
Principal Investigator
Jing-Ke Weng, Ph.D.
Inaugural Director, Institute for Plant-Human Interface
Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University
Email: jingke.weng@northeastern.edu
Curriculum vitae
Academic tree
Post-Doctoral Fellows/Associates

Ilias Houari
Postdoctoral Fellow
iliaselh@wi.mit.edu

Jason Matos
Postdoctoral Associate
jmatos@wi.mit.edu

Corina Simian
Postdoctoral Associate
c.simian@wi.mit.edu

Yulin Sun
Postdoctoral Associate
yulinsun@wi.mit.edu

Menglong Xu
Postdoctoral Associate
xml@wi.mit.edu
Graduate Students

Kathleen Higgins
MD-PhD Student
kwh1@wi.mit.edu

Matthew Hill
NSF Graduate Fellow
hill@wi.mit.edu

Wentao Huang
Graduate Assistant
wentaoh@wi.mit.edu

Erin Reynolds
NSF Graduate Fellow
erinreyn@wi.mit.edu
Undergraduate researchers

Mingxin Chen
UROP
vmxchen@mit.edu

Sean Clarke
UROP
sgc@wi.mit.edu

Morgan Guempel
UROP
mguempel@wi.mit.edu

Jonathan Huang
UROP
jhuang25@mit.edu
Staff

Heather Ferguson
Administrative Lab Manager
ferguson@wi.mit.edu

Fu-Shuang Li
Research Scientist
lifs@wi.mit.edu

Jennifer Sherk
Lab Manager
jsherk@wi.mit.edu

Elliot Suh
Technician
esuh@wi.mit.edu