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
Seun Araromi, Ph.D.
- MentorsConor Walsh and Rob Wood
- Focus AreaBioinspired Soft Robotics
- ProjectWearable digital health devices
- Research InterestsDevelopment of compliant transducers technologies for wearable digital health systems
- EducationPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, UK, 2012
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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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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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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
Vaskar Gnyawali
- MentorDonald E. Ingber
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- Research InterestsMicrofluidics, Biomedical devices, Drug delivery, Diagnostics
- EducationPh.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 2018; M.Sc., Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 2013; B.E., Computer Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2009
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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
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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Postdoctoral Fellow
Fan Hong
- MentorPeng Yin
- Focus AreasMolecular Robotics, Synthetic Biology
- Research InterestsMolecular Programing, System/Synthetic Biology, Bioinformatics
- EducationPh.D. Arizona State University, 2019; B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Zohreh Izadifar, Ph.D.
- MentorDonald E. Ingber
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, 3D Organ Engineering
- Research InterestsBiomimetic tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, 3D bioprinting, advanced biomedical imaging
- EducationPh.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 2015; M.Sc. Civil and Geological Engineering-Hydroinformatics, University of Saskatchewan, 2010
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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 Fellow
Seongmin Kim
- MentorDonald E. Ingber
- Focus AreasBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Living Cellular Devices
- ProjectOrgans-on-Chips
- Research InterestsOrgan-on-chips, Tissue engineering, Human microbiome, Gut-brain axis, Personalized medicine, Pluripotent stem cells
- EducationPh.D., Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo, 2019
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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 Research Fellow
Christos Kyprianou
- MentorDon Ingber
- ProjectBone Marrow-on-a-Chip
- Research InterestsOrgans-on-a-chip, Synthetic Biology, Developmental Biology, Biophysics
- EducationBSc, Genetics at the University of Leicester, UK
MSc, Clinical Embryology at the University of Oxford, UK
MRes, Developmental Biology at the University of Cambridge, UK
Ph.D., Developmental Biology at the University of Cambridge, UK
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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
Di Liu
- MentorPeng Yin
- Focus AreasMolecular Robotics, Synthetic Biology
- ProjectNanotechnology-enabled RNA structural biology
- Research InterestsDNA/RNA nanotechnology, RNA structures
- EducationPh.D. Chemistry, the University of Chicago, 2016; B.S. Chemistry, Nanjing University, 2011
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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
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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Research Fellow
Alex Plesa
- MentorGeorge Church
- Focus AreaSynthetic Biology, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectIchor
- Research InterestsRejuvenation, gene therapy, machine learning
- EducationPh.D., Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, 2022; B.A. Colby College, Biology & Chemistry, 2017
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Rahul Prabhu
- MentorDonald Ingber
- Focus AreaComputational Design & Discovery
- ProjectMatter to life program: Uncovering principles of self assembly
- Research InterestsComputational/Mathematical modeling, Geometric analysis, Rigidity theory, Molecular modeling
- Education Ph.D., University of Florida, 2021; M.Tech., IIIT-Bangalore, 2012; B.E., Bangalore University, 2010
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Sukanya Punthambaker
- MentorGeorge Church
- Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
- Research InterestsNanopore sequencing, in situ sequencing, synthetic biology, protein engineering
- EducationPh.D., Molecular Biology, University of Michigan; M.Sc., Biotechnology, University of Mysore
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Anjali Rajwar
- MentorProf. William Shih
- ProjectDNA Origami Vaccine Project
- Research InterestsDNA Nanotechnology, Therapeutics
- EducationPhD, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Joanna Robaszewski
- MentorPeng Yin
- Focus AreasBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Molecular Robotics, Synthetic Biology
- ProjectsDNA bionanotechology, advanced tissue imaging, rapid diagnostics
- Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology, advanced bioimaging, reliable rapid diagnostics, programmable biomaterials
- EducationPh.D., Physics, Brandeis University, 2021; M.S., Physics, Brandeis University 2015; B.S., Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2013
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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 Fellow
Fabian Schnitter
- MentorWilliam Shih
- Focus AreasBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Molecular Robotics, Diagnostics Accelerator
- ProjectUltra-sensitive protein detection through kinetic proofreading
- Research InterestsDNA nanotechnology
- EducationPhD, Supramolecular Chemistry, TUM, 2022
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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
Adnan Shami-Shah, Ph.D.
- MentorDavid Walt
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics and Diagnostics
- ProjectDevelopment of tools to isolate Microglia specific extracellular vesicles (EVs), Brain-derived EVs for analysis of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders
- Research InterestsDisease diagnostics, therapeutics, and biomarker discovery
- EducationPh.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 2021; M.S. in Biochemistry, Cornell University, 2017; B.S. in Chemistry, Bates College, 2015
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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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Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Rohini Singh
- MentorDonald Ingber
- ProjectI am working on development of Multiparametric score-based bedside biosensing platform for conclusive Covid-19 diagnostics
- Research InterestsPoint-of-care diagnostics, biosensors, organ-on-chip devices, cancer-microbiome interactions, nanotechnology, targeted drug delivery
- EducationPh.D. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India 2019
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Megan Sperry
- MentorsMichael Levin & Richard Novak
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectBiostasis
- Research InterestsComplex systems, cognition, adaptive plasticity of the brain & other tissues, learning & memory
- EducationPh.D., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2019; M.Phil., Structural Biomechanics, Imperial College London, 2014; B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2012
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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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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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Postdoctoral Fellow
Jiuhai Wang
- MentorDonald Ingber
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics and Diagnostics
- ProjectAlzheimer's Disease-on-Chip, Brain Targeting Program
- Research InterestsBlood-brain barrier (BBB)-on-Chip, Alzheimer's disease models, BBB function in brain diseases, BBB shuttles for brain transport.
- Education Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2020
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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
