Throughout the MCO graduate experience, students have access to multiple faculty members as well as staff to advise them.
Throughout the MCO graduate experience, students have access to multiple faculty members as well as staff to advise them.
In addition, by the end of their first year, each student will have joined a lab. The professor who heads the lab will mentor the student’s research progress, guiding them to completion of the PhD.
Along with the Faculty Mentor, each student will have a Dissertation Advisory Committee consisting of three additional MCO faculty members who assist in monitoring and guiding the student in their research.
At any time, students also have access to the Directors of Graduate Studies for the MCO program, currently Professor Vlad Denic and Professor Victoria D’Souza.
For non-research related questions or concerns, ranging from administrative requirements to finances and general advice, students can connect with Lindsay Guest (Graduate Program Administrator) and/or Katie Scrocca (Graduate Programs Finance and Research Administration Manager) anytime.
Complementing these formal advising relationships, each student has daily interactions not only with members of their chosen lab, but also with other scientists throughout the wide-ranging Harvard research community.