Principal Investigator
Yu-Hua Tseng, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Section on Integrative Physiology & Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center
Email: yu-hua.tseng@joslin.harvard.edu
Dr. Yu-Hua Tseng’s research is focused on understanding the physiological role and therapeutic potential of the energy-burning brown fat and its related beige fat, an area of great significance to both diabetes and medicine, as a whole. Dr. Yu-Hua Tseng is a Senior Investigator in the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism at the Joslin Diabetes Center, a Principal Faculty at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Tseng received her doctorate in Developmental Biology and Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed postdoctoral training at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Tseng was an Eleanor and Miles Shore Scholar in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and received the Hazel K. Stiebeling Lectureship from Florida State University and the Armen Tashjian Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research.
Lab Manager
Tian Lian Huang, M.D.
Lab Manager
Email: TianLian.Huang@joslin.harvard.edu
Instructor
Matthew Lynes, Ph.D.
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Associate, Section on Integrative Physiology & Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center
Email: matthew.lynes@joslin.harvard.edu
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew_Lynes
Matt Lynes is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Research Associate at the Joslin Diabetes Center. Matt has an undergraduate degree from Colby College and a graduate degree from Boston University. Matt studies how humans and animals metabolize the food that they eat and how their bodies control the flow of metabolites to direct energy for either usage or storage. He is the recipient of NIH F32 and K01 awards, as well as an Early Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Farnaz Shamsi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Farnaz.shamsi@joslin.harvard.edu
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farnaz_Shamsi
Farnaz received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Tehran, Iran. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine from Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany. She joined Dr. Tseng laboratory in 2015. Her research interests revolve around transcriptional regulation of adipose tissue development and function. Farnaz is a recipient of the American Diabetes Association postdoctoral fellowship.
Justin Darcy, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: justin.darcy@joslin.harvard.edu
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Darcy
Justin is a second-year postdoc in the Tseng lab. He received his BS in Microbiology from Michigan State University and his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry from Southern Illinois University. His doctoral research focused on energy metabolism and aging. His current research focuses on gene regulation, lipid transport, and aging of brown adipose tissue.
Satoru Sugimoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: satoru.sugimoto@joslin.harvard.edu
Satoru graduated from medical school from Osaka Medical College and has been working as a pediatrician for the past 10 years in the Department of Pediatrics at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan. He came to the Joslin Diabetes Center on the Japanese Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation Scholarship in order to gain more experience in basic research. His long-term goal is to translate the research experience gained here to clinical practice to combat pediatric obesity.
Tadataka Tsuji, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: tadataka.tsuji@joslin.harvard.edu
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tadataka_Tsuji
Tadataka received his DDS and Ph.D. in Dentistry from Osaka University and has been working as a dentist and oral surgeon over the past 10 years in the First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Osaka University. He joined the Tseng laboratory in 2018 through the Japanese Sunstar Foundation Scholarship. His current research interest is the artificial stimulation of BAT thermogenesis through the use of optical techniques.
Sean Kodani, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: sean.kodani@joslin.harvard.edu
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sean_Kodani
Sean received his BS in Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Science from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of California, Davis. His current research interest is to understand how lipid mediators regulate metabolic disease and brown adipose tissue physiology.
Ph.D. Student
Marsha Wibowo
Ph.D. Student
Email: marsha.wibowo@joslin.harvard.edu
Marsha is a third year Ph.D. student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program at Harvard Medical School. She is from Indonesia, and she did her undergraduate at MIT in biology. Her background is in molecular biology, and her current research interest is in the role of the gut microbiome in obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes. She received her BS in Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016.
Alumni
| Name | Training Period & Role | Current Position |
| Tim J. Schulz, Ph.D. | 2007-2012, Postdoctoral Fellow | Professor, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke |
| Hongbin Zhang, Ph.D. | 2008-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow | Research Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Kristy L. Townsend, Ph.D. | 2009-2014, Postdoctoral Fellow | Associate Professor of Neurobiology at Ohio State University |
| Daniel O. Espinoza, Ph.D. | 2006-2008, Postdoctoral Fellow | Research Scientist, Emory University, Atlanta |
| Meiping Guan, M.D., Ph.D. | 2012-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow | Deputy director of Dept. Endocrinology & Metabolism, Southern Medical University, Quangzhou, China |
| Morten Lundh, Ph.D. | 2015-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow | Research Scientist at Gubra Co., Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Mari Sato, D.D.S., Ph.D. | 2015-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan |
| Sheng-Chiang Su, M.D. | 2016-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow | Attending Physician, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Luiz Leiria, Ph.D. | 2014-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow | Research Associate, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Jianmei Li, M.D. | 2008-2009, Visiting Scientist | Attending Physician, Bao’an Maternity & Child Health Hospital, Guangdong, China |
| Anibal S. Moura, Ph.D. | 2012, Visiting Scientist | Professor, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Huei Sheng Huang, Ph.D. | 2015-2016, Visiting Scientist | Professor, Department of Medical Lab Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University |
| Shuk-Man (Maria) Ka, Ph.D. | 2017, Visiting Scientist | Professor, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Shifen Dong, Ph.D. | 2017-2018, Visiting Scientist | Associate Professor, School of Chinese Materia MedicaBeijing University of Chinese Medicine |
| Rokus Kriszt, Ph.D. | 2016, Visiting Grad Student | Clinical Research Associate, IQVIA, Hungary |
| Elena Kempf | 2016, Visiting Grad Student | Ph.D. candidate, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| Thomas D’Apringy | 2015, Visiting Medical Student | Resident in Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France |
| Ana Alfaro | 2014-2015, Visiting Grad Student | PhD Candidate, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center |
| Lucy Lahrita, Ph.D. | 2017, Visiting Grad Student | Postdoctoral Fellow, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan |
| Young-Mi Kwon | 2012-2013, Undergrad Student | Ph.D. Candidate, Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
| Andrew Pan | 2013-2014, Undergrad Student | Medical Student, University of Rochester |
| Omalade Sogade | 2014-2016, Undergrad Student | Medical Student, Washington University, School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Kunyan (Martin) Yang | 2016-2017, Undergrad Student; 2017-2018 Research Assistant | Graduate Student, Canada |
| Kylie Hung | 2017, Undergrad Student | Harvard College |
| Lindsay MacDougall | 2009-2012, Research Assistant | Nurse Practitioner at Shriver Clinical Services |
| Magda Blaszkiewcz | 2013-2014, Research Assistant | Ph.D. Candidate University of Maine Orono, ME |
| Simi Falako | 2018-2020, Undergrad Student and Intern | Graduate Student, Yale Univ. SPH |
| Chih-Hao Wang | 2014-2020, Postdoctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor at China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan |
