Students, Fellows & Scholars

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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Eliz Amar-Lewis
  
  • MentorNatalie Artzi
  • ProjectsDisease-Agnostic Innate Immunotherapeutic RNA Platform (DAIRS), THerapeutic Recovery of Injured Vascular Endothelium (THRIVE)
  • Research InterestsGene therapy, Immunotherapy, Material science, Drug delivery
  • EducationPh.D., Interdisciplinary Program in Nanotechnology, Prof. Joseph Kost lab for drug delivery and gene therapy,
    Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 2019
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
  Giovanni Bovone
  
  • MentorDavid Mooney
  • ProjectsT cell reconstitution in age, biomaterials to promote regulatory T cells, and malaria vaccines
  • Research InterestsBiomaterials, immunology, drug delivery
  • EducationPh.D. in Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 2022; M.Sc. in Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 2018; B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2015
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Synthetic Biology
  Simon d’Oelsnitz
  
  • MentorsPamela Silver and Michael Springer
  • ProjectPFASense
  • Research InterestsBiosensor and Enzyme Engineering
  • EducationPhD in Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2021; B.S. in Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, 2016
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Liuhan Dai
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • Research InterestsSuper-resolution imaging, Single-molecule biophysics, DNA
  • EducationPh.D., Chemistry, University of Michigan, 2024; B.S., Chemical Biology, 2018
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  Research Fellow
  Lili Du
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • ProjectMultiplex Imaging
  • Research InterestsTranscriptomics and Proteomics
  • EducationPhD, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, 2015
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  Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Engineering & Medical Physics
  Feyisayo (Sayo) Eweje
  
  • MentorElliot Chaikof
  • ProjectENTER - Protein nanoparticles for biomacromolecule delivery
  • Research InterestsDrug delivery, biomaterials, protein engineering, gene editing
  • EducationB.S., Harvard College, Engineering Sciences, 2019
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Julie Finkel
  
  • MentorWilliam Shih
  • ProjectCrisscross DNA nanotechnology
  • Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology
  • EducationPhD, Center for Structural Biology, Montpellier University (France), 2024; PharmD, Toulouse University (France), 2022
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Jéssica Freire Feitor
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Living Cellular Devices, 3D Organ Engineering
  • ProjectProteomics core and Intestine chip for EED
  • Research InterestsProteomics, Intestine Chip, Intestinal Disorders
  • EducationPhD, Biological and Organic Chemistry, Sao Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, 2022; B.S. University of São Paulo, Chemistry (Food Emphasis), 2018.
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Debraj Ghose
  
  • MentorDon Ingber
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics and Diagnostics
  • ProjectSloan Matter-to-Life
  • Research InterestsCell and tissue dynamics; In vitro, mathematical, and computational models
  • EducationPhD, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, 2021
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Tal Gilboa
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectDeveloping sensors for diagnostics
  • Research Interests Point-of-care diagnostics, Nanotechnology, Single molecule sensing
  • EducationPh.D., Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 2018; B.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, Technion, 2012
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Aakanksha Gulati
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectTherapeutic development for Vaginal diseases using Vagina-on-chip
  • Research InterestsOrgan-on-chips, Vaginal Microbiome, Biotherapeutics, Disease Modelling
  • EducationPh.D., Biological Science, IISER Mohali, India, 2020; M.Sc. Biotechnology, Punjab University, India, 2011; B.Sc. Life Sciences, University of Delhi, India, 2009
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  Research Fellowship in Reproductive Health
  Ola Gutzeit
  
  • MentorDonald Ingber
  • ProjectExploring Sperm Function within a Human Dysbiotic Cervix Chip, Unveiling the Modulation of Dysbiotic Vaginal Microbiota by Cervical Mucus Using Linked Human Vagina and Cervix Chips, Advancing Fertility Preservation in Female Cancer Patients through Implantable Patient-Derived Microvascular Networks
  • Research InterestsMy primary research interests revolve around fertility, infertility, and women's health.
  • Education 2021-2022 Reproductive Endocrinology training, IVF Unit Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; 2016-2021 Obstetrics and Gynecology residency, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; 2015 M.D, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; 2010 M.S.c. School of medicine and dentistry. University of Rochester. New York. USA.; 2008 B.S.c. Biotechnology engineering. Ort Braude. Karmiel. Israel
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Chungmin Han
  
