Our team

Hanno Steen

Hanno Steen, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Director of Proteomics, Boston Children’s Hospital 

Dr. Hanno Steen has worked in the field of proteomics for over 15 years, which has resulted in over 200 publications in international peer-reviewed journals within a total of more than 24,000 citations.

Email: Hanno.Steen@childrens.harvard.edu

Saima Ahmed

Saima Ahmed, PhD 

Instructor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Operations Director of the Translational Proteomics Center, Boston Children’s Hospital

Dr. Ahmed was trained entirely under Professor Hanno Steen. With almost 20 years of experience in high-throughput, robotics-enable proteomics of human body fluids, she has authored 19 publications and developed sample-sparing workflows for large-scale pediatric, neonatal, and prenatal studies.

Email: Saima.Ahmed@childrens.harvard.edu

Zainab Wurie

Zainab Wurie, BA 

Zainab joined the Steen Lab as an undergraduate researcher in 2017, where she worked on optimization of human cerebrospinal fluid peptidomics methods and mass spectral analysis for her senior thesis. She graduated with a B.A. in Neurobiology from Harvard University in 2018. As a research assistant, she has developed years of experience in automated high-throughput body fluid processing for largescale proteomic studies, mass spectral analysis, and proteomics/peptidomics method optimization.

Email: Zainab.Wurie@childrens.harvard.edu

Meenakshi Jha

Meenakshi Jha, MSc 

Meenakshi is a Lab manager in the Steen lab. She studied Biotechnology(MSc) from Bangalore University, India. After her post-graduation, she worked for the firm Ernst & Young in Bangalore. Her interest in science made her switch her career to Science and she eventually got an opportunity to join Steen lab in May 2018. Besides managing the lab, she also manages thousands of samples for various projects. She loves music, singing is her favorite pastime. She loves traveling and exploring new places around the world.

Email: Meenakshi.Jha@childrens.harvard.edu