Staff

As University facilities have shut down, faculty and staff gathered gear to pass along amid a nationwide shortage By Clea Simon A call went out just hours before the labs shut down across campus as part of the University-wide social-distancing push to...

How a biofriendly fertilizer could offer a greener way to grow plants By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy Every year, a “ dead zone” the size of Massachusetts sprawls across the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River, which travels through the nation’s farm belt...

Dogutan plans to green campus landscape practices in collaboration with the Office for Sustainability and Facilities, Maintenance and Operations Every year, the Harvard University President's Administrative Innovation Fund invites staff members to submit...

Accolades, innovations, and world-firsts Often, small successes—even major accomplishments—stay hidden in the Lab. So, when we root out these diamond-like innovations, we try to spread the news to you, our audience. Based on skyrocketing pageviews, you...

The program, Harvard's highest form of staff recognition, honors the University's unspoken heroes. Gregg Tucci, CCB's Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology, started his Harvard career as a graduate student...

Two CCB staff members win 2018 Dean's Distinction Awards "Your exceptional service and citizenship have placed you among the top one percent of your FAS colleagues," Dean Smith writes in a letter to award winners. "I would like to personally thank you and...

Dilek Dogutan joined the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology over five years ago on October 1, 2013. Before she joined our department, Dilek received her Ph.D in Organic Chemistry form North Carolina State University and worked as a Research...

Have you heard of the Xie Bunker? Probably not. The blast shelter, now a skylight-bright nook in Mallinckrodt, acted as a firewall for research that used dangerous explosive gases and compounds. Mike Paterno, alongside CCB’s previous Facilities Manager...

Jarvis joins our Finance & Research Administration team as a Sponsored Research Administrator. Previously a Staff Accountant in the Office of the Vice Provost for Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Jarvis brings extensive...

Congratulations to our three Dean's Distinction Award winners: Dilek Dogutan, Patricia Purcell, and Joseph Lavin! The Dean's Distinction Award honors the highest-achieving FAS staff members, whose contributions, citizenship, and skillful collaboration...