Faculty FacultyJessica StarkUnderwood-Prescott Career Development Professor; Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering phone617.258.6627emailstarkadmin@mit.eduroom76-253F Research Website Research Interests glycobiology, molecular, systems, and cancer immunology, immunotherapy, biomolecular engineering, biotechnology, synthetic biology Education Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2019 B.S., Cornell University, 2012 Publications Honors and Awards David and Lucille Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2026 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize, 2026 The V Foundation V Scholar Award, 2024 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Steven A. Rosenberg Scholar Award, 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface, 2023 Broad Institute Next Generation in Biomedicine, 2022 American Chemical Society Best of BIOT Award, 2022 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021 National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute F32 NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020 Northwestern University Chemical Engineering Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award, 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering, 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2015 National Institutes of Health T32 Biotechnology Training Program Fellow, 2014 Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellow, 2014
