Technology & Business Development

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  Research Assistant II
  Micaela Almeida
  
  • MentorsDonald E. Ingber, Olivier Henry, Adama M. Sesay
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectOrgans-on-Chips
  • Research InterestsBiotechnology and Microfabrication
  • EducationB.S., Biology, Emmanuel College, 2019
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  Research Assistant IV - Immunology
  Maximilian Benz
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber, Olivier Henry
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectOrgans-on-Chips
  • Research InterestsMicrofluidics, sensors, MEMS
  • EducationB.S. Biochemistry, Emmanuel College
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  Research Assistant IV
  Elizabeth Calamari
  
  • MentorRichard Novak, Donald Ingber
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectMicroengineering for Organs on Chips
  • Research InterestsMicrofluidic device design for organs-on-chip devices
  • EducationM.S., Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2015; B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Minor in Biology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2013
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  Research Assistant IV
  Tony Cao
  
  • MentorsDonald Ingber, Amir Bein, Rachelle Prantil-Baun
  • Focus AreasLiving Cellular Devices, 3D Organ Engineering
  • ProjectOrgans-on-Chips
  • Research InterestsUsing the human gut-on-chip to model environmental enteric dysfunction and screen drugs with potential therapeutic value.
  • EducationMasters in Translational Medicine, UC Berkeley-UCSF, 2018; B.A.Sc. in Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017
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  Research Assistant III - Materials/Chemistry
  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
  Josh Finkelstein
  
  • MentorDaniel Wiegand
  • Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
  • ProjectEnzymatic Oligonucleotide Synthesis
  • Research InterestsI am interested in developing enabling technologies for research and medicine.
  • EducationB.S. Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 2018
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  Research Assistant III
  Brooke Furlong
  
  • MentorDavid Chou, Rachelle Prantil-Baun, Donald Ingber
  • Focus AreasBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Living Cellular Devices, 3D Organ Engineering
  • ProjectBone Marrow Organ-on-Chip
  • Research InterestsOrgans-on-Chip, Microfluidics, Biomimetics, Tissue Engineering, Drug Discovery
  • EducationM.S. Contemporary Human Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2018; B.S. Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
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  Research Assistant II
  Isabel Goldaracena
  
  • MentorsPeng Yin, Sinem Saka, Josie Kishi
  • Focus AreasMolecular Robotics, Synthetic Biology
  • ProjectImmuno-SABER
  • Research InterestsMolecular nanotechnology, Highly multiplexed imaging, DNA self-assembling
  • EducationB.S. in Biotechnology, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico, 2018
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  Research Assistant IV
  Keeve Gurkin M.Sc.
  
  • MentorMichael Aizenberg, Tanya Shirman
  • Focus AreaAdaptive Material Technologies
  • ProjectHeterogeneous Catalytic Systems, Marine Anti-Fouling Materials
  • Research InterestsNanoparticle synthesis, Colloidal Systems, Catalysis Materials, Slippery Surface Coatings
    
  • EducationB.Sc. and M.Sc. Chemistry, Northeastern University, 2010
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  Research Assistant IV
  Isaac Han
  
  • MentorsGeorge Church, Denitsa Milanova, Eric Kelsic, Noah Davidson
  • Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
  • ProjectVectored Immunoprophylaxis, AAV Gene Therapy
  • Research InterestsCell Biology, Genetic Engineering, Aging
  • EducationB.S. UMass Amherst, Biology, 2013
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  Research Assistant II
  Isaac Hsia
  
  • MentorsDonald E. Ingber, Olivier Henry
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectOrgans-on-Chips
  • Research InterestsMEMs, Organ-on-Chips
  • EducationM.S., Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 2015
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  Research Assistant III-Analytical-Immunology
  Hamza Ijaz
  
  • MentorsEd Doherty, David 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, Materials Characterization
  Christopher Johnson
  
  • MentorEd Doherty
  • Focus AreaImmuno-Materials
  • ProjectsClick Alginate Injectable Gels, Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Delivery, and PNM Analytical Method Development
  • Research InterestsMaterial Science and Engineering of Drug Delivery and Manufacturing Processes, Analytical Method Development, and Mass Spectroscopy and Chromatography
  • EducationB.S. SUNY Environmental School of Science and Forestry/ Syracuse University Syracuse, Chemistry, 2004
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  Research Assistant II - Diagnostics
  Roey Lazarovits
  
  • MentorDavid Walt
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectExosomes
  • Research InterestsElucidating key signaling mechanisms of extracellular vesicles for applications in diagnostics
  • EducationB.S. Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
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  Research Assistant III
  Collin Leese-Thompson
  
  • MentorsEd Doherty, Chris Johnson
  • Focus AreaImmuno-Materials
  • ProjectNovartis Biomaterial Systems and Drug Delivery
  • Research InterestsMaterial Science, Drug Delivery, and Immunology
  • EducationB.S. Penn State University, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2016
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  Research Assistant IV, Materials Characterization Technician
  Michael Lewandowski
  
  • MentorMichael Aizenberg
  • 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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  R&D Machinist
  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 III
  Adam Mansour
  
  • MentorsDonald Ingber, Girija Goyal, Rachelle Prantil-Baun
  • Focus AreasBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Living Cellular Devices
  • ProjectLymph Node-on-Chip, Organs-on-Chips, Vaccines
  • Research InterestsOrgans-on-Chips, Biomimetics, Microbiology, Immunology
  • Education M.S. University of Cincinnati, Physiology, 2019; B.S. The Ohio State University, Neuroscience, 2017
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  Staff Instrumentation Engineer
  Susan Marquez
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber, Richard Novak
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsBiostasis
  • Research InterestsDevelop instrumentation to streamline screening of biological systems
  • EducationS.M. MIT, Electronic Materials; B.A. Wheaton College, Chemistry
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  Research Assistant III - Microengineering
  Ramsés Martínez
  
