People
Brendan Harley
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Email bharley@nospam60731dc523ce3.illinois.edu
Title Robert W. Schaefer Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Office Program Leader, Cancer Center at Illinois
Theme Leader, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
S.B., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 2000
Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2006
Postdoc, Childrens Hospital Boston, 2008
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Young Investigator Award, Society for Biomaterials (2014)
NSF CAREER award
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Theme Leader, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
S.B., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 2000
Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2006
Postdoc, Childrens Hospital Boston, 2008
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Young Investigator Award, Society for Biomaterials (2014)
NSF CAREER award
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Phone (217) 244-7112
post-docs | research scientists
Sara Pedron Haba
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Email spedron@nospam60731dc52701b.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Department Ph.D., Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (Spain), 2009
Julio Serrano
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Email jfserra2@nospam60731dc528e69.illinois.edu
Title Postdoc
Department Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
graduate trainees
Marley Dewey
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Email mjdewey2@nospam60731dc52df88.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical Engineering, UMaine Orono, 2016
Aidan Gilchrist
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Email agilchr2@nospam60731dc52e9b4.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst, 2013
Vasiliki (Aliki) Kolliopoulos
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Email vk7@nospam60731dc52f242.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, 2018
Victoria Kriuchkovskaia
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Email vk10@nospam60731dc530a43.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical Engineering and Mathematics, Iowa State University, 2019
Mai Ngo
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Email maingo2@nospam60731dc532150.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015
Raul Sun Han
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Email sunhanc2@nospam60731dc5339be.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Chemistry, Pomona College, 2016
Gunnar Thompson
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Email gunnart2@nospam60731dc53540b.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
Aleczandria Tiffany
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Email ast2@nospam60731dc536fae.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Chemical Engineering, U. of Southern California, 2016
Kyle Timmer
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Email ktimmer2@nospam60731dc538920.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Chemical Engineering & Biochemistry, Calvin University, 2020
Samantha Zambuto
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Email zambuto2@nospam60731dc53a71b.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Biological Engineering, Cornell University / Sc.M., Biomedical Engineering, Brown University
undergraduate assistants
Rachael Bell (BioE)
Department Mentor: Tori Barnhouse
Joy Hensold (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Mai Ngo
Angela Andrada (Chemistry)
Department Mentor: Marley Dewey
Alison Nunes (MatSE)
Department Mentor: Aidan Gilchrist
Amber Boyce (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Rebecca Hortensius
Christine Hunter (BioE)
Department Mentor: Mai Ngo
Patricia Li (CHBE)
Department Mentor: Sara Pedron
Yunseon Park (CHBE)
Department Mentor: Aliki Kolliopoulos
Noah Chiou (Engineering Physics)
Department Mentor: Samantha Zambuto
Maxwell Polanek (CHBE)
Department Mentor: Aliki Kolliopoulos
Gabrielle Wolter (BioE)
Department Mentor: Sara Pedron
Huiru Zhang (MatSE)
Department Mentor: Sara Pedron
alumni
Steven Caliari
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Title Ph.D., ChBE, 2014
Department Project: influence of scaffold biophysical properties on tenocyte and mesenchymal stem cell bioactivity for musculoskeletal tissue engineering
Emily (Jee-Wei) Chen
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Email jechen3@nospam60731dc54152b.illinois.edu
Department Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2019)
Office Current: Postdoc (Cecilia Leal), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ji-Sun Choi
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Title Ph.D., ChBE 2014
Department Project: label-free tracking of hematopoietic stem cell fate decisions
Office Current: Samsung Biologics, S. Korea
Seema Ehsan
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Title Postdoc (IGB), 2014 - 2015.
Department Project: tissue engineering platforms for cancer
Office Current: Regulatory Affairs, Genentech, San Francisco, CA.
