Technology Advancement
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Research Assistant III
Jessica Adams
- MentorGeorge Church
- Focus AreasSynthetic Biology, 3D Organ Engineering
- ProjectIn Vitro Oogenesis - GAMETO
- Research InterestsIn-vitro oogenesis, development of 3D cell culture lines/organoids, induction of TFs in iPSCs, granulosa cell differentiation, oocyte differentiation, chromatin modification/epigenetics
- EducationB.S. University of Connecticut, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2020
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Research Assistant II - Neurodegenerative and Infectious Disease Biomarkers
Sydney D’Amaddio
- MentorDavid Walt, Tyler Dougan, Adnan Shah, Maia Norman
- PlatformDiagnostics Accelerator, Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectTuberculosis Diagnostics, HIV Treatments, and Brain-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Analysis of Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
- Research InterestsPsychiatric and Infectious Disease Diagnostics/Treatment
- EducationB.S. Biology; Health: Science, Society, and Policy; Brandeis University; 2022
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Research Assistant II
Vivi Dang
- MentorGeorge Church
- ProjectsCircaVent and SomaCode
- Research Interestspharmacology research related to addiction medicine
- EducationB.S. Biopsychology, Tufts University, 2023
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Research Assistant III – Biofabrication and 3D Organ Engineering
Derek DeMel
- MentorLuba Perry
- Project3D Organ Engineering Initiative
- Research Interests3D bioprinting, tissue engineering, 3D anatomical implant modeling
- EducationM.S. Yale University, Personalized Medicine and Applied Engineering, 2023; B.S. Yale University, Biomedical Engineering, 2022
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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 Associate
Benjamin Freedman, Ph.D.
- MentorDavid J. Mooney
- Focus AreasImmuno-Materials
- Research InterestsBiomaterials, drug delivery, biomechanics, orthopedics, tendon/ligament, tissue engineering, structure-function relationships
- EducationPh.D., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2017;
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2011
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Research Assistant II - 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 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 - 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, 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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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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Research Assistant III
Daniel Ludwiszewski
- MentorLuba Perry
- Project3D Organ Engineering Initiative
- Research InterestsTissue and Organ Engineering , 3D Bioprinting
- EducationB.S. Boston University, Biomedical Engineering, 2023
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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 IV
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 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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Materials Characterization Technologies 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 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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Technician
Pranav Prabhala
- MentorsDonald E. Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., Girija Goyal, Ph.D.
- Focus AreaBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectImmune system Organs-on-Chip
- Research InterestsBiological modeling using Organ Chips
- EducationB.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology, Northeastern University, 2021
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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 IV
Justin Scott
- MentorMike Super
- PlatformBioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics
- ProjectAntifungal and Lectin Microbiome Capture
- Research InterestsMy primary research interests are to utilize bioengineering and synthetic biology to transform organisms and natural systems into either therapeutic production systems or climate change mitigation hubs.
- EducationB.S., Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2013
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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
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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Research Assistant IV - Molecular Diagnostics
Sara Whiteman
- MentorsDavid Walt, Dima Ter-Ovanesyan, Tal Gilboa
- Focus AreaDiagnostics Accelerator
- ProjectsMolecular diagnostics/ exosomes
- Research InterestsBiology and applications of exosomes
- EducationB.A. Concordia College, Neuroscience, 2018