  • MentorsDon Ingber, Richard Novak
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsCogniXense, AquaPulse
  • Research InterestsMicrofluidics, MEMS, Mechanobiology, Microfabrication
  • EducationB.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Veracruzana, 2016.
    M.S. Micro and Nanosystems, Universidad Veracruzana, 2019.
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  Research Assistant IV - Microfluidic Cell-based Assays
  Vadika Mishra
  
  • MentorsAlex Watters, Mike Super
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectDARPA Sepsis, Protein Engineering
  • Research InterestsProtein chemistry, protein purification, bioengineering, assay development
  • EducationM.S. Biochemistry, University of Guelph, 2015; B.S., Cell Molecular and Developmental Biology, Purdue University, 2011
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  Research Assistant III - Microdevice Design
  Carlos Ng
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber, Richard Novak
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Living Cellular Devices
  • ProjectOrgans-on-Chips, Modular Microfluidics
  • Research InterestsMicrofluidics, biomaterials, microfabrication, diagnostics Devices
  • EducationM.S. Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014; B.S. Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
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  Research Assistant III
  Atiq Nurani
  
  • MentorsDonald E. Ingber, Haiqing Bai, Rachelle Prantil-Baun
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsHuman Lung Airway chip, Organs-on-chips
  • Research InterestsOrgans-on-chips, Immunology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
  • EducationBS/MS, Pharmaceutical Science, MCPHS University, 2018
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  Research Assistant III
  Crystal Yuri Oh
  
  • MentorsDonald Ingber, Rachelle Prantil-Baun, Viktoras Frismantas
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectCRUK
  • Research InterestsOrgans-on-Chips
  • EducationB.S. Boston University, Biological Science, 2015
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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 Associate III - Materials Chemistry
  Sami Rifai
  
  • MentorMichael Super
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsDARPA Sepsis
  • Research InterestsBioprocess design, separation design, reaction design, chemical synthesis, surface chemistry, analytical chemistry
  • EducationB.S. Purdue University, Chemical Engineering, 2014
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  Research Assistant III
  Anna Rock
  
  • MentorsMike Super, Ed Doherty, Donald Ingber
  • Focus AreasAdaptive Material Technologies, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Immuno-Materials
  • ProjectsImplantable Cancer & Autoimmune Disease Vaccines; Click Alginate Injectable Gels
  • Research InterestsOptimization of In Vivo Animal Models; Immunofluorescence; Histology; Neuroimmunology; Novel Diagnostic Technologies
  • EducationB.S., Neuroscience Track: Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013
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  Research Assistant IV
  Melissa Rodas
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsDARPA Sepsis/DLT
  • Research InterestsProtein Expression & Purification, Process Development (Upstream/Downstream), Assay Development
  • EducationB.S. University of Rhode Island, Microbiology
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  Research Associate II
  Justin Scott
  
  • MentorMark Cartwright
  • Focus AreasBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Immuno-Materials, Living Cellular Devices
  • ProjectsVaccine, Sepsis
  • Research InterestsBioengeering, Biomimetics, Microbiology
  • EducationM.A., Harvard Extension School, Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, in progress; B.S., UMass Boston, Biochemistry, 2013
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  Research Assistant IV - Microbiology and Functional Performance Assays
  Benjamin Seiler
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber, Michael Super, Mark Cartwright
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsDARPA Sepsis, Rapid Pathogen Diagnostics
  • Research InterestsTargeted rapid infection diagnostics, sepsis therapies, emerging/infectious diseases
  • EducationB.S. University of New Hampshire, Microbiology, 2010
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  Research Assistant III - 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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  3D Printer Technician
  Ted Sirota
  
  • MentorJames Weaver
  • Focus AreaAdaptive Material Technologies, Bioinspired Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Immuno-Materials, Living Cellular Devices, Molecular Robotics, Synthetic Biology
  • Research Interests3D Printing
  • EducationB.S. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 2015
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  Research Assistant III - Lung Disease
  Mercy Soong
  
  • MentorDonald E. Ingber, Sarah E. Gilpin, Rachelle Prantil-Baun
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectOrgans-on-Chips
  • Research InterestsImmunology, Organs-on-Chips, Bioengineering
  • EducationM.S. Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2019; B.S. Chemical Engineering and addtl major in Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
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  Research Assistant II
  Ben Swenor
  
  • MentorsDonald Ingber, Rachelle Prantil-Baun
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsLiver-on-a-Chip and Kidney-on-a-Chip
  • Research InterestsDrug discovery, Organs-on-Chips
  • EducationB.S. Cedarville University, Cellular & Molecular Biology, 2016
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  Research Assistant II-Biochemistry Technician
  Gladness Tillya
  
  • MentorCharles Reilly
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectDARPA Biostasis
  • Research InterestsDrug discovery and design, Assay development, Organs-on-chips
  • EducationB.A. Biochemistry, Hunter College, 2017
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  Research Assistant III
  Cuiying Zhang
  
  • MentorAlex Watters
  • Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
  • ProjectsBiostasis, BBB
  • Research Interests Organs-on-chips, Drug discovery
  • EducationM.S., Bioengineering, Northeastern University, 2019; B.S.,Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst, 2016