Technology & Business Development
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Research Assistant II
Nooralhuda Arkan
- MentorsGeorge Church, Richie Kohman
- Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
- ProjectMegaplexed Neuronal Visualization
- Research InterestsNeuroscience, Neurotechnology
- EducationBiomedical Engineering, Wright State University, 2018; B.S.
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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 II
Zack Chou
- MentorsJennifer Lewis, Nicole Black, Luba Perry
- Focus Area3D Organ Engineering
- ProjectBiomimetic PhonoGraft, Suturable Vascularized Functional Tissues
- Research InterestsBioprinting & Biomaterials
- EducationB.S. Bioengineering, UC Berkeley, 2019
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Brain Targeting Program
Deborah Dodge
- MentorsJames Gorman, Liqun Wang
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectBBB Shuttles for Brain Transport
- EducationMicrobiology at UMass Amherst
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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 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 III - Human Cerebral Organoids
Mariana Garcia-Corral
- MentorsGeorge Church and Jenny Tam
- Focus Area 3D Organ Engineering
- ProjectCircaVent
- Research InterestsNeurodevelopment, Neurodegenerative diseases, Organoids, Microfluidics, Stem cell reseach
- EducationM.Sc. Biomedical Engineering (Bioengineering technologies), University of Twente, NL, 2020;
B. Sc. Biomedical Engineering, Tecnologico de Monterrey, MX, 2018
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Research Assistant IV
Isaac Han
- MentorsGeorge Church, Richie Kohman
- 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 III
Szilvia Heja
- MentorJennifer Lewis
- Focus Area3D Organ Engineering
- Project3D Kidney-on-Chip model
- Research Interests3D Organ Engineering, Improve Stem Cell derived disease models
- EducationM.S. Eotvos Lorand University, Biological Science, 2009
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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 IV - 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 III
Min Sun Kim
- MentorGirjia Goyal, Donald E. Ingber
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics, 3D Organ Engineering
- ProjectOrgans-on-chips
- Research InterestsOrgans-on-Chip, Microfluidics, Stem Cell Engineering, Regenerative Medicine
- Education M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Brown University, 2019;
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2017
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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
Elizabeth Lee
- MentorDonald Ingber, Jennifer Grant
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectsOrgans-on-Chips
- Research InterestsOrgans-on-chips, colon-on-a-chip, radiation damage therapy, inflammation pathways, protein purification
- EducationB.S. Chemistry with a Specialization in Biochemistry, University of Virginia, 2019
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Research Assistant IV
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
- 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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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 - 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
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 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 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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Research Assistant III
Sophia Smith
- MentorNicole Black
- Focus Area3D Organ Engineering
- ProjectTympanic membranes
- Research InterestsBiomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Biomimetics
- EducationM.Eng, Material Engineering, McGill University 2019
B.Eng, Material Engineering, McGill University 2017
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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 III - 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 - Epithelial Microbiome Modeling
Tania To
- MentorsDonald Ingber, Rachelle Prantil-Baun
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectOrgans-on-Chips
- 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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Research Assistant II
Sloane Weiss
- MentorsPamela Silver, Jeffrey Way, Erika Olson
- Focus AreaSynthetic Biology
- ProjectRapid Tests for Virus Genes that Suppress Host Antiviral Defenses
- Research InterestsGenetic Engineering, Metabolic Engineering, Immunology
- EducationB.A. Harvard University, Bioengineering, 2019
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Research Assistant IV Immunology
Chyenne Yeager
- MentorEd Doherty Jr.
- Focus AreaImmuno-Materials
- ProjectInfection
- Research InterestsBiomaterials, In vivo pharmacology, immunology
- EducationB.S. Biology Simmons College