Team

Originally from Portland, Maine, Ben earned his B.S. in Engineering Physics and Bioengineering from UC Berkeley in California. He went on to obtain his Ph.D. from Harvard-MIT’s Division of Health Sciences & Technology in the laboratory of Steve Elledge, developing new molecular assays such as “Phage ImmunoPrecipitation Sequencing” (PhIP-Seq), and “ParalleL Analysis of Translated ORFs” (PLATO). He next postdoc’ed with Pete Schultz at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, where he worked on high throughput screening methods, including “RNA Annealing, Selection and Ligation sequencing” (RASL-seq). In 2014, Ben started the Laboratory of Precision Immunology in the Pathology Department at Johns Hopkins, within the Division of Immunology. Here, his team develops and deploys massively multiplexed technologies to better understand human immune responses in health and disease states.

Erin earned her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan. Her previous studies involved polymer engineering and drug delivery, with a focus on fabrication of microneedles and loading processes. As a graduate student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Program, Erin is developing new methods for screening peptidome libraries for therapeutic applications.

Originally from Bangkok, Thailand, A earned his BS in Biology and Chemical-Biological Engineering from MIT. As an undergraduate, he worked on bi-specific antibodies. A joined the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins in 2019. In the Larman lab, A is working on a novel method to study receptor-ligand interactions..

Will earned his B.S. in Physics and Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame before entering the Johns Hopkins MD-PhD program. He joined the Biomedical Engineering PhD Program and the Larman Lab in 2020. Will works to advance PhIP-Seq capabilities and develop a new antibody profiling assay while using these technologies to investigate antiviral immune responses.

Originally from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wayne earned his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka in India. In the Larman lab, Wayne develops new assays to analyze post-translational protein modifications to ultimately discover novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.

Alex grew up in Taipei, Taiwan and moved to the US in 2012. He obtained his B.S. in biology from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and M.S. in microbiology from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Alex joined the Pathobiology Ph.D. program and the Larman lab in 2021 and is working on developing multiplexed assays to profile antiviral immunity and is co-advised by Dr. Heba Mostafa.

Yang earned her BS degree in Biotechnology from Beijing Normal University in China. Currently at Johns Hopkins, she is a master’s student in Biomedical Engineering. In the Larman Lab, she’s developing new applications for programmable M13 bacteriophage display.

Elizabeth (Liz) earned her BS in Materials Engineering from Iowa State University and was an industrial automation engineer for several years. Now pursuing her MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Liz is investigating the spatial role of T-cell suppression in Stage 1 uterine endometrioid carcinomas. To this end, she is utilizing spatial-omics instrumentation for spatial analysis of multiplexed Ligation In Situ Hybridization (LISH) assays.

Vivian earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently a Master’s student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department. In the Larman Lab, Vivian is developing a novel antibody profiling technology.

Asvini received her BS in Biotechnology from Penn State and is currently doing her Master’s in Biotechnology at Johns Hopkins. She is working on the development of the MIPSA (Molecular Indexing of Proteins by Self-Assembly) assay to identify antibody reactivities.

Julia earned her B.A. in Biology and Statistics from Columbia University. In the Larman Lab, she works to characterize humoral immune responses to the enteric microbiota (Angkeow et al, Immunity, 2022). Julia is an aspiring physician-scientist.

Miso earned her MSE in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins. In the Larman lab, she is currently working on a novel VirScan library design approach and an enhanced profile deconvolution algorithm.

Peter is an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University studying molecular/cellular biology and applied math/statistics. In the Larman lab, Peter is working on discovery of therapeutic compounds with M13 phage display technology.

Mary is from Yangon, Myanmar and is currently pursuing her B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In the Larman Lab, she is working with Alex on developing multiplexed assays to profile antiviral immunity.