Principal Investigator
Artur A Indzhykulian, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Artur Indzhykulian received his Medical Degree (2004) and PhD (2008) from Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy in Ukraine, trained in medicine, anatomy, pathology and physiology. For the past decade he has worked specifically on the stereocilia bundle of vertebrate hair cells—its structure, development, mechanics and role in mechanotransduction. This has included work to elucidate the molecular and cell biological basis of hereditary deafness. During his postdoctoral training with Dr. Gregory Frolenkov (University of Kentucky, 2009-2012) and Dr. David Corey (Harvard Medical School, 2012-2017), he has studied a number of mouse models lacking proteins important for the hair cell function and bundle morphology. Mutations in most of these proteins cause deafness, while many also cause blindness in Usher syndrome.
To pursue his passion for hearing research, Dr. Indzhykulian has started his research group as an Assistant Professor at Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, home to one of the largest communities of otolaryngology researchers in the world.
Contact Information
Indzhykulian Lab, C609
Eaton Peabody Laboratories
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114
artur_indzhykulian [at] hms.harvard.edu
p: (617) 807-7975
Postdocs
Dr. Pedro De-la-Torre
Research Scientist
Pedro De la Torre Márquez received his PhD in Applied Sciences from Universidad de Talca (Chile) in 2015… Read More
Dr. Richard Osgood
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Richard Osgood received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) in 2020…Read More
Dr. Frank Yeh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Frank Yeh received his BA in Biology with a Concentration in Neuroscience at CUNY Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College…Read More
Dr. Myung Hoon Yoo
Visiting Associate Professor
Dr. Myung Hoon Yoo is an otologic surgeon and an Associate professor in Department of Otorhinolaryngology-HNS, Kyungpook National University Hospital (Korea)…Read More
Rubina Simikyan
Research Assistant
Rubina Simikyan joined the laboratory in 2022 and is focused on the analysis of sensory cells using light and electron microscopy techniques. Read More
Graduate Students
Chris Buswinka
Graduate student
Harvard-MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
Chris Buswinka received his bachelors in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan where he worked to analyze the histopathology following…Read More
Evan Hale
Graduate student
Harvard-MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
Evan Hale received his bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University in 2018 and spent the following two years researching the…Read More
Undergraduate Students
Mona Jawad
Undergraduate Student Intern
Mona is a senior in bioengineering with a computer science minor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While working in a cochlear implant…Read More
Hidetomi Nitta
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hidetomi Nitta is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University with a major in Biology. His primary goal is to gain research experience…Read More
Joseph Brower
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Joseph Brower is a current Sophomore at Harvard College studying Neuroscience on the Mind, Brain, and Behavior track with a citation in Spanish. Joseph is…Read More
Aaron Paul
Undergraduate Student Intern
Aaron is a sophomore in the Accelerated Physician-Scientist Program (BS/MD) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College. Prior to…Read More
High school
Emily Nguyen
Student Intern
Emily Nguyen is a current highschool senior at Fenway High School, joining the laboratory in early 2022 as a student intern. She is interested in gaining…Read More
Sophia Wu
Student Intern
Sophia joined our group in June 2022, and is a rising junior at Newton South High School, one of the two major high schools in Newton, MA. Sophia is interested…Read More
Alumni
Xinyuan (Grace) Zhang, BS
Bates College
Research Assistant II
Grace joined the laboratory in the summer of 2019 following her graduation from Bates College. She is a double major in neuroscience and…Read More
Auntara Nandi
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Auntara Nandi is an undergraduate student from Birla Institute Of Technology & Science, Pilani University (India) majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences…Read More
Ella Wesson
Undergraduate Student Intern
Ella is a sophomore at Harvard College concentrating in the History of Science with a secondary in Psychology and on the Pre-Medical Track. She joined the…Read More
Tyler Morris
Undergraduate Research Assistant,
Harvard College
Tyler Morris is a current senior at Harvard College from Birmingham, Alabama studying Molecular & Cellular Biology and Linguistics with a secondary in…Read More
David Rosenberg
Postdoctoral Fellow
David has received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Computational Biology (major) and Music (minor) from Cornell University (2011), followed…Read More
ChunJie Tian, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Chunjie Tian earned his Medical Degree in Clinical Medicine (2003), completed his Internship training in Clinical Medicine (2004) and Masters…Read More
Dhun Chauhan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Northeastern University
Dhun Chauhan is a junior at Northeastern University where she is majoring in Biology. Dhun has worked in the Mother-Child Wellness Clinical and Research…Read More
Rachel Gamburg
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bucknell University
Rachel Gamburg is a current junior at Bucknell University studying Cell Biology & Biochemistry, originally from the Greater…Read More
Daniel Hathaway
Undergraduate Research Assistant,
Northeastern University
Daniel Hathaway is in his second year studying cellular and molecular biology with a minor in mathematics at Northeastern University. After…Read More
Chin-Ju (Ginnie) Hu
Graduate student (rotating)
Harvard-MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
Chin-Ju received her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the National Yang-Ming University (Taiwan) in 2015 and master’s degree in Biomedical…Read More
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