About the Team

Marynia Kolak, MS, MFA, PhD
Lab Principal Investigator
Marynia is a health geographer using open science tools, spatial epidemiology & an exploratory data analytic approach to investigate issues of equity across space and time. They use applied geographic data science, quasi-experimental econometrics, and statistics to seek policy-driven, systems-integrating solutions.

Dylan Halpern, MCP
Senior Principal Software Engineer, Design Principal
Utilizing methods of geospatial data analytics, visualization, and web development, Dylan works in domains of public health, urban experience and activity, and transit. He holds a Master in City Planning from MIT, and previous positions with MIT Senseable City Lab, Civic Data Design Lab, and City Form Lab, and a Fulbright research fellowship in Brazil.

Qinyun Lin, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Qinyun is a methodologist invested in humanizing research by advancing quantitative methods and the interpretation of inferences. She seeks to expand existing quantitative methods by incorporating human interactions, social and spatial contexts, and mediating factors within these analyses.

Susan Paykin, MPP
Senior Research Manager
Susan manages a growing portfolio of applied research projects related to spatial analysis, GIScience, and regionally-driven public health and public policy. She also oversees community and research partnerships to help the Lab’s research initiatives and applications achieve meaningful public impact.

Stuart Lynn, PhD
Visiting Senior Principal Software Engineer
Stuart’s interests include widening participation in scientific discussion to non-traditional communities through the development of tools and active participation in collaborative processes. In previous roles he worked with non-profits with the Two Sigma Data Clinic, led the data science team at CARTO, and was the technical lead for citizen science platform The Zooniverse.

Kamaria C. Massey, MFA, EdDc
Visiting Scholar
Kamaria C. Massey is a doctoral candidate in the Urban Educational Leadership program at Morgan State University. She currently focuses her research on the effects of historical trauma in education.
Research Assistants

Desiree Becerra
Opioid Risk Environments
MPP ’23

Shelley Hoover
SDoH Research Associate
University of Illinois at Chicago

James Keane
US Covid Atlas: Data Science
MS ’22

Marc Loeb
Opioid Environments
MSCAPP ’23

Liana Lan
Opioid Environments
MPP ’23


Active Collaborators
Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, PhD
Imelda Moise, PhD
Raed Mansour, MS
Lawrence Brown, PhD
Basmattee Boodram, MPH, PhD
Kevin Credit, PhD
John Schneider, MD
Mai Tuyet Pho, MD
Jonathan Ozik, PhD
Daniel E. Horton, PhD
Molly Scannell Bryan, PhD
Madeleine Daepp, PhD


Past Team
Vidal Anguino, Jr.
Fullstack Software Engineer
Margot Bolanos Gomez
Data Mapping Fellow
BA ’23
Ziqian (Alexa) Jin
Data Mapping Fellow
BA ’23
Isaac Kamber
Research Assistant
Kenna Camper
Research Assistant
Laura Chen
Research Assistant
Andres Crucetta
Graduate Research Assistant
Stephanie Yang
Data Engineering Fellow
Ryan Wang
Data Science Fellow
Lorenz Menendez
Research Assistant
Gabe Morrison
Research Assistant
Yoon Hong Park
Research Assistant
Richard Lu
Research Assistant
Erin Abbott
Research Assistant
Bibind Vasu
Research Assistant
Yao Xen Tan
Research Assistant
Cyrus Caughey
Research Assistant
Tiye Stephens
Research Assistant
Irena Gao
Research Intern
Grant Morrison
Research Assistant
Angela Li
Research Specialist
Moksha Menghaney
Research Specialist
Fanmei Xia
Graduate Research Assistant
Sam Joyce
Research Assistant
Helena Abney-McPeek
Summer Intern
Emily Selch
Graduate Research Assistant
Olina Liang
Research Assistant
Jizhou Wang
Research Assistant
Yuming Liu
Research Assistant
Breanna Yang
Research Intern
Arpan Laha
Summer Intern
Erin Ochoa
Data Science Fellow
Andrew Morse
Applied Policy Data Scientist
Ally Muszynski
Research Assistant
Andrew Warfield
Research Assistant
Jinfei Zhu
Data Engineering Fellow
Sinduri Soundararajan
Research Assistant
Chandler Hall
Research Assistant
Javier Andres Rojas Aguilera
Research Assistant
Christian Villanueva
Research Assistant
Isaac Rand
Research Assistant