JEAN FAN

(last updated April 2021)

EDUCATION

• PhD in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics, Harvard University, Division of Medical Science (June 2013 - Jan 2018)
• Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Math, Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering (Aug 2009 - May 2013)
• High School Diploma, Magnet Program, Montgomery Blair High School (Aug 2005 - May 2009)

GRANTS

• NSF CAREER #2047611, Statistical approaches and computational tools for analyzing spatially-resolved single-cell transcriptomics data (July 2021 - Present)
• NIH NCI F99/K00 F99CA222750, Statistical Methods for Characterizing Tumor Heterogeneity at the Single Cell Level (July 2017 - June 2020)
• NIH NCI F31 F31CA206236, Computational Analysis of Subclonal Evolution in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Sept 2016 - July 2017)
• NSF GRFP DGE144152 (June 2013 - Sept 2016)

WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Post-doctoral Fellow, Mentored by Xiaowei Zhuang, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University (Mar 2018 - June 2020)
• Graduate Student, Mentored by Peter Kharchenko, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School (July 2013 - Feb 2018)
• Rotation Student, Mentored by Nir Hacohen and Catherine Wu, Broad Institute (Sept 2013 - Nov 2013)
• Summer Research Intern, Mentored by Shamil Sunyaev, Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics Program, Harvard-MIT HST and i2b2 (June 2012 - Aug 2012)
• Research Intern, Mentored by Rachel Karchin, Institute of Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University (Aug 2009 - May 2013)
• Summer Research Intern, Mentored by Paul Meltzer and Liang Cao, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (June 2008 - Oct 2008)

SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS

• Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare (2020)
• Nature Research Award Winner (2019)
• Anita Borg Pass-It-On Award Winner (2017)
• BU GWISE Advocate of the Year (2017)
• Regeneron “Dream Proposal” Prize Finalist (2017)
• NSF MRS Outreach Award Recipient (2016)
• ASH Abstract Achievement Award Recipient (2015)
• Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award Winner (2012)
• Intel Science Talent Search Semi-Finalist (2009)
• Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology Semi-Finalist (2008)

MENTORING AND OUTREACH

• Founder, Director, and Lead Developer, CuSTEMized - personalized STEM picture storybooks for girls (Jan 2014 - Present)
• Co-chair, Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (Aug 2013 - Aug 2015)
• Mentor-Scientist for 2nd grade girls, Science Club for Girls (Aug 2014 - May 2015)
• Mentor for Undergraduates at Harvard College, Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe (Aug 2013 - Aug 2014)