Students, Fellows & Scholars

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  Ph.D. Candidate in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  Soufiane Aboulhouda
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
  • ProjectSomaCode
  • Research InterestsCell Therapy, Immunology, In vivo functional genomics, bioengineering
  • EducationBS, University of California, Santa Cruz
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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
  Helena de Puig
  
  • MentorJames J. Collins
  • Focus AreaLiving cellular devices, Synthetic biology,
  • ProjectNew tools to detect proteins and nucleic acids
  • Research InterestsPoint-of-care diagnostics, Nanotechnology, Synthetic biology
  • EducationPh.D. Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2017; M.S. Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2013; Eng. Industrial, Institut Quimic de Sarria, URL, 2010
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Grace Deitzler
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • ProjectMicrobiome therapeutics for intestinal diseases, intestine organ chips
  • Research InterestsHuman microbiome, gut-brain axis, probiotics, intestinal diseases, bioinformatics
  • EducationPh.D., Microbiology, Oregon State University, 2023; B.Sc. Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2016
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  Graduate Student
  Oliver Dodd
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
  • ProjectSomaCode
  • Research InterestsCell therapy, drug delivery, functional genomics
  • EducationB.S. MIT, 2017, Biology
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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
  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 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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  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
  
  • MentorChristopher S Chen
  • 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
  Jeongchan Lee
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • ProjectdirectEssense
  • Research InterestsSurface chemistry, Biosensors, Nanomaterials, Diagnostics
  • EducationPh.D., Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, 2023; M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, 2019; B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Tina Lebar
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
  • ProjectHarborSite
  • Research InterestsEngineering molecular tools for mammalian synthetic biology and genome editing
  • EducationPhD Biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) 2017
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  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Juseong Lee
  
  • MentorGeorge Church
  • ProjectSomaCode
  • Research InterestsCell therapy, mRNA splicing, Single-cell analysis, Myeloid malignancies, Hematopoiesis
  • EducationDPhil, Medical Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, 2022
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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
  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
  Alican Ozkan
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • Focus Area3D Organ Engineering, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Living Cellular Devices
  • ProjectCancer Research UK
  • Research InterestsMicrofluidics, Organ-on-a-chips, Biomimetic Tissue Engineering, Hepatology, Gastroenterology
  • Education Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2020; M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Bilkent University, 2015; B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, METU - NCC, 2013
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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
  Maria Poley
  
  • MentorNatalie Artzi
  • ProjectBrain-targeted nanoparticles
  • Research InterestsNano medicine, drug delivery, brain targeted nano medicines
  • EducationPhD, Technion Israel, 2022 ; BSc in biochemical engineering, Technion Israel, 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
  • ProjectBrain-derived extracellular vesicles for analysis of treatment resistant Major Depressive Disorder, Detecting active pulmonary tuberculosis using single molecule arrays
  • Research InterestsDisease diagnostics
  • 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 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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  Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
  Namita Sarraf
  
  • MentorPeng Yin
  • ProjectMultiplexed cellular imaging
  • Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology, DNA origami, single-cell imaging, single-molecule quantification
  • Education Ph.D. Bioengineering, Caltech, 2022; B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2015
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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 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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  Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
  Alexander Tatara
  
  • MentorDavid Mooney
  • ProjectDevice-related infection, vaccination against S. aureus, treatments for fungemia
  • Research InterestsBiomaterials, Infectious Diseases, Immunotherapy
  • EducationFellowship, Infectious Diseases, MGH/BWH; Internship/Residency, Internal Medicine, MGH, 2020; M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 2018; Ph.D., Bioengineering, Rice University 2017; B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 2010
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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
  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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  Research Fellow
  Qiancheng Xiong
  
  • MentorWilliam Shih
  • ProjectDrug delivery systems for RNA therapeutics
  • Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology
  • Education Ph.D., Cell Biology, Yale University, 2023; B.A., Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 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