Laboratory for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Post-doctoral Fellows

• Dr. Allison Tegge, Virginia Tech, 2014-2016, supported by an F32 post-doctoral fellowship from NIEHS. Currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech.
• Dr. Era Jain, Virginia Tech, 2011-2013. Currently an Assistant Professor in Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University
• Dr. Christopher Detzel, Virginia Tech, 2009-2011. Currently a scientist at Proliant Health and Biologicals

Graduate Students

• Rosalyn Hatlen, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2022.
• Lauren Wills, M.S., School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 2019. Currently at Pfizer.
• Anjaney Kothari, Ph.D. candidate, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 2019.
• Andrew Ford, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, 2018. Currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Bioengineering, Tufts University.
• Sophia Orbach, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, 2018. Currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
• Lucas Vu, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, 2015. Currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Barrow Neurological Institute.
• Maggie Cassin, M.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, 2015. Currently at McKinsey and Company.
• Gaurav Jain, Ph.D., School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 2014. Currently a post-doctoral research associate at New York University.
• Brandon Veres, M. S., Department of Chemical Engineering, 2013. Currently a process development engineer at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
• Adam Larkin, Ph. D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2012, The design of three dimensional multicellular liver models using detachable, nanoscale polyelectrolyte multilayers. Currently a research engineer at Celanese Corporation.
• Cigdem Arca, M.S., Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, Virginia Tech, 2012, The design of polyelectrolyte multilayers using galactosylated chitosan. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, Virginia Tech.
• Christopher D. Lasher, Ph. D., Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology Ph.D. program, Virginia Tech, 2012, Discovering contextual connections between biological processes using high-throughput data. Currently a post-doctoral research associate at the NIH.
• Yeonhee Kim, Ph. D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010, The design and assembly of 3D liver mimetic cellular architectures. Currently a post-doctoral research associate at Harvard Medical School.
• Scott Saverot, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech, 2017
• Yuzhen Yang, M.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2007, Cell migration studies at the interface of a dual chemical-mechanical gradient . Currently at SABIC: Innovative Plastics.
• Adedayo Adeniran, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2010. Currently a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Engineering Program, Northeastern University.

Undergraduate Students

• Kaleb Chan, 2022-2024, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Elizabeth Helms, 2019-2021, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Diego Almodiel, 2019-2021, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Emily Parsons, 2020, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Paul Stiles, 2019-2020, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Ali Toloczko, 2018-2019, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Kurt Mittmann, 2016, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Sonny Nguyen, 2014-2015, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Alex Ochs, 2015, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
• Jacob Tiernan, 2014-2015, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Patrick Ahearn, 2013-2014, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Cody Anderson, 2012-2014, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Karandeep Singh, 2011-2013, Department of Biological Sciences
• Ann-Marie Callsen, 2011-2012, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Kristin Marks, 2010-2011, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Aruna Nagarajan, 2009-2011, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Reisha Parham, 2008-2012, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Logan Milford, 2008-2010, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Christine Sargent, 2009-2010, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Nathan Hale, 2008, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• William Hix, 2007-2008, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Kendra Shin, 2008-2009, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Huy (Sean) Ton, 2007, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Chiquita Thomas, 2007, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
• Megan Barry, Summer intern, 2005, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University
• Daniel J. Burritt, Summer intern, 2006, Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University
• Mark Goller, Summer intern, 2006, Bioengineering Program, Cornell University
• Lindsay K. Grubish, 2005 and 2006, Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University
• Christina S. Hajicharalambous, 2005 and 2006, Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University
• Eric D. Rosenberg, 2005 and 2006, Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University
• Magdalena Swierczewska, 2005 and 2006, Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University
• Luna Xu, 2006, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University