Technology Advancement

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  Research Assistant III
  Nikil Badey
  
  • MentorsPI: Dr. Don Ingber; Mentors: Dr. Shiyan Tang & Dr. Abidemi Junaid
  • ProjectFemale Reproductive Organs-on-Chip & development and assessment of non-hormonal contraceptives
  • Research InterestsDevelopment of precision tools and technologies for disease modeling and treatment
  • EducationB.S. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Genetics, Neuroscience, 2021
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  Research Assistant II - Organs-on-Chip and Intestinal Biology
  Anushka Chadha
  
  • MentorsDonald Ingber, Girija Goyal, Jéssica Feitor
  • ProjectsIntestine-on-Chip, EED
  • Research InterestsTissue engineering, immunology, infectious disease, systems biology
  • EducationB.S Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 2024
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  Research Assistant IV
  Thomas Doyle
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber, Michael Super
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsDARPA Sepsis
  • Research InterestsFabrication of functional surfaces for biosensor and therapeutic applications, surface chemistry, bioconjugation, and product development
  • EducationM.A. University of Texas at Austin, Chemistry, 2007; B.S. University of Massachusetts, Chemistry, 2001
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  Research Assistant III - Brain Targeting Program
  Amy England
  
  • MentorsLiqun Wang, James Gorman
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectBrain Targeting Program - Blood Brain Barrier
  • Research InterestNeuroscience
  • EducationB.S. Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University 2021
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  Research Assistant III - DNA Barcoding and Biomolecular Imaging
  Max Furman
  
  • MentorPeng Yin, Hanquan Su, Kuanwei Sheng
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Synthetic Biology, Molecular Robotics
  • ProjectDNA Barcoding and Biomolecular Imaging
  • Research InterestsSynthetic Biology, DNA Nanotechnology, Directed Evolution, Cell-Free Biological Systems
  • EducationB.Eng. Bioengineering, McGill University, 2022
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  Research Assistant IV - Novel Anesthetic Discovery
  Andrew Gabros
  
  • MentorsDonald Ingber, Haleh Fotowat, Megan Sperry
  • ProjectDARPA-ABC
  • Research InterestsHigh-Throughput Drug Discovery, Image-Based Phenotypic Analysis, In vivo Models
  • EducationB.S. Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University, 2019
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  Research Assistant II - DNA Barcoding and Biomolecular Imaging
  Charlotte George
  
  • MentorsDr. Peng Yin, Dr. Hanquan Su, Dr. Kuanwei Sheng
  • ProjectDNA Barcoding and Biomolecular Imaging
  • Research InterestsSpatial transcriptomics and proteomics, cell fate and developmental trajectory, neural development
  • EducationB.A. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University, 2024
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  Research Assistant III - Technology Development
  Colin Haws
  
  • MentorsDima Ter-Ovanesyan, David Walt
  • ProjectExtracellular vesicles as diagnostic tools for neurodegenerative diseases
  • Research InterestsMechanisms of Neurodegeneration, Automation
  • EducationB.S. University of Virginia, Biomedical Engineering, 2022
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  Research Assistant IV - Analytical-Immunology
  Hamza Ijaz
  
  • MentorDavid Mooney
  • Focus AreaImmuno-Materials
  • ProjectDrug Release, Analytical Method Development, Autoimmune immunotherapy involving T cells expansion, generating T cells using scaffolds that mimic the way that antigen-presenting cells (APCs) activate T cells in the body.
  • Research InterestsTargeted Drug Delivery, Immunotherapy, Hydrogels and Material Science
  • EducationM.S. Organic Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2016; B.S. Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2015
    
    
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  Research Assistant II – Neurodegenerative Disease Biomarkers
  John Kang
  
  • MentorDavid Walt, Gina Wang
  • ProjectNeurodegenerative Disease Diagnostics Using Extracellular Vesicles
  • Research InterestsNeurodegenerative diseases, neuroregeneration, cellular/molecular neuroscience
  • EducationB.S. Georgia Institute of Technology, Biochemistry, 2022
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  Research Assistant II
  Lynne Kim
  
  • MentorsDavid Walt, Maia Norman
  • ProjectExtracellular Vesicle Research for Applications in Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Research InterestsNeurodegenerative Disease Diagnostics and Therapeutics
  • EducationB.S. Yale University, Biomedical Engineering, 2023
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  Materials Characterization Core Manager
  Michael Lewandowski
  
