Meet the Team
Jeeyun Chung
Principal Investigator
Jeeyun is from South Korea and did her PhD with Pietro De Camilli at Yale University. She completed postdoctoral training in the joint laboratory of Tobias Walther and Robert Farese Jr. at Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School before joining the faculty in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University in 2023. She enjoys looking at beautiful cellular structures under a microscope and designing creative experiments to solve the mysteries of cellular lipid metabolism. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, exploring new restaurants, and playing with her cat, Mochi.
Audrey Dallmeyer
Administrative lab coordinator
Holden Hadfield
Research Assistant
Holden attended Bowdoin College as an undergraduate and majored in Biology. In his final year at Bowdoin, he did research with Jack Bateman investigating how homologous chromosomes pair in the somatic cells of fruit fly embryos, a process unique to flies. Holden became interested in the applications of microscopy to biological questions during the long hours spent using a confocal microscope for his undergraduate research and is particularly interested in using microscopy to study lipid droplet-organelle interactions and how things are transported within cells. In his free time, he enjoys playing water polo, hiking, and reading books.
Eleni Katafygiotou
Research Assistant
Eleni grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece, and got a degree in Neuroscience from Pomona College in Claremont, California. While at Pomona, she investigated sex differences in how chronic stress affects hippocampal plasticity and learning, using electrophysiology in a rodent model. For her undergraduate thesis, she explored how a new BDNF-based approach combining a ketogenic diet, exercise, and increased handling could help tackle the effects of stress on cognition. At the Chao lab at NYU, Eleni investigated how astrocyte inflammation is connected to the development of glaucoma. At the Chung lab, Eleni is excited to hone in on her microscopy and cell culturing skills and learn about lipid droplet catabolism and how lipid droplet dysregulation can contribute to different neurological disorders. Outside the lab, Eleni enjoys running, reading, and pretending to be a film expert.
Brynn Brady
Undergraduate Researcher
Brynn is an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley taking a year off to research full-time. She previously did molecular and developmental genetics work in Craig Miller’s Lab at Berkeley and Greg Barsh’s lab at Stanford. She spent the last six months at a small biotech company in Cambridge studying lipoproteins, where she became interested in lipid dysregulation as it relates to neurodegenerative disease. Brynn is excited about exploring this interest further in the Chung Lab. Outside the lab, she loves playing tennis and running, watching professional sports, playing bridge, and baking.
Anne Liang
Undergraduate Researcher
Anne is a junior at Harvard College from Boston, where she was born and raised. She is currently pursuing a concentration in Molecular and Cellular Biology, with a secondary in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Hoping to merge these interests at the Chung Lab, she is keen on investigating the implications of lipid droplet dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases. Outside of the lab, Anne enjoys watching crime shows, listening to indie music, and going thrifting with her friends.
Ian Glick
Undergraduate Researcher
Ian is a rising senior at Dartmouth College majoring in biology and minoring in history and design. At Dartmouth, he's worked on research to optimize B-cell engineering methods and to analyze bile acids involved in gastrointestinal diseases. Through several internships, he's worked with lipid nanoparticles for cell and gene therapies--which translated into an interest in lipid metabolism. At the Chung lab, he’s excited to learn cell-staining and microscopy techniques and dive into new neuroscience topics. Outside of the lab, Ian enjoys graphic design, skiing, playing the bass, and doing improv with his college improv group!
