Jeanne Hardy, PhD
Principal Investigator
LGRT 745A
(413) 545-3486 (office phone)

Thomas Bregnard 
Postdoctoral Associate

Trisha Brady
Graduate Student – Hardy/Vachet Labs

Nathanael Kuzio

Graduate Student

Sparsh Makhaik
Graduate Student

Kelley Melanson 
Graduate Student

Muhammad Arslan Rahat
Graduate Student

Ma. Irina “Niña” Sagarbarria
Graduate Student

Andrew J. Smith

Graduate Student

Abhin Maya Vishnu
Graduate Student

Yi Zheng
Graduate Student

Kevin Alexander 
Undergraduate Researcher

Julia Clabbers
Undergraduate Researcher

Malcolm Courchesne
Undergraduate Researcher

Zsuzsa Kiss
Undergraduate Researcher

Eva Liao
Undergraduate Researcher

Leo Scaramozza
Undergraduate Researcher

Jamie Seo
Undergraduate Researcher

Connor Steele
Undergraduate Researcher

 

Just a Normal Afternoon in the South Bay of the Hardy Lab. March 2025. Back row (l to r): Andrew Smith, Kelley Melanson, Yi Zheng, Trisha Brady, Jamie Seo, Abhin Maya Vishnu, Nathanael Kuzio, Thomas Bregnard, and Irina Sagarbarria.

Hardy Lab Dinner with Dafydd Owen (Pfizer). October 2024. Dr. Owen served as team lead of Paxlovid development & winner of the Breakthrough Prize.

Hardy Lab Mini Reunion at Protein Society PS37. July 2023. Back row (l to r): Jeanne Hardy, Witold Witkowski, Samantha Nicholls, Scott Eron, Bay Serrano, Maureen Hill, Derek MacPherson, Kristalle Cruz, Irina Sagarbarria, Andrew Smith. Front row (l to r): Nathanael Kuzio, Grace Baron, Trisha Brady, Sparsh Makhaik.

Rashad Baker’s Graduation Celebration. Winter 2023.  Andrew Smith, Grace Baron, Kristalle Cruz, Trisha Brady, Nathanael Kuzio, Sparsh Makhaik, Rashad Baker, Jeanne Hardy, Irina Sagarbarria (l to r).

Protein Society PS36. San Fransisco CA, July 2022. Nathanael Kuzio, Irina Sagarbarria, Jeanne Hardy & Ethan Goulart (l to r).

Hardy Lab at the Black Sheep. November 2021. Ethan Goulart, Alanna Mahar, Grace Baron, Jeanne Hardy, Nathanael Kuzio, Ishan Soni (l to r).

UMass Neuroscience and Technology Poster Conference. November 2021. Jeanne Hardy, Nathanael Kuzio, Niña Sagarbarria, Andrew Smith (l to r).

Hardy Lab Retreat. June 2021. Irina Sagarbarria, Nathanael Kuzio, Sparsh Makhaik, Kristalle Cruz, Andrew Smith, Jeanne Hardy (l to r).

Hardy Style Leadership. Let’s Do This! Everyone Ready? Now! Fall 2017. Jeanne Hardy, Ishan Soni, Maureen Hill, Abdul Paracha, Carolyn Huang, Kevin Ramos, Bay Serrano, Narasimharao Meka, Francesca Anson, Derek MacPherson, (l to r).

Summer River Rafting Trip on the Fifebrook River. August 2015. Kevin Dagbay, Kyle Swainamer, Scott Eron, Bay Serrano, Nicholas Colon-Bolik, Derek MacPherson, Maureen Hill, Elizabeth Barrrett, Jeanne Hardy and Jacob Lytle (l to r).

Hardy Lab Ski Trip. Feb 2017. Derek MacPherson, Ishan Soni, Yeifei Pei (l to r).

Peng Going Away Party. Mar 2013. Kevin Dagbay, Dolly, Yunlong Zhao, Bruce Baird, Scott Eron, Muslim Yildiz, Maureen Hill, Di Lin (back row) Jeanne Hardy, Peng’s wife holding Kingston Wu, Bay Serrano holding Beckett Baird, Peng Wu (front row, l to r).

 Sravanti’s Graduation Day. January 2011. Sravanti Vaidya, Kristen Huber, Witold Witkowski (l to r).

 Elih Velazquez-Delgado with his own baseball card. Before joining graduate school in the Department of Chemistry at UMass Amherst, Elih was a professional baseball player.

Celebrating Halloween. Fall 2005. Shravanti Vaidya, Kristen Huber, Kristin Paczkowski, Witold Witkowski, Jeanne Hardy (l to r).

First Ever Hardy Lab Rotation Dinner. Fall 2005. Shiv Kumar, Kristen Huber, Kristin Paczkowski, Ruth Boadu, Jeanne Hardy Junean Brennan, Shannon Coates (l to r).

Francesa’s Graduation. May 2021. Jeanne Hardy, Francesca Anson, Sankaran Thayumanavan, Thameez Yehiya (l to r).

Scott Eron’s Dissertation Defense. November 2016. Narasimharao Meka, Ishan Soni, Derk MacPherson (back row) Scott Eron (second row) Yifei Pei Jeanne Hardy, Maureen Hill, Francesca Anson (middle row) Bay Serrano, Carolyn Huang, Leah Woldegiorgis(front row l to r).

Kevin’s Dissertation Defense Celebration. April 2017. UMass Blue Wall. Derek MacPherson, Kevin Dagbay, Narasimharao Meka, Maureen Hill, Scott Eron (l to r).

Group Picture in Lab. November 2016. Derek MacPherson, Kevin Dagbay, Narasimharao Meka, Maureen Hill, Scott Eron (l to r).

Sam’s Graduation Party . August 2012. Yunlong Zhao, Kevin Dagbay, Dolly, Bay Serrano, Sam’s parents and husband and mother in law, Samantha Nicholls, Scott Eron, Sam’s brother, Deb, James Chamber’s student, Peng’s wife, Karsten Theis, Peng Wu holding Kingston Wu. (l to r) Jonas and Anika Theis (on ground).

Kristen’s Graduation at the Mullin’s Center. May 2012. Bay Serrano, Jeanne Hardy, Kristen Huber, Samantha Nicholls, Elih Velazquez, Scott Eron, Kevin Dagbay (l to r).

Hardy Lab’s Attitude. July 2009. Witold Witkowski, Daniel Seaman, Joachim Moch, Amanada Horgan, Sravanti Vaidya, Jeanne Hardy, Elih Velazquez, Sumana Ghosh, Samantha Nicholls, Kristen Huber, Genevieve Abbruzzesse, Muslim Yildiz (l to r)

                                                                   
Synchrotron Trip. Scott Eron and Mulslim Yildiz (l to r).

Lab Dinner at Thai Restaurant for Witold’s Graduation. April 2011. Muslum Yildiz, Jeanne Hardy, Samantha Nicholls, Peng Wu, Witold Witkowski, Kevin Dagbay, Kristen Huber, Greg Tuffy, Scott Eron (l to r)

Early Days in the 10th Floor Lab Suite. Circa 2008. Kevin Olson, Sravanti Vaidya, Kristen Huber, Samantha Nicholls, (front row; l to r) Genevieve Abbruzzesse, Witold Witkowski (2nd row, l to r) Elih Velazquez (back row)