Students, Fellows & Scholars

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  Visiting Scholar
  Laura Brass, Ph.D., M.B.A.
  Laura has over 15 years of experience in business development, IP strategy, and deal structuring and negotiation in the biotech industry. She is currently the Vice President of Business Development at TriNetX, Inc., a venture-funded healthcare technology startup located in the Greater Boston area that focuses on developing a software platform leveraging patient data to...
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  Visiting Scholar
  Carmen Escobedo-Lucea, Ph.D.
  Carmen is currently a Principal Investigator at the University of Helsinki and an Academy of Finland Research Fellow. She has over 15 years experience in Human Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine. Carmen has pioneered research in human stem cell derivation and culture, and Regenerative Medicine. In particular, her research activities include the use of mesenchymal...
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  Visiting Scholar
  James Gorman, M.D., Ph.D.
  James R. Gorman, M.D., Ph.D. is a biopharma executive and serial entrepreneur, currently serving as Strategic Advisor to Agenus, and as Director of 180 Therapeutics. At Agenus, a publicly traded immune-oncology company, Dr. Gorman recently served as VP of Corporate Development and Strategy, assuming responsibilities of acting COO, including partnering and funding strategy, portfolio management...
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  Visiting Scholar
  Ahmad Khalil, Ph.D.
  Ahmad (Mo) Khalil is the Innovation Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He serves as the Associate Director and Founding Core Member of the Boston University Center of Synthetic Biology (CoSBi). His research is primarily in systems & synthetic biology. His lab uses quantitative and engineering approaches to understand...
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  Visiting Scholar
  Philseok Kim, Ph.D.
  Philseok to translate the concepts of adaptive materials at laboratory scale to human scale structures to improve daylight autonomy and energy efficiency of buildings through the ALivE project, a collaboration between the Wyss Institutes Adaptive Material Technologies platform and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His experience includes 8 years of R&D in chemical industry...
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  Visiting Scholar
  Sameer Sonkusale, Ph.D.
  Sameer Sonkusale is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University with a joint appointment in the department of Biomedical Engineering. At Tufts University, Dr. Sonkusale directs an interdisciplinary research group Nano Lab with research focus on micro- and nano- fabrication, sensors, instrumentation, biomedical microdevices, and flexible bioelectronics. He is the inventor...
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  Visiting Scholar
  Ken Takahashi, Ph.D.
  Ken is currently a Principal Investigator at Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Japan. He directs research groups focused on cardiovascular regenerative medicine, ischemia-reperfusion injury in which he holds a patent, and space medicine/biology. His interests also extend to physics simulation including finite element analysis and molecular dynamics. At the...
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  Visiting Scholar
  Mitchell Zakin, Ph.D.
  Mitchell is a chemist and innovator with 25 years of experience in R&D for defense and medical needs. He is currently Executive Vice President, Government Development and Innovation, at Nano Terra, Inc., a development-stage firm that translates academic inventions into commercial products in partnership with large multinational corporations. He is also the co-founder of Soft...