  • MentorDavid R. Walt
  • ProjectAdvanced Diagnostics, Single EV Analysis
  • Research InterestsExtracellular Vesicles, Exosomes, Single-EV analysis
  • EducationPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea, 2021; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Life Sciences, POSTECH, Korea, 2012
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Zhenyu Han
  
  • MentorNatalie Artzi
  • ProjectARPA-H RNA nanostructure-based innate immune activators as cancer therapeutics
  • Research InterestsChemistry, Biomaterials, Immunotherapy
  • EducationPh.D., Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2025; B.S., Chemistry, College of William & Mary, 2019
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  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Elizabeth Hann
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectCyanoPro
  • Research InterestsSustainability, climate tech, algae, microbiology, food and fuel, synthetic biology
  • EducationPhD in Plant Biology, University of California, Riverside; BS in Environmental Systems, University of California, San Diego
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Louise L Hansen
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • ProjectAdvanced Diagnostics, Single-molecule Assays
  • Research InterestsUltra-sensitive protein quantification, Technology development for disease diagnostics
  • EducationPh.D., in Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley and University of California San Francisco, 2023; B.S. in Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
  Tetsuhiro Harimoto
  
  • MentorDavid Mooney
  • Focus AreasImmuno-Materials,Synthetic Biology
  • Research InterestsBiomaterials, Synthetic Biology
  • EducationPh.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2022; B.S. in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, 2014
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Liqun He
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • Research InterestsBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Molecular Robotics
  • EducationPhD., Physics, University of Ottawa; BSc., Physics, University of Toronto
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  Graduate Student
  Siddharth Iyer
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectRNA Delivery
  • Research InterestsRNA Delivery
  • EducationB.S., Materials Science and Engineering / Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, 2020
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Harkamal Jhajj (Hark)
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
  • ProjectDeveloping novel stratergies to efficiently deliver therapeutic cells
  • Research InterestsSynthetic Biology, Immunoengineering, Cell Therapy
  • EducationBiomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2022
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  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Jie Ji
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • ProjectDisease-Agnostic Innate Immunotherapeutic RNA Platform
  • Research InterestsOrgan-on-chip, Respiratory disease, Novel therapeutics
  • EducationPhD.,Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2018.MSc.,Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2012
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
  Maithili Joshi
  
  • MentorProf. Samir Mitragotri
  • ProjectCovodutide: Novel synthetic peptide for hemostasis after internal injuries
  • Research InterestsDrug Delivery, Biomaterials, Hemostasis
  • EducationPh.D, Bioengineering, Harvard University, 2025; Bachelor of Technology - Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, 2021
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  Graduate Student in Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
  Kasia Kready
  
  • MentorPamela Silver
  • ProjectLactation Biologics
  • Research InterestsSynthetic Biology, Lactation
  • EducationHarvard University, PhD in Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology, 2019-Present;University of California San Diego Extension, Lactation Education Counselor, 2022;Paris Descartes and the Center for InterdisciplinaryApproaches to Life Sciences, Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Life Sciences, 2018-2019;Dartmouth College , BA in Engineering specializing in Biotechnology, 2013-2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Navaneeth Krishna Rajeeva Pandian
  
  • MentorDonald Ingber
  • Focus Area3D Organ Engineering
  • ProjectDeveloping blood and lymphatic capillary beds on chip
  • Research InterestsMechanobiology, vascularbiology, organ-on-achip, thrombosis
  • EducationPh.D. Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, ME Mechanical Engineering , IISc Bangalore, India, BTech Mechanical Engineering, Kerala University, India
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
  Nuria Lafuente Gómez
  
