunology at Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

 

 

 Ulrich von Andrian, M.D., Ph.D. is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Immunopathology at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, where he also conducted doctorate research on blood-brain... 

 

 

      ![vonandrian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/vonandrian/files/uva_2015_headshot-highres_sm_1.jpg?itok=2n1xFDNE) 

 

 

 

   [### Emilie Zhang

 ](/people/emilie-zhang) [emilie\_zhang@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:emilie_zhang@hms.harvard.edu)Master's Student

 

 

 Emilie is a Master’s student in the Therapeutic Sciences program. She received her Bachelor of Science in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology from UCLA in 2025. Her research interests lie in women’s health, and she is currently investigating the... 

 

 

      ![Emilie Zhang](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-02/IMG_7177%202.jpeg?itok=g9y6L1Q-) 

 

 

 

   [### Jamu White

 ](/people/jenna-cirbo) [admin\_vonandrian@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:admin_vonandrian@hms.harvard.edu)Staff Assistant / Coordinator

 

 

 

      ![harvard hms logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/vonandrian/files/233-2335512_hms-logo-harvard-medical-school-emblem_0.jpg?itok=IObUY1UZ) 

 

 

 

   [### Hetvanshi Vankawala

 ](/people/hetvanshi-vankawala)Research Technician

 

 

 Hetvanshi holds a MS in Biotechnology from Northeastern University (2025) and a BS in Biotechnology and Microbiology from SRKI (India, 2023). She completed her co-op at Beam Therapeutics, where she worked in cell pharmacology, conducting cell-based assays... 

 

 

      ![Hetvanshi_V](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/HV_image.png?itok=1GWE3piY) 

 

 

 

   [### Thaiany Silva Souza

 ](/people/thaiany-silva-souza) [thaiany\_silva@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:thaiany_silva@hms.harvard.edu)Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

 

 Thaiany obtained her PhD in Cell biology at Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil, 2024) working with identification of peptides recognized by HLA-DRB1 alleles that are associated with epitope inducing CD4 T cells self-reactivity and the potential to... 

 

 

      ![Thaiany profile picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/vonandrian/files/thaiany_foto.jpg?itok=eWHbd6AW) 

 

 

 

   [### Changwei Peng

 ](/people/changwei-peng) [Changwei\_Peng@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:Changwei_Peng@hms.harvard.edu)Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

 

 Changwei earned his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2022, where he conducted research with Steve Jameson, studying on CD8 T cell differentiation and trafficking, with a specific emphasis on the cues driving the establishment of tissue-resident... 

 

 

      ![image of changwei](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/vonandrian/files/0041_changwei_peng_003_1.jpeg?itok=8fay42cB) 

 

 

 

   [### Irina Mazo

 ](/people/irina-mazo) [irina\_mazo@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:irina_mazo@hms.harvard.edu)Research Associate

 

 

 Irina received her medical training in Russian State Medical University in Moscow with a specialization in oncohematology. During her thesis, she worked on characterization of myelopoiesis in long-term survivors with acute myeloblastic leukemia. In the... 

 

 

      ![Mazo](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/vonandrian/files/mazo.gif?itok=pPQCGtcH) 

 

 

 

   [### Jung Ho Lee

 ](/people/jung-ho-lee)Research Intern

 

 

 Jung Ho is a PhD student who has earned his B.S. in Animal Science and Technology from Chung-Ang University in 2019. He is currently investigating the role of NK cells in endometriosis patients as a visiting student through the Harvard Medical School (HMS... 

 

 

      ![Jung Ho Lee](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/KakaoTalk_20250210_153514850.jpg?h=f6e77a4f&itok=HpOdkqXw) 

 

 

 

   [### Taku Ishihara

 ](/people/taku-ishihara)Immunology Master's Student

 

 

 Taku is a Master’s student in the Therapeutic Sciences program. He received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Northeastern University in 2025. He is currently investigating tissue-specific targeted drug delivery to the CNS. Outside of the lab, he... 

 

 

      ![Taku Ishihara](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Taku_IMG_5049.jpg?itok=PaenZktR) 

 

 

 

   [### Rodrigo Gonzalez

 ](/people/rodrigo-gonzalez) [rodrigo\_gonzalez@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:rodrigo_gonzalez@hms.harvard.edu)Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

 

 Rodrigo is a mucosal immunologist interested in understanding how pathogens interact with the host in mucosal surfaces. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he studied dissemination of the bacterium Yersinia... 

 

 

      ![Dr. Gonzalez Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/vonandrian/files/thumbnail_img_0317_facetune_13-05-2020-18-03-20.jpg?itok=q17M56PQ) 

 

 

 

   [### Natalie Favret

 ](/people/natalie-favret)Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

 

 Natalie obtained her PhD in Immunology at Vanderbilt University in 2026, where she conducted research in Mary Philip’s lab studying the role of transcription factor TCF1 during early CD8 T cell differentiation. Currently, Natalie is studying T cell... 

 

 

      ![Natalie_F](/sites/g/files/omnuum3666/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/IMG_0066.jpeg?itok=CwYQvbDm) 

 

 

 

   [### Guiying Cheng

 ](/people/guiying-cheng) [guiying\_cheng@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:guiying_cheng@hms.harvard.edu)Lab Manager

 

 

 Guiying received her MD from Xi’an Medical University (currently Xi’an Jiaotong University Medical School). She has a dozen of years of clinic surgery experience and currently is specialized in multiple mouse model surgeries, intravital microscopy imaging... 

 

 

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