Nathaniel Gabrielson
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Title Post-doc (IGB), 2011 - 2012
Department Project: cell-laden hydrogels in integrated microfluidic devices for long-term cell culture
Office Current: Lecturer, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, U. Illinois
Emily Gonnerman
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Title M.S., ChBE, 2011
Department Project: collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffold systems to assess HL-1 cardiomyocyte beating and alignment
Office Current: Manufacturing Engineer, TSI, Inc., MN.
William Grier
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Title Ph.D., ChBE 2017
Department Project: mechanotransduction in osteotendinous insertion repair
Office Current: Process Engineer, Manufacturing Science and Technology Group, Genzyme, Cambridge, MA
Rebecca Hortensius
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Title Ph.D. BioE 2016
Department Project: amniotic-membrane functionalized collagen biomaterials for orthopedic repair
Office Current: Postdoc in the Ogle Lab at U. Minnesota
Bhushan Mahadik
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Title Ph.D., U. Illinois, 2014
Department Project: microfluidic tools for studying hematopoietic stem cell/niche interactions
Office Current: Assistant Director, NIH Center for Engineering Complex Tissues, U. Maryland
Laura Mozdzen
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Title Ph.D., ChBE 2016
Department Project: mechanically reinforced scaffolds for osteotendinous insertion repair
Office Current: Senior Scientist, AbbVie, Chicago, IL
Jacquelyn Pence
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Title Ph.D., ChBE 2016
Department Project: endometrial-inspired biomaterials
Office Current: Research Assistant Professor, U. Memphis
Daniel Weisgerber
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Title Ph.D., ChBE 2016
Department Project: mineralized collagen scaffolds for bone and craniofacial defect repair
Office Current: Post-Doc in Abate Lab at UCSF
Tamaki Yokohama-Tamaki
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Title Visiting scientist, 2011 - 2012
Department Project: CXCR4/CXCL12 signaling in the dental epithelial stem cell niche
Office Current: Asst. Prof., Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
alumni (undergrads)
Christine Hunter (BioE)
Department Mentor: Mai Ngo
Diana Slater (BioE)
Department Mentor: Marley Dewey
Vincent Cornelius (BioE)
Department Mentor: Aidan Gilchrist
Allison Kojima (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Samantha Zambuto
Michael Ding (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Aidan Gilchrist
Nathan Petrikas (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Tori Barnhouse
Sanha Kim (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Mai Ngo
Sarah Leary (Chemistry)
Department Mentor: Emily Chen
Andrey Nosatov (MatSE)
Department Mentor: Marley Dewey
Ioana Pintescu (MCB)
Department Mentor: Samantha Zambuto
Matthew Au (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Bhushan Madadik
Audrey Blazek (BioE)
Department Mentor: Emily Chen
Lily Buescher (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Sara Pedron Haba
Hannah Chait (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Alec Tiffany
Jill Ebens (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Rebecca Hortensius
Kevin Erning (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Dan Weisgerber
Michael Foley (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Bill Grier
Eileen Johnson (BioE)
Department Mentor: Marley Dewey
Elijah Karvels (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Mai Ngo
Allison LaHood (BioE)
Title Mentor: Emily Chen
Sarah Laken (BioE)
Title Mentor: Sara Pedron Haba
Jordan Meyer (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Bill Grier
Ashley Moy (BioE)
Title Mentor: Bill Grier
Harshita Polishetty (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Sara Pedron Haba
Amanda Pritchard (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Sara Pedron Haba
Matt Ramsey (BioE)
Title Mentor: Bill Grier
Ryan Rodgers (ABE)
Title Mentor: Laura Mozdzen
Shayta Roy (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Laura Mozdzen
Kirsten Schroeder (BioE)
Department Mentor: Aidan Gilchrist
Simona Slater (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Marley Dewey
Erik Steinbrenner (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Bhushan Mahadik
Jessica Vargas (Int. Biology)
Title Mentor: Rebecca Hortensius
Alan Vucetic (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Laura Mozdzen
Evan Willey (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Bhushan Mahadik