PEOPLE — Bordt Lab

Evan A Bordt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator

ebordt@mgh.harvard.edu

Evan received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the lab of Dr. Brian Polster. He then performed his postdoctoral studies in Dr. Staci Bilbo’s lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The Bordt lab opened in the spring of 2022 in the Lurie Center for Autism at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Our Team

Indra Bishnoi

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Indra received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience and B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Western University. She is incredibly passionate about understanding the sexually dimorphic roles of environmental stressors (such as pathogens and deprivation) in brain and behavioral development. Outside of the lab, Indra actively contributes to climate action. She also enjoys spending time in nature, staying active with yoga, and painting.
Haley Norris

LAB MANAGER
Haley graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from California State University San Marcos. She has been working in the field of neuroscience since 2013 with experience in behavioral neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, and neuroimmunology. In her free time, she enjoys movies and video games and runs a small business, Macaronology, with research technician Izzy Bankowski.
Maggie Slamin

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Maggie is a recent first-generation graduate of University of Massachusetts Boston with a B.S. in Biology. Within her time at UMass Boston, she worked as an undergraduate researcher for a regeneration lab focusing on axolotls run by Catherine McCusker. She has future plans to apply and attend Graduate School to earn a master's degree in a more specific subtopic of biology. In her free time she likes to try new food and new restaurants, paint, and travel.
Eva Shin

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Eva is a graduate of Haverford College with a B.S. in biology where she wrote her senior thesis on decision-making and learning in Dr. Roshan Jain’s lab. As an undergraduate, she took part in the Lurie Center Clinical Research Internship where her interest in neurodevelopmental disorders grew under Dr. Robyn Thom’s mentorship. Outside of the lab, she enjoys spending time outdoors, playing and watching women’s sports, and reading a good book.
Alyssa Lee

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Alyssa recently graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor’s in Behavioral Neuroscience. Throughout her time at Northeastern she was able to explore her biomedical research interests through internships in both academia and industry. She hopes to eventually complete a PhD program in neuroscience/biomedical sciences. Outside of the lab, Alyssa likes to dance, bake, read, and explore Boston!
Mallory McDaniel

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS STUDENT
Mallory is an undergraduate at Harvard College concentrating in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology with a secondary in the History of Science. She has future plans of attending medical school and is interested in providing healthcare to medically underserved areas. Outside of the lab, she loves to try new coffee shops, read, and embroider.