#  Research Scientists 

 



  [### Saurabh Attarde

 ](/people/saurabh-attarde) <sattarde@fas.harvard.edu>Research Associate

Mandë Holford Lab

 

 

 Saurabh is a dedicated Postdoctoral Researcher who earned his doctoral degree from Savitribai Phule Pune University, India (2014-2019). His research journey began with a focus on assessing the anticancer potential of toxins derived from Indian spectacled... 

 

 

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   [### Richard Childers

 ](/people/richard-childers) <rchilders@g.harvard.edu>Research Scientist

Collections Operations

 

 

 

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   [### Rudy Lerosey-Aubril

 ](/people/rudy-lerosey-aubril) <leroseyaubril@gmail.com>Research Scientist

Javier Ortega-Hernández Lab

 

 

 I am an invertebrate paleontologist investigating the evolution of early animals and their organization into modern-type ecosystems. To do so, I travel the world to study Konservat-Lagerstätten – exceptional deposits preserving the remains of both... 

 

 

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