Faculty Affiliate, Bioengineering
| Principal Investigator | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Sarah Heilshorn | Assistant
Professor,
Materials Science & Engineering Faculty Affiliate, Bioengineering |
| Graduate Students | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Patrick Benitez | 3rd
year PhD BioEng |
Nanoscale Ligand Patterning of 3D Protein Scaffolds to Engineer Microvasculature |
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Midori Greenwood-Goodwin | 3rd
year PhD BioEng |
Physical Protein Hydrogel for Developing a Neuroprotective 3D Environment |
 |
Widya Mulyasasmita | 4th
year PhD BioEng |
Two-Component Physical Protein Hydrogel for 3D Cell Encapsulation and Recovery |
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Andreina Parisi-Amon | 4th year PhD BioEng |
MITCH: Mixing-Induced, Two-Component Hydrogel for 3D Cell Encapsulation, Proliferation, and Differentiation |
| Jordan Raphel | 2nd
year PhD Mat Sci |
||
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Nicole Romano | 4th
year PhD Mat Sci |
Angiogenesis in Elastin-Based Protein Scaffolds for Application in Spinal Cord Regeneration |
 |
Alia Schoen | 4th
year PhD Mat Sci |
Synthesis and Organization of Nanostructured Materials Using Biomolecules |
 |
Debanti
Sengupta |
6th
year PhD Chemistry |
The
Role of Cardiomyocyte-Scaffold Interactions in Tissue Engineering |
 |
Meghaan Smith |
5th
year PhD
Chem
Eng
|
Implementing Microfluidic Devices to Study the Cellular Microenvironment |
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Rebecca Snyder | 3rd
year PhD BioEng |
Engineering Intestinal Microenvironments: Towards a New Preclinical Drug Screening Platform |
| Postdocs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Arunagirinathan Manickam Adhimoolam | PhD Chem Eng |
Insights on Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Materials Using Three-Dimensional Protein Assemblies as Templates |
 |
Cindy Chung | PhD Bio Eng |
3-D
Culture of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes in Protein
Hydrogels for Cardiac Repair |
 |
Kelly Huggins | PhD Chemistry |
Biotemplating Using Self-Assembling Protein Scaffolds for the Synthesis of Nanostructures |
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Kyle Lampe | PhD Chem Eng |
Protein-based Hydrogel Systems for Three Dimensional Neural Stem Cell Culture and Treatment of CNS Diseases and Injuries |
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Hui Xu | PhD Biomed Eng |
Microfluidic and Biomaterial Engineering for Studying Neuron Stem Cell Migration and Differentiation |
| Visiting Scientists | |
|---|---|
| Martin
Andersson |
Chalmers
University |
| Annika Enejder | Chalmers University |
| Johan Karlsson | Chalmers University |
| Undergraduate Students |
Rotation Students
|
|---|---|
| Kyle Johnson | Vanessa Burns |
| Tianyi Wang |
| Support Staff | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ruby Eka Dewi | Lab Manager & Research Assistant | |
 |
Jungmee
Kim |
Administrative Assistant |
| Former Group Members | ||
|---|---|---|
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James Su | Postdoc 2010-2011 Three Dimensional Scaffold-Based Systems for Primary Human Intestinal Culture |
| Brandon Cord | PhD,
2010
Palmer
Group Cell Culture in Microfluidic Devices for Regenerative Medicine |
|
| Kathryn Dwyer | MS Mat
Sci, 2011 Exploration of Neurite Growth Characteristics in an Agarose Hydrogel Using Laser Ablation |
|
 |
Christina Gyenge | Visiting
Scientist, 2008 |
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Sung Yeon Hwang | MS Mat
Sci, 2009 Self-Assembly and Biotemplating of Proteins for 2D and 3D Conducting Nanostructures |
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Tsuyoshi Kimura | Visiting
Scientist, 2008 The Use of Physical Hydrogels for DNA Delivery |
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Ji Seok Lee | MS Mat
Sci, 2011 Recombinant Protein Physical Hydrogels for Cell Transplantation |
 |
Alex
Mo |
MS Mat
Sci, 2010 Microfluidic Culture Incorporated onto Microelectrode Arrays for Neural Signaling Research |
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Amir Shamloo | PhD
Mech Eng,
2010 Cell Culture in Microfluidic Devices for Regenerative Medicine |
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Karin Straley | PhD
Chem Eng, 2009 Chemically Crosslinked Protein Hydrogels for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration |
| Mark Vodhanel | MS Mat Sci, 2012 Protein-based Chemical Hydrogel for Regenerative Medicine Applications in the Brain |
|
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Cheryl Wong Po Foo | Postdoc
2006-2009 Injectable Physical Hydrogels for Cell Transplantation |
| Former Undergraduate Group Members | |
|---|---|
| Brian Aguado | Vir Choksi |
| Wesley Hong | Monica Jeong |
| Max
Yoon Kim |
Christina Kratschmer |
| Micol Marchetti-Bowick | Karina
Padilla |
| Katie Pickrell | Noelle Pineda |
| Wyatt Ratliff | Ashley Seni |
| Jeffery Sweet | |