Jeanne Hardy, PhD
Principal Investigator
LGRT 745A
(413) 545-3486 (office phone)
Current Lab Members
Thomas Bregnard
Postdoctoral Associate
Trisha Brady
Graduate Student – Hardy/Vachet Labs
Kristalle G. Cruz
Graduate Student
Sparsh Makhaik
Graduate Student
Muhammed Rahat
Graduate Student
Ma. Irina “Niña” Sagarbarria
Graduate Student
Andrew J. Smith
Graduate Student
Yi Zheng
Graduate Student
Zsuzsa Kiss
Undergraduate Researcher
Cece Polak
Undergraduate Researcher
Jamie Seo
Undergraduate Researcher
Hrachya Tonyan
Undergraduate Researcher
Hardy Lab Photo History
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)
Alumni
Hardy Lab Ph.D. Graduates
Ishankumar Soni
Ph.D. ’22
Francesca Anson Ph.D. ’21,
Post-Doctoral Fellow – The Rockefeller University
Maureen Hill Ph.D. ’18,
Scientist – MOMA Therapeutics
Derek MacPherson Ph.D. ’18,
Scientist – Silicon Therapeutics
Banyuhay Serrano Ph.D. ’17,
Post-Doctoral Fellow – Harvard Medical School
Kevin Dagbay Ph.D. ’17
Scientist at ScholarRock
Scott Eron Ph.D. ’16
Scientist at C4 Therapeutics
Muslum Yildiz Ph.D. ’13
Professor in Turkey
Samantha Nicholls Ph.D. ’13
Scientist at ScholarRock
Elih Velasquez-Delgado Ph.D. ’12
LT, MSC, US Navy
Division Officer, Genomics & Bioinformatics
Sravanti Vaidya Ph.D. ’11, Kristen Huber Ph.D. ’12, Witold Witkowski Ph.D. ’11
SV is a Project Scientist at the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CCMB, at the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, KH is a scientist at HotSpot Therapeutics and WW is a Data Scientist at Quest Diagnostics.
Post Doctoral Associates
Narasimharao Meka (2015-17)
Post-Doctoral Fellow – Brandeis University
Peng Wu (2015-17)
Staff Scientist – University of Toronto
Jun Chu (2009-10)
Assistant Professor Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Integration Technology (SIAIT) Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sumana Gosh (2008-10)
Scientist Vyome Biosciences
Hardy Lab M.S. Graduates
Yifei Pei M.S. ’17
Yunlong Zhao M.S. ’14
Daniel Seeman M.S. ’10
(Photo not available)
Nivaskumar Ramaswamy M.S. ’07
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Research Associates
Genevieve Abbruzzese (2007-9)
Sara Langseth (2007)
Kristin Paczkowski (2005-7)
Undergraduate Researchers
Justin Baker
Srinidhi Raghav
Sashi Weerawarana
Amber Colon
Christopher Chinman
Carolyn Huang
Abdul Wasay Paracha
Elizabeth Barrett
Jacob Lytle
Kyle Swainamer
Alesia Vialichka
Di Lin
Greg Tuffy
Lindsay Dawson
Eydis Lima
Melissa Gold
Kyle Bernier
Kevin Olson
Ruth Ama Boadu
Undergraduate Technicians
Mason Tomko
Toni Ambrogio
Sam Kmail
Joanne Philippeaux
Matt Barker
Junean Brennan
Shawn Haley
Cynthia Honorat
Prince Williams
Visiting Scholars
Jorge Arias
Nicolas Colon-Bolik
Summer Students
Leslie Williams, 2015 ICE REU Student
Charnell Chasten, 2010 CURE REU Student
Jamey Harrell, 2008 CURE REU Student
Amanada Horgan, 2009 CURE REU Fellow
Joachim Moch, 2009 CURE REU Int’l Fellow
Baharah Barzegar, 2008
Jessia Bauer, 2007 REU Researcher
Elih Velazquez, 2006 PREP Researcher
PREP Students
Kevin Ramos (2017-18)
Leah Woldegiorgis (2016-17)