Graduate – The Muir Lab

Steven Bodine

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 6th year Email Steven | Hometown: Chevy Chase, MD B.A., Biochemistry, Middlebury College, 2016 Steven studies the chemistry of quorum sensing and bacterial crosstalk. As part of a 3-person team with two Stevens, he is looking forward …

Hengyuan Liu

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 6th year Email Hengyuan | Hometown: Tianjin, China B.S., Chemistry and Biology, Tsinghua University, 2018 Hengyuan is interested in studying the effects of PTMs and histone mutations on nucleosome remodeling. As an international student, Hengyuan is learning …

Esmat Hegazi

Graduate Student, Molecular Biology, 6th year Email Esmat | Hometown: Lincoln, CA B.S., Biology, University of California, Berkeley Esmat graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in biology. After graduation, she worked in the lab of Brad Bernstein at MGH where …

Yi Hua

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 5th year Email Yi | Hometown: Beijing, China B.S., Chemistry and Biology, Tsinghua University, China Yi is currently working on the chemistry of split inteins and their application for more complicated protein systems. Outside the lab, he …

Yingzi Huang

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 5th year Email Yingzi | Hometown: Guangzhou, China B.S., Biochemistry, Boston College Yingzi is interested in understanding the mechanism and effect of serine ADP-ribosylation on histones. Outside of the lab, Yingzi is a fan of classical music. …

Xuanjia Ye

Graduate Student, Molecular Biology, 5th year Email Xuanjia | Hometown: Shanghai, China B.S., Biological Sciences, Fudan University, China Xuanjia is interested in the regulation of transcription. In the Muir lab, she is excited about learning chemical tool development and utilizing the knowledge …

Nourhan Daigham

Graduate Student, Molecular Biology, 4th year Email Nourhan | B.S., Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Rutgers University, NJ Nourhan obtained her bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry from Rutgers University in 2016. After graduation, she worked in the laboratory of …

Cole Lazarus

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 3rd year Email Cole | Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania B.S., Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 2021 Cole is interested in studying protein PTMs, and utilizing chemical tools to tackle biological problems. Outside the lab, he enjoys music, writing, …

Esther Kim

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 2nd year Email Esther | Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio/ Gwangju, Korea B.S., Chemistry, Caltech, 2021 Esther is interested in studying the chemistry of split interns, especially using protein engineering technique and kanamycin-based platform. Outside the lab, she loves …

Zoe Merz

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 2nd year Email Zoe | Hometown: Carlsbad, California B.S., Chemical Biology, UC Berkeley Zoe obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemical biology from UC Berkeley in 2021, where she worked in the lab of Matthew Francis. After graduation, …