GSAS News

There’s often a fine line between letting research guide you and getting lost chasing ideas down rabbit holes. While I have never tried to catch a rabbit, I imagine it is (at least roughly) something like cutting through the underbrush, chasing a trail, following it to ground, and at long last finding that little gap in the earth where you should dig. 

For her work on the way that behaviors and physical traits buffer and accelerate the process of natural selection, Harvard Griffin GSAS alumna Martha Muñoz has received a 2024 “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. 

Dr. Emery Brown, PhD '88, on a new system that could enable doctors to control more precisely the level of anesthetic administered during surgery. 

The first Black person to receive a PhD in computer science from Harvard, Raquel Hill now makes sure the next generation of researchers at the historically Black college understands the security implications of their work.  

3D bioprinting allows bioengineers to fabricate cells into tissue. The challenge is differentiating cells into specific tissues for use in drug development or disease modeling. PhD student Aric Lu thinks he may have a way around the problem. 

Harvard MD/PhD candidate Dan Michelson’s findings deepen our understanding of autoimmune diseases with implications for therapies that strengthen the immune system and treat cancer.