  • MentorDavid Mooney
  • ProjectCancer immunotherapy
  • Research InterestsNanobioengineering, Nanomedicine, Biomaterials, Cancer Immunotherapy
  • EducationPh.D., Organic Chemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2022. Center: Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanociencia)B.S., Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, 2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Juseong Lee
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectGene-Ark
  • Research InterestsMulti-gene delivery, Aging, Hematopoiesis, mRNA splicing
  • EducationDPhil, Medical Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, 2022
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Alex LeNail
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectReversing Brain Aging
  • Research InterestsComputational Biology, Transcription Factors, Gene Therapy
  • EducationPh.D., MIT, Computational Biology, 2025; B.S., Tufts University, Computer Science
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Li Li
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectGeneSkin: A Novel mRNA Therapy for Skin Rejuvenation and Scar Treatment
  • Research InterestsSkin aging, Scar treatment, Single cell multi-omics, Computational Biology, Machine learning
  • EducationUniversity of Cologne, 2015
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Junzhe Lou
  
  • MentorDavid Mooney
  • Focus AreasAdaptive Material Technologies, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectSingle cell encapsulation in microgels
  • Research InterestsBiomaterials, Microgel, Mechanobiology
  • EducationPh.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2019;
    M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2016;
    B.E., Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2013
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Xiaokang Lun
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics Molecular Robotics
  • ProjectDNA nano-device for the sensing and quantification of biomolecules and their dynamic behaviors
  • Research InterestsDNA molecular robotics; Systems biology; Single-cell analysis; Cell signaling
  • EducationPh.D. Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, 2018;
    M.S. Biomedical Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 2013;
    B.S. Biology, Wuhan University, 2011
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Karan Malhotra
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • ProjectPoint-of-care diagnostics, Single Molecule Arrays, MOSAIC
  • Research InterestsDiagnosing Disease at the Point-of-care, Detection of Biomarkers, Developing New Tools for Ultra-sensitive Protein Detection
  • EducationPhD., Analytical Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2023; MSc., Analytical Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2018; HBSc. Biological Chemistry, University of Toronto Mississauga, 2016.
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Yuncheng Man
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • Research InterestsOrgan-on-chips, Point-of-care diagnostics, Disease modeling, Drug testing
  • Education Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2021; B.S., Dalian University of Technology, 2016
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
  Chih-Ping Mao
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • ProjectSingle-molecule extracellular vesicle diagnostics
  • Research InterestsBiotechnology development for precision disease diagnostic
  • EducationM.D., Ph.D. in Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; B.S. in Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
  Samuel Mendes Leitao
  
  • MentorsWilliam Shih and Wesley Wong
  • ProjectDNA nanotechnology
  • Research InterestsLive cell imaging and single-molecule detection
  • EducationPhD, Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Michel Nofal
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • ProjectSIMPL, RADIANT, Clique-seq
  • Research InterestsBuilding tools to study the endolysosomal system
  • EducationPh.D. Quantitative and Computational Biology, Princeton University, 2018B.S. Bioengineering, UC Berkeley, 2011
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Haritosh Patel
  
  • MentorsJoanna Aizenberg & Venkatesh Murthy
  • ProjectProject Air
  • Research InterestsSustainable technologies & Bioengineering
  • EducationNanotechnology Engineering B.A.Sc. at University of Waterloo Canada (2020); PhD in Engineering Sciences, Bioengineering at Harvard University (2025)
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Zohar Pode
  
  • MentorNatalie Artzi
  • ProjectARPA-H dsRNA
  • Research InterestsChemistry, DNA, RNA, Immunotherapy
  • EducationPhD BioOrganic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, 2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Shilpa P. Pothapragada
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • ProjectAdvanced in vitro modeling of endometriosis
  • Research InterestsEndometriosis, Mechanobiology, Organ-on-a-chip, Women's Health
  • EducationPh.D. in Mechanobiology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India, 2023
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  Research Associate
  Nandhinee Radha Shanmugam
  
  • MentorsDon Ingber and Pawan Jolly
  • ProjectdirectEsense
  • Research InterestsBiosensors, nanomaterials, assay development, microfluidics, diagnostics
  • EducationPh.D., Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, UT Dallas, USA, 2016MS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, UT Dallas, USA, 2014BE, Biomedical Engineering, Anna University, India, 2012
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Sensors & Diagnostics
  Joshua Rainbow
  
