Scientific & Admin Staff | The Rowland Institute at Harvard

Scientific & Admin Staff

The scientific and administrative staff at the Rowland Institute support our researchers with their deep technical expertise in precision machining, computational science, electrical engineering, finance, and more.

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Michael Burns, PhD

burns@rowland.harvard.edu

Associate Director for Science

Director of Rowland, 1997 - 2002

1982 - present

Christina Daly, PhD

christinadaly@g.harvard.edu

Life Sciences Operations Manager

2025 - present

Michael Desai, PhD

desai@oeb.harvard.edu

Director

2026 - present

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Cathleen Hallinan

cathleen_hallinan@fas.harvard.edu

Research Operations Manager

2026 - present

Winfield Hill

whill@g.harvard.edu

Director of Electronic Engineering

1988 - present

Alexis Loving

aloving@fas.harvard.edu

Administrative Assistant

2015 - present

John McKenna

john_c_mckenna@fas.harvard.edu

Property Operations Assistant

2013 - present

Leigh Needleman, PhD

Leigh_Needleman@harvard.edu

Executive Director

2021 - present

Alan Stern, PhD

stern@rowland.harvard.edu

Staff Computational Scientist

1988 - present

Chris Stokes

stokes@rowland.harvard.edu

Electronics Instrumentation Engineer

1997 - present

Amy Zou

amy_zou@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Director of Finance

2016 - present