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Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics
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Germany

Heather Harrington

Group Leader

Scientific Career

since Oct. 2023

Director and Research Group Leader at the MPI-CBG and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD)

since 2020

Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

2017 – 2020

Associate Professor at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

2013 – 2023

Research Fellow at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

2010 – 2013

Postdoctoral Research Associate. Theoretical Systems Biology, Imperial College London

2006 – 2010

PhD, Department of Mathematics, Supervisors: Jaroslav Stark and Dorothy Buck, Imperial College London

May 2006

BS, Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Prizes

2020

Philip Leverhulme Prize in Mathematics and Statistics

2019

University of Cambridge Adams Prize: Mathematics of Networks

2018

London Mathematical Society Whitehead Prize

Awards and Fellowships

2023 – 2025

Royal Society University Research Fellowship Renewal

2018 – 2022

Research Fellow in Mathematics and the Sciences, St John’s College, Oxford

2018 – 2021

Alan Turing Institute Fellowship

2017 – 2022

Royal Society University Research Fellowship

2013 – 2016

EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

2013 – 2016

Junior Research Fellowship, St Cross College

2007 – 2010

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (awarded based on research proposal)

Current Group Members

Heather Harrington

Director CSBD

Heather Harrington

Director CSBD
harrington@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-1900
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Silviana Amethyst

Staff Scientist: Research Engineer

Silviana Amethyst

Staff Scientist: Research Engineer
amethyst@mpi-cbg.de
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Matthias Arzt

Staff Scientist: Research Software Engineer

Matthias Arzt

Staff Scientist: Research Software Engineer
arzt@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2418

Jane Ivy Coons

Postdoc

Jane Ivy Coons

Postdoc
coons@mpi-cbg.de

Anna Frangou

Staff Scientist: Research Strategy and Communications Lead

Anna Frangou

Staff Scientist: Research Strategy and Communications Lead
frangou@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-1974
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Vincenzo Galgano

Postdoc

Vincenzo Galgano

Postdoc
galgano@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-1901
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Jiayi Li

Postdoc

Jiayi Li

Postdoc
jli@mpi-cbg.de

Kelly Spry Maggs

Postdoc

Kelly Spry Maggs

Postdoc
maggs@mpi-cbg.de

Ali Mahmoud

Welcome Officer

Ali Mahmoud

Welcome Officer
mahmoud@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-1225

Hannah Rose Minor

Executive Assistant

Hannah Rose Minor

Executive Assistant
minor@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2151

Leon Renkin

Predoc

Leon Renkin

Predoc
renkin@mpi-cbg.de

Georgy Scholten

Postdoc

Georgy Scholten

Postdoc
scholten@mpi-cbg.de

Tessa Sommer

Executive Assistant

Tessa Sommer

Executive Assistant
tsommer@mpi-cbg.de
+49 351 210-2510

Haochen Yang

Predoc

Haochen Yang

Predoc
hyang@mpi-cbg.de
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Alumni

Hadrien Oliveri

Hadrien Oliveri

We are an inclusive team, comprised of mathematicians from different backgrounds. Our research is enriched by valuing diversity and outreach. We were local organisers for the month-long residential programme, Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) in July 2022. We received departmental recognition for creating an inclusive environment for women and gender minorities, as well as recognition from the MPLS division for outreach activities. Heather is a co-organiser of the 2023 Women in Computational Topology Workshop at EPFL (WinCompTop3).