  • MentorProf. Donald E. Ingber, Dr. Adama M. Sesay
  • ProjectCORTESense Elite Athlete Diagnostic Platform
  • Research InterestsBiosensors, Electrochemistry, Surface Chemistry, Self-Assembled Monolayers, Lab-on-Chip, Immunosensing, Genosensing
  • Education Ph.D., Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, UK, 2023; M.Sc., Biological Science, University of Bath, UK, 2018; B.Sc., Biological Science, Bath Spa University, UK, 2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Namrata Ramani
  
  • MentorNatalie Artzi
  • ProjectsARPA-H, DxA
  • Research InterestsBiomaterials, Immunoengineering, Diagnostics
  • EducationPh.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2024; B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, 2018
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Justin Rolando
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsDevelopment of Point-of-Care single-molecule diagnostic tools for infectious diseases and oncology
  • Research InterestsUsing single-molecule quantification strategies to improve the quality of medical diagnostics by predicting the early onset of disease, monitoring treatment response, stratifying patients, and conducting longitudinal studies of human health. These techniques will increase access to the health-care system via Point-of-Care diagnostics.
  • EducationPh.D., Caltech with Rustem Ismagilov (Chemistry, 2019); Double BA, Univ Colorado - Boulder with Bruce Eaton (BioChem, MCD-Bio, Minor Chem, 2009).
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Shira Roth
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsDiagnosing tuberculosis in urine using single-molecule arrays; Developing a blood test to diagnose Ovarian Torsion; Biomarker discovery for predicting the development of blood clots in Mesothelioma patients; Developing light-assisted techniques for biomedical applications.
  • Research InterestsTranslational research-from biomarker discovery to clinical applications; Tech development to facilitate and improve diagnostic pipeline
  • EducationPh.D., Bioengineering, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 2022; M.Sc., Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2013; B.Sc., Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2011
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Sara Rudolph
  
  • MentorDonald Ingber
  • ProjectIBD and EED modeling in Intestine Chips
  • Research InterestsTissue engineering, Intestinal disease modeling, Organ-on-a-Chip technology, Biomaterials
  • EducationPh.D, Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 2025; B.S.E., Polymer Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2017
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  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Sarah Sandler
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • ProjectDNA med-tech
  • Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology, Diagnostics, Nanopore Sensing
  • EducationPh.D. Physics, University of Cambridge, 2023; M.Res, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2020; B.S. Material Science and Engineering, Clemson University, 2019
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  Graduate Research Fellow
  Michael Shadpour
  
  • MentorGeorge Church & Ed Boyden
  • Focus AreaSynthetic Biology, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectIchor
  • Research InterestsRejuvenation, Bioengineering, Cryobiology
  • EducationPh.D. MIT, Biology, Ongoing; A.B. Harvard College, Chemical and Physical Biology, 2020
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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Robotics
  Kuanwei Sheng
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • Focus AreaMolecular Robotics
  • ProjectHighly Multiplex Imaging; Spatial Omics
  • Research InterestsDNA Technologies; Spatial Omics
  • EducationPh.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 2019; B.sc., Biology, Wuhan University, China, 2013.
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  Postdoctoral Researcher
  Prakash Shrestha
  
  • MentorsWesley P. Wong and William M. Shih
  • Focus AreaMolecular Robotics
  • ProjectDeveloping methods for single-molecule proteomics
  • Research InterestsSingle molecule technologies, DNA nanotechnology, Mechanobiology
  • EducationPh.D. Chemistry, Kent State University, Ohio, USA, 2018; M.Sc. Physical Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Anna Stejskalová
  
  • MentorDonald Ingber
  • Focus Areas3D Organ Engineering, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectCervix-on-a-chip
  • Research InterestsOrgan-on-a-chip, Women's health, Mechanobiology
  • EducationPh.D., Bioengineering, Imperial College London, 2019; MSc, Trinity College Dublin & University of Groningen, 2014
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  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Hanquan Su
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • Focus AreasLiving Cellular Devices, Molecular Robotics, Synthetic Biology
  • ProjectHighly multiplexed, DNA-based super-resolution imaging
  • Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology, DNA-based bioimaging, Super-resolution imaging
  • EducationPh.D. in Chemistry, Emory University, 2020;
    B.S. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2014
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  Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow
  Ondrej Suchanek, M.D., Ph.D.
  
