Alumni
Renato Sam Navarro
Postdoc 2020-2024
Injectable Hydrogels for the Delivery of Gene-Based Myocardial Infarction Therapy
Ram Rao
Postdoc 2021-2024
On-Demand Drug Delivery System Targeting the Extracellular Matrix for the Treatment of Osteosarcoma
Pam Cai
PhD Chemical Engineering, 2023
Microrheology of Mucus to Determine Role of Associated Bacteria and Bacteriophage
Katarina Klett
PhD Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, 2023
Engineered Materials for Epithelial Morphogenesis
Kelsea Hubka
Postdoc 2019-2023
Engineering a Functional Human Thymus Gland
Jolien Pas
Postdoc 2022-2023
Studying Neural Differentiation of iPSCs and Developing 3D Printable Hydrogels for Electrophysiological Monitoring
Aidan Gilchrist
Postdoc 2021-2023
On-Demand Control of Material Properties in Organoid Generation
Julien Roth
PhD Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, 2023
Biomaterial Platforms for Modeling Brain Development in 3D with Human Stem Cells and Organoids
Sarah Hull
PhD Chemical Engineering, 2022
Bioorthogonally Crosslinked Hydrogels for 3D Bioprinting and Corneal Wound Healing
Bauer LeSavage
PhD Bioengineering, 2022
Protein-Engineered Biomaterials for Probing Human Organoid and Stem Cell Behavior in 3D
Alexis Seymour
PhD Bioengineering, 2023
Fabrication of in vitro Vascularization through Bio-Ink Design and Delivery of Engineered Growth Factors
Vincent Cornelius
MS Bioengineering, 2022
Biomaterials and 3D Bioprinting for Cultivated Meat Fabrication
Sungchul Shin
Postdoc 2020-2022
3D Printing Strategies for Vascular Modeling and Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Riley Suhar
PhD Materials Science & Engineering, 2021
ELP-based Nerve Guides for the Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Injury
Mike Kratochvil
Postdoc 2016-2021
Hydrogel Models for Exploring Immune Cell Mechanobiology
Daniel Hunt
PhD Chemical Engineering, 2020
Engineered Intestinal Microenvironments as Preclinical Drug Screening Platforms
Chris Lindsay
PhD Materials Science, 2020
Dual-Stage Crosslinked Bioinks for Tissue Engineering
Abbygail Foster
Postdoc 2015-2019
Protein-Engineered Hydrogels for Gene Delivery and Cell Transplantation
Brad Krajina
PhD Chemical Engineering, 2019
Ninna Rossen
Postdoc 2015-2019
Engineering a Tissue-Mimicking Platform to Assess Cancer Metastasis Therapy in vivo
Alex Berry
MS Materials Science, 2018
Degradable Materials as Sacrificial Inks in 3D Bioprinting
Adi de la Zerda
PhD Materials Science, 2017
Eric Teasley
MD/PhD 2016
Midori Greenwood-Goodwin
PhD Bioengineering, 2014
Physical Protein Hydrogel for Developing a Neuroprotective 3D Environment
Nicole Romano
PhD Materials Science, 2014
Angiogenesis in Elastin-Based Protein Scaffolds for Application in Spinal Cord Regeneration
Patrick Benitez
PhD Bioengineering, 2014
Nanoscale Ligand Patterning of 3D Protein Scaffolds to Engineer Microvasculature
Rebecca DiMarco (Snyder)
PhD Bioengineering 2014
Engineering Intestinal Microenvironments: Towards a New Preclinical Drug Screening Platform
Kelly Huggins
Postdoc, 2011-2014
Biotemplating Using Self-Assembling Protein Scaffolds for the Synthesis of Nanostructures
Kyle Lampe
Postdoc, 2010-2013
Protein-based Hydrogel Systems for Three Dimensional Neural Stem Cell Culture and Treatment of CNS Diseases and Injuries
Yuki Hori
Postdoc
