Principal Investigator
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Prof. K. Dane Wittrup
Principal Investigator
C.P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering
C.P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering
PhD, MS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
BS, Summa Cum Laude, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
BS, Summa Cum Laude, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Administrative Staff
![<center>Mariann Murray</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-14-at-9.16.28-AM-226x300.png)
Mariann Murray
Graduate Students
![<center>Riyam Al Msari</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_6288-300x300.jpg)
Riyam Al Msari
Engineering myeloid cells via cell surface-targeted immunocytokines
![<center>Kyle De Matias</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_6277-300x300.jpg)
Kyle De Matias
Cyclotide Engineering for Cancer Radioligands
![<center>Lauren Duhamel</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/duhamel_lauren_2022-300x300.jpg)
Lauren Duhamel
Engineering strategies to downregulate immunosuppressive cell surface receptors
![<center>Elizabeth Fink</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fink_liz_2022-300x300.jpg)
Elizabeth Fink
Spatiotemporal Engineering of Tumor Immunotherapy
![<center>Megan Hoffman</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Megan-Photo-1-300x300.jpg)
Megan Hoffman
Developing Degraders for Cancer Immunotherapy
![<center>David Krum</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_6311-300x300.jpg)
David Krum
Engineering Antibodies for Targeted Delivery of PROTACs
![<center>William Pinney</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/pinney_will_2022_reduced-300x300.jpg)
William Pinney
Localized Therapy Using Alum Binding
![<center>Owen Porth</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LIODFEKX-300x300.jpeg)
Owen Porth
Engineering high-affinity cyclic peptides to bind intracellular antigens
![<center>Luciano Santollani</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Luciano-photo-1-300x300.jpg)
Luciano Santollani
Leveraging T-Cell trafficking in cancer immunotherapy
![<center>Jordan Stinson</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Jordan-Photo-1-300x300.jpg)
Jordan Stinson
Spatiotemporal programming of oxidative stress within the tumor microenvironment
![<center>Cora Wendlandt</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DSC_1698-300x300.jpg)
Cora Wendlandt
Computational design of cyclotides to bind intracellular antigens
![<center>Qingyang Henry Zhao</center>](http://kdw-lab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/QHZ-300x300.jpg)
Qingyang Henry Zhao
Engineering modular lentivirus system
Undergraduate Researchers and Research Assistants
– Demi Laforest, MIT, Biological Engineering
– Olivia Lee, MIT, Biological Engineering
– Sean Luk, MIT, Biological Engineering
– Emily Hu, MIT, Bioengineering