  • MentorsDonald E. Ingber, Girija Goyal
  • ProjectLymph node-on-chip (TLS formation in lupus nephritis)
  • Research InterestsTissue-resident immunity, B-cell biology, autoimmunity, transplant tolerance, immunotherapy
  • EducationPh.D. (Immunology, 2020), University of Cambridge, M.D. (2010), Charles University in Prague, M.Phil. (Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, 2015), University of Cambridge, M.Sc. (Integrated Immunology, 2011), University of Oxford
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Subramanian Sundaram
  
  • MentorChristopher S. Chen
  • ProjectRAPID-Vasc
  • Research InterestsTissue Engineering
  • EducationPh. D. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT, 2018; B.E. Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, India, 2010; B.E. Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani, India, 2010
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Zoe Swank
  
  • MentorDavid R. Walt
  • ProjectBioinspired Therapeutics and Diagnostics
  • Research InterestsSingle molecule detection of pathological proteins related to neurodegenerative and infectious diseases
  • EducationPhD in Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), 2020
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  Research Fellow
  Tzu-Chieh (Zijay) Tang
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectCyanoPro
  • Research InterestsSynthetic biology, Sustainability, Biomanufacuring
  • EducationPhD in Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS in Materials Science and Engineering, Masdar Institute; BS in Life Science, National Taiwan University
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  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Shiyan Tang
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • ProjectNon-hormonal contraceptives in the female reproductive tract Organ Chips
  • Research InterestsHuman reproduction, fertility, infertility, organ-on-chip
  • EducationDphil, Womens and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, UK, 2022; MSc, Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, UK, 2018; MBBS in Guangzhou Medical University, China, 2017.
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  Graduate Student
  Tania To
  
  • MentorSasha Stafford
  • Focus AreaImmuno-Materials
  • ProjectBone Marrow Cryogel
  • Research InterestsOrgans-on-Chips, Tissue Engineering, Biomimetics
  • EducationM.Eng. Applied Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2020; B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Ernest Tochukwu Aguinam
  
  • MentorsDonald Ingber, Girija Goyal
  • ProjectModeling Lyme disease immunology and pathogenesis on lymph node chip
  • Research InterestsOrgan-on-chip, Organoids, Immunology, Vaccine immunogenicity, Immunotherapy, Virology
  • EducationPh.D Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge 2025; MPhil Veterinary Science, University of Cambridge 2020; D.V.M University of Maiduguri 2012
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Gina Wang
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectImaging of Single Circulating Extracellular Vesicles
  • Research InterestsDisease diagnostics
  • EducationPh.D. Biophysics department, Johns Hopkins University
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Yuchen Wang
  
  • MentorWilliam Shih
  • ProjectUltra-sensitive Diagnosis by CrissCross DNA Nanotechnology
  • Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology, Machine Learning
  • EducationPhD, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, 2023;MS, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, 2018;BS, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2016
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  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Yu Zhang
  
  • MentorJames J. Collins
  • ProjectAI in Synthetic Biology
  • Research InterestsArtificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Synthetic Biology, Infectious Disease, Therapeutics Discovery
  • EducationPh.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2024
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  Graduate Student
  Chenzhang (Henry) Zhou
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectViroscreen
  • Research InterestsRNA delivery
  • EducationB.S. Penn State University, Engineering Science, Applied Mathematics, 2021
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  Graduate Student
  Stefan Zukin
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectSchism
  • Research InterestsProtein engineering, genome editing, machine learning
  • EducationB.S., Chemical Biology, UC Berkeley, 2020