Double Physical Hybrid Hydrogels to Control Release Properties of Therapeutic Factors and to Improve the In Vivo Performance of MITCH
Cindy Chung
Postdoc 2009-2013
3-D Culture of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes in Protein Hydrogels for Cardiac Repair
Alia Schoen
PhD Materials Science, 2013
Synthesis and Organization of Nanostructured Materials Using Biomolecules
Andreina Parisi-Amon
PhD Bioengineering, 2013
MITCH: Mixing-Induced, Two-Component Hydrogel for 3D Cell Encapsulation, Proliferation, and Differentiation
Widya Mulyasasmita
PhD Bioengineering, 2013
Two-Component Physical Protein Hydrogel for 3D Cell Encapsulation and Recovery
Arunagirinathan Manickam Adhimoolam
Postdoc 2011-2013
Insights on Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Materials Using Three-Dimensional Protein Assemblies as Templates
Martin Andersson
Visiting Scientist, 2012
Chalmers University
Johan Karlsson
Visiting Student, 2012
Chalmers University
Sabrina Ullmann
Visiting Student, 2012
RWTH Aachen University
Mark Vodhanel
MS Materials Science, 2012
Protein-based Chemical Hydrogel for Regenerative Medicine Applications in the Brain
Hui Xu
Postdoc, 2009-2012
Microfluidic and Biomaterial Engineering for Studying Neuron Stem Cell Migration and Differentiation
Debanti Sengupta
PhD Chemistry, 2012
The Role of Cardiomyocyte-Scaffold Interactions in Tissue Engineering
Ji Seok Lee
MS Materials Science, 2011
Recombinant Protein Physical Hydrogels for Cell Transplantation
Kathryn Dwyer
MS Materials Science, 2011
Exploration of Neurite Growth Characteristics in an Agarose Hydrogel Using Laser Ablation
James Su
Postdoc 2010-2011
Three Dimensional Scaffold-Based Systems for Primary Human Intestinal Culture
Amir Shamloo
PhD Mech Eng, 2010
Cell Culture in Microfluidic Devices for Regenerative Medicine
Brandon Cord
PhD, 2010
Palmer Group
Cell Culture in Microfluidic Devices for Regenerative Medicine
Alex Mo
MS Materials Science, 2010
Microfluidic Culture Incorporated onto Microelectrode Arrays for Neural Signaling Research
Karin Straley
PhD Chemical Engineering, 2009
Chemically Crosslinked Protein Hydrogels for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration
Sung Yeon Hwang
MS Materials Science, 2009
Self-Assembly and Biotemplating of Proteins for 2D and 3D Conducting Nanostructures
David Chang
Visiting Scientist
Otolaryngology, Stanford Medical School
Cheryl Wong Po Foo
Postdoc 2006-2009
Injectable Physical Hydrogels for Cell Transplantation
Christina Gyenge
Visiting Scientist, 2008
Tsuyoshi Kimura
Visiting Scientist, 2008
The Use of Physical Hydrogels for DNA Delivery
Erica Castillo
Mechanical Engineering
Engineered Microenviroments for Heart Muscle Cells
Former Undergraduate Group Members
- Baraah Abdo
- Brian Aguado
- Hana Buabbas
- Sarah Cabreros
- Aheli Chattopadhyay
- Sharon Chen
- Vir Choksi
- Cong Dinh
- Ulo Freitas
- Diana Gong
- Jessica Ha
- Wesley Hong
- Isabelle Hong
- Monica Jeong
- Lily Katz
- Max Yoon Kim
- Christina Kratschmer
- Kaz Lewis
- Micol Marchetti-Bowick
- Shamik Mascharak
- Karina Padilla
- Kellie Phung
- Katie Pickrell
- Roberto Pimienta
- Noelle Pineda
- Wyatt Ratliff
- Vicky Robles
- Coco Sanabria
- Sandra Sanchez
- Ashley Seni
- Jeffery Sweet
- Wilson Torres
- Alice Wang
- Ashley Westerfield
- Audrey Zhu
- Ricky Rios
- Ashal Syed Ali
- Giselle Aviles
- Ruby Onsongo
- Holland Stacey
- Sofia Ceva
- Isabella Martina Szabo
- Bruklyn Williams
- Ara Omitowoju