Thomas Lab
Postdoctoral Scholars
Graduate Students
- Jaeho Oh - M.S. Mechanical Engineering 2014, Advanced Distributor Products
- Nathan Rohner, Ph.D. - M.S. Mechanical Engineering 2014, Ph.D. Bioengineering 2017, Postdoctoral Scholar, Case Western University
- Erin E. Edwards, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Bioengineering 2018, Director of In Vitro Services, Visikol
- Alex Schudel, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Bioengineering 2018, Postdoctoral Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*2018 Outstanding Bioengineering PhD Thesis Award - David Francis, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Bioengineering 2020, Senior Scientist, Sofusa
- Katherine Birmingham, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Bioengineering 2020, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSD
- Lauren Sestito, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering 2021, Tenure track Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University
- Meghan O'Melia, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering 2021, Postdoctoral Scholar, Harvard Medical School
- Asheley Chapman, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Chemistry & Biochemistry 2021, Postdoctoral Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Isaac Robinson - M.S. Mechanical Engineering 2022, Ph.D. student, GT/Emory University
- Maggie Manspeaker, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Bioengineering 2022, Senior Scientist, Takeda
- Belinda Joseph - M.S. Biomedical Engineering 2023
- Pranshu Rajurkar - M.S. Biomedical Engineering 2024
- Camila Camargo, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Bioengineering 2022, Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Paul Archer, Ph.D. - Ph.D. Bioengineering 2022, Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Rotation Students/Visiting Scholars
- Caitlin Powell - M.D./Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
- Raquel Palao - Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials Ph.D. student, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros
- Monica McNerney - Bioengineering Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
*NIH Biomaterials Training Grant - David Trac - M.D./Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
- Mike Bellavia - Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
*NIH Biomaterials Training Grant - Jared Beyersdorf - M.D./Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
- Lauren Sestito - Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering
*NIH Biomaterials Training Grant
Undergraduate Students
- Sara Tuell - B.S. Mechanical Engineering
*Air Products Undergraduate Researcher
*Meeting of the Minds Attendee - Jacob McClain - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2013, Caprico Biotechnologies
- Mason McClatchey - B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2013, Ph.D. Candidate University of Colorado
*2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher in the School of Mechanical Engineering
*Air Products Undergraduate Researcher - Patrick Strickland - B.S. Physics and Pre-Health 2013, M.D. Student Emory University
*2013 College of Science Roger Wartell and Stephen Brossette Award for Multidisciplinary Studies - Blair Smith - B.S. Biology 2013, M.D. Student St Georges University
- Jason Yun - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2013, D.D.S. Student University of Southern California
- Abhinav Mohan - B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2014 University of Virginia, Ph.D. Candidate Virginia Commonwealth University
*NSF Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science - Karan Khendry - B.S. Mechanical Engineering
*Air Products Undergraduate Researcher - Rahul Rege - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2014, M.D. Student Emory University
*President’s Undergraduate Research Award - Alex Warner - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2016, M.D. Student Medical College of Georgia
*President’s Undergraduate Research Award - J. Patrick Caudill - B.S., M.S. Mechanical Engineering 2015, Lockheed Martin
- Manuela Sushnitha - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2016, Ph.D. Candidate Rice University
- Beth Walker - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2016, Emory School of Medicine
- Veena Anilkumar - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2018
*Petit Research Scholar Award
*2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher in the School of Biomedical Engineering - Joselyne Umubyeyi - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2018
*President’s Undergraduate Research Award
*2018 ACC Meeting of the Minds Attendee - David Reyes Aguilar - B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2018 University of Maryland Baltimore County
*NSF Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science - Kushal Shankar - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2019
- Luka Kolodsky - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2021
- Hajime Minoguchi - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2021
- Sam Bordy - B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2020
- Megha Khosla - B.S. Chemical Engineering 2021
*2019 President’s Undergraduate Research Award - Chikamnele Nkwocha - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2023 The Ohio State University
*NSF Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Award, 2022
*2nd place, Best Oral Presentation 2022 NSF SURE Symposium - Reiko Sakurai - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2023 Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
*2022 Nakatani Research & International Experience for Students Fellow
*Award for 2nd Best Poster, 2022 Nakatani Research & International Experience for Students Fellowship Symposium - Lynelle Oygenblik - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2023
- Maleena Shah - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2024
- Aanya Sawhney - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2024
- Victoria Rodriguez - B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2024
- Jonathan Royal - B.S. Physics 2024 North Carolina A&T State University
*NSF Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Award, 2023 - Kyoko Sawada - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2024 Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)
*2023 Nakatani Research & International Experience for Students Fellow - Levi Bloch - B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2024
- Alexander Shi - B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2024
- Navya Shenoy - B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2025
Visiting Teachers
- Cassandra Marks - Cedar Grove High School
*GIFT Fellow
High School Students
- Veena Anilkumar - Wheeler High School, B.S. Candidate Georgia Tech
*Biomedical Engineering Society High School Scholar
*Zell Miller Scholarship - Ruwenne Moodley - Westminster High School
- Eric Odermatt - Westminster High School
- Lauren Hester - Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy, B.S. Candidate Georgia Tech
*Project ENGAGES Scholar