Our Members
Denisa D. Wagner, PhD - Principal Investigator
Dr. Wagner is the Edwin Cohn Professor of Pediatrics in the Program for Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Wagner received her Diploma of Biochemistry from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and the Ph.D. in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, USA).
She is a recipient of many awards including the Outstanding Investigator Award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health; the Robert P. Grant Medal, the highest honor from the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis; the American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist Award and this year, the Henry M. Stratton Medal from the American Society of Hematology.
She joined Harvard Medical School as Faculty in 1994.
Previous Placements
Tufts University School of Medicine - Faculty
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York - Faculty
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Wagner is the Edwin Cohn Professor of Pediatrics in the Program for Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Wagner received her Diploma of Biochemistry from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and the Ph.D. in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, USA).
She is a recipient of many awards including the Outstanding Investigator Award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health; the Robert P. Grant Medal, the highest honor from the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis; the American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist Award and this year, the Henry M. Stratton Medal from the American Society of Hematology.
She joined Harvard Medical School as Faculty in 1994.
Previous Placements
Tufts University School of Medicine - Faculty
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York - Faculty
E-mail: [email protected]
Jiyoun (John) Kim, PhD - Staff Scientist and Lab Manager
in the Wagner Lab since May 2023
Since receiving his Ph.D. in Microbiology/Immunology, Dr. Kim’s studies have been concentrated on immunopathophysiology in various diseases including asthma, pneumonia and sepsis.
His research in the Wagner Lab is focused on the role of MTOC in the formation of inflammasomes during immune synapse assembly.
Previous Placements
Boston University, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine - Research Assistant Professor
University of Michigan, Department of Pathology - Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Investigator
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - Ph.D. Student
Email: [email protected]
in the Wagner Lab since May 2023
Since receiving his Ph.D. in Microbiology/Immunology, Dr. Kim’s studies have been concentrated on immunopathophysiology in various diseases including asthma, pneumonia and sepsis.
His research in the Wagner Lab is focused on the role of MTOC in the formation of inflammasomes during immune synapse assembly.
Previous Placements
Boston University, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine - Research Assistant Professor
University of Michigan, Department of Pathology - Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Investigator
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - Ph.D. Student
Email: [email protected]
Nicolas Gendron, PharmD, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
in the Wagner Lab since April 2024
Dr. Gendron earned his PhD in Hematology in 2018. Since then, he has served as an Assistant Professor of Hematology and as a hematologist. His work heavily focuses on thrombosis - before joining the lab, Dr, Gendron was a thrombophilia consultant in addition to his role as a hematologist.
Dr. Gendron is currently researching the link between thrombosis and NETosis.
Previous Placements:
Paris XI University - PharmD
Paris XI University - Residency
Paris Cité University - PhD
Email: [email protected]
in the Wagner Lab since April 2024
Dr. Gendron earned his PhD in Hematology in 2018. Since then, he has served as an Assistant Professor of Hematology and as a hematologist. His work heavily focuses on thrombosis - before joining the lab, Dr, Gendron was a thrombophilia consultant in addition to his role as a hematologist.
Dr. Gendron is currently researching the link between thrombosis and NETosis.
Previous Placements:
Paris XI University - PharmD
Paris XI University - Residency
Paris Cité University - PhD
Email: [email protected]
Tianqi Wang, DVM, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
in the Wagner Lab since January 2024
After receiving his PhD in Biological Sciences in 2023, Dr. Wang joined the Wagner Lab in his first postdoctoral position.
His past research has focused on plasma membrane and innate immunity.
His work in the Wagner Lab focuses primarily on NETosis and potassium channels.
Previous Placements:
Purdue University, Indiana - Ph.D.
Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, China - Master's in Preventative Veterinary Medicine
Email: [email protected]
in the Wagner Lab since January 2024
After receiving his PhD in Biological Sciences in 2023, Dr. Wang joined the Wagner Lab in his first postdoctoral position.
His past research has focused on plasma membrane and innate immunity.
His work in the Wagner Lab focuses primarily on NETosis and potassium channels.
Previous Placements:
Purdue University, Indiana - Ph.D.
Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, China - Master's in Preventative Veterinary Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Viktoria Jung, MD - Postdoctoral Fellow
in the Wagner Lab since September 2023
Dr. Jung's received her M.D. in 2023 after studying the role of epithelial cells in asthma. She joins us after 2 years of her residency, focusing on rheumatology and clinical immunology.
In the Wagner Lab, Dr. Jung primarily researches neutrophils in ferritin-mediated inflammation.
Previous Placements
Medical Center, University Freiburg, Germany, Department of Pneumology - Resident
Medical Center, University Freiburg, Germany, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology - Resident
Philipps University, Marburg, Germany - MD
Email: [email protected]
Bruce Ewenstein, MD, PhD - Visiting Professor
in the Wagner Lab since November 2021
Dr. Ewenstein is a board-certified hematologist with more than 30 years of experience in academic medicine, drug development and healthcare. Dr. Ewenstein received his MD and PhD degrees from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and did his Hematology clinical training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Before joining industry in 2002, Dr. Ewenstein was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School where he served as founder and Director of the Boston Hemophilia Center (BWH/BCH) for 15 years. His doctoral and post-doctoral projects involved the structural elucidation of class I major histocompatibility (MHC) antigens. His later laboratory work centered on endothelial cell biology with a focus on the role of this cell type in hemostatic and thrombotic processes.
His current interests include the roles of von Willebrand factor (VWF) and ADAMTS13 in thrombosis- inflammatory disease processes.
E-mail: [email protected]
Caroline Pangbourne - Research Assistant
in the Wagner Lab since November 2024
Caroline comes to us from Lafayette College; this is her first posting in a lab!
Email: [email protected]
in the Wagner Lab since November 2024
Caroline comes to us from Lafayette College; this is her first posting in a lab!
Email: [email protected]
Simona Stella - Lab Administrator
Simona has been working at Boston Children's Hospital since 2015.
Before joining the Wagner Lab in February 2025, she supported other laboratories in PCMM (Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine).
E-mail: simona.stella@childrens.harvard.edu