Former Members

Postdoctoral Scholars

  • Margaret Fettis, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist, AbbVie
  • Jihoon Kim, Ph.D. - Tenure track Assistant Professor, Yonsei University
  • Kasie Collins, Ph.D. - Co-founder, OZ-Link Technologies and Postdoctoral Scholar Georgia Tech
  • Yunus Alapan, Ph.D. - Tenure track Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • 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

    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
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