Join the Hormoz Lab

Bring experiments and theory to the same question.

We welcome Harvard graduate students who want to cross boundaries between biology, engineering, mathematics, and computation. There are two good places to begin.

For Harvard graduate students

2026–2027 rotation projects

Explore concrete projects in molecular recording, embryonic development, cancer evolution, microbial cell states, viral evolution, and differentiable models of biological systems.

See rotation projects

How we train scientists

Mentoring and lab culture

Read Sahand’s approach to scientific independence, ambitious research, collaboration, ownership, and building fluency across experimental and theoretical work.

Read the mentoring statement