  • MentorRushdy Ahmad
  • Focus AreaAdaptive Material Technologies, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Immuno-Materials, Synthetic Biology
  • ProjectMaterials Characterization
  • Research InterestsMass Spectrometry, Chromatography, Drug Metabolism, Environmental Toxicology
  • EducationB.S. Environmental Science, University of Vermont, 2002
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  Research Assistant III - Biology/Hematology
  Shanda Lightbown
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber, Michael Super
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsDARPA Sepsis, DARPA THoR
  • Research InterestsLarge animal focused in-vivo study design, biocompatibility, hemocompatibility, infectious diseases, anesthesia and surgical support
  • EducationB.A. Mount Holyoke College, Biology, 2015
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  Machine Shop Technician
  Paul Machado
  
  • Focus AreaAdaptive Material Technologies, Bioinspired Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Living Cellular Devices, Molecular Robotics, Synthetic Biology
  • EducationSomerville High Machine Shop Trade School, Computer Programmer at Bunker Hill College
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  ‪Research Assistant II - Diagnostics Accelerator
  Clarissa May Babila
  
  • MentorRushdy Ahmad, Dima Ter-Ovanesyan
  • ProjectDevelopment of molecular diagnostics
  • Research InterestsExosomes, proteomics, bioinformatics, precision medicine
  • EducationB.S. University of Michigan, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, 2022
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  Research Assistant IV - Epithelial-Microbiome Modeling
  Gwenn Merry
  
  • MentorGirija Goyal
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectColon and Airway Models
  • Research InterestsAssay Development, Disease Diagnostics and Research, In Vitro Models
  • EducationM.S. Aquaculture & Fisheries, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; B.S. Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
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  Research Assistant III – Immune Organs-on-Chips
  Sruthy Pallikonda Chakravarthy
  
  • MentorDonald Ingber, Girija Goyal, Chandrav De
  • ProjectBARDA
  • Research InterestsImmunology, Oncology, Diagnosis
  • EducationMS Medical Biotechnology, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, 2024; BTech Biotech, SASTRA University, 2022
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  Analytical Sciences Manager
  Alexander Pauer
  
  • MentorRobert Rasmussen
  • Focus AreasBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Immuno-Materials, Synthetic Biology
  • ProjectMaterials Characterization Core management, analytical chemistry support
  • Research InterestsBrain drug targeting, nanoparticle-based cancer immunotherapeutics, infectious disease vaccine development
  • EducationM.S. Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 2021; B.S. Materials Engineering, California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo, 2018
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  Research Assistant II - Microbiology and Cell Culture
  Ana Isabel Peinado
  
  • MentorsDave Mooney, Michael Super, Shanda Lightbown
  • ProjectDARPA ABC, DARPA SHIELD
  • Research InterestsInfectious disease, immunology, in vitro assay development, development of diagnostics and therapeutics, in vivo translation
  • EducationB.S. Biology, Human Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2024
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  Research Assistant III - Senior Tissue Culture Technician
  Juan Mauricio Pérez
  
  • MentorMichael Carr
  • ProjectCell Culture Lab Instructor
  • InterestsDirectly support researchers’ experiments that involve cell culture by maintaining cell lines, culturing primary cells and performing related assays
  • EducationBiothechnician, Middlesex Community College, 2009
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  Research Assistant IV - Microengineering
  Kostyantyn Shcherbina
  
  • MentorsRichard Novak, Donald Ingber
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectDARPA ThoR
  • Research InterestsBiomedical image processing, Non-invasive therapeutics and diagnostics
  • EducationB.S., Bioengineering, George Mason University, 2017
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  Research Assistant III - Microfluidic Cell Based Assays
  Katherine Sheehan
  
  • MentorsMichael Super, Shanda Lightbown
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectDARPA Biostasis
  • Research InterestsDrug discovery and design, assay development, cell culture
  • EducationB.S. Biological Sciences, University of Vermont, 2021
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  Research Assistant III - Biosensors and Microfluidics
  Alden Tennison
  
  • MentorAdama Sesay
  • ProjectsCORTESense Elite Athlete Diagnostic Platform
  • Research InterestsBrain Aging, Aging Nervous System, Implantable Devices, Diagnostic Biosensors, Closed-Loop Neuromodulation, Soft Robotics, Prosthetics
  • EducationM. S. Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2021; B.S. Biomedical Engineering, B.S. Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University 2020
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  Research Assistant II – Brain Organoid Engineering
  Matthew Woodworth
  
  • MentorKatharina Meyer
  • ProjectCircaVent
  • Research InterestsStem Cell Culture, IPSCs, Neuron differentiation
  • EducationM.S Biotechnology: Industrial and Biomedical Science. University of New Hampshire at Manchester 2019
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  Research Core Scientist III- Flow Cytometry
  Eric Zigon
  
  • MentorRobert Rasmussen
  • ProjectBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Immuno-Materials, Synthetic Biology, Brain Targeting Program
  • Research InterestsFlow Cytometry, Immunology, Epigenetics, Extracellular Vesicles
  • EducationB.S. Kinesiology, Indiana University, 2016