Our Team
All of the CodeSciLab content was created by a team of dedicated computational scientists who met while pursuing PhDs at Harvard University.
Kate Lachance, PhD
co-founder
Kate has a PhD in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics from Harvard University. She grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended East Grand Rapids High School. She studied biology, computer science, and math during undergrad at Dartmouth College before moving to Boston to pursue her graduate degree. Kate works as a Consultant in Boston, MA.
Kayla Davis, PhD
co-founder
Kayla has a PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University. She grew up in Stillwater, Oklahoma where she attended Stillwater High School. She later earned her B.S. in Biochemistry at Oklahoma State University before moving to Massachusetts to pursue her PhD. Since completing her doctorate, she is continuing research as a post-doctoral fellow in Boston, MA.
Rebecca Fine, PhD
co-founder
Rebecca has a PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University, where she studied computational biology and human genetics. She grew up in White Plains, New York and earned her BS in psychology and neuroscience from Yale University. Since earning her doctorate, Rebecca works as a Computational Genomics Research Scientist in Boston, MA.
Anthony Lafontant
Product Manager
Anthony is an MBA student at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Before pursuing his MBA, he was a consultant at Deloitte, the founder of his own ed-tech start-up, and a teacher in Denver and Boston.
Emily Kerr
team member and content developer
Emily grew up in Shirley, Massachusetts. She earned a B.S. in Chemistry at Xavier University in Cincinnati and is now enrolled in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology PhD program at Harvard University.
Jane Huang, PhD
team member and content developer
Jane Huang has a PhD in Astronomy from Harvard University. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois and earned a B.S. in chemistry with a minor in physics at the University of Chicago. She is now working as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Michigan.
Noah Bloch
content developer
Noah is a student at Harvard University in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program. He grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ and received his B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Biochemistry from Haverford College.
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Our
Mission
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Ethics
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Funding & Partnerships
We are generously supported by funding from Harvard University's Initiative for Learning and Teaching Operation Impact and the Harvard Medical School's Office for Diversity Inclusion & Community Partnerships. We utilize repl.it to host coding terminals on our website and work with LabXchange to share our lessons with students and educators.
