People
Brendan Harley
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Email bharley@nospam5b4df218545bb.illinois.edu
Title Assoc. Prof., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Office S.B., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 2000
Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2006
Postdoc, Childrens Hospital Boston, 2008
Schaefer Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2016 NAE Frontiers of Engineering meeting
2014 Young Investigator Award, Society for Biomaterials
NSF CAREER award
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Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2006
Postdoc, Childrens Hospital Boston, 2008
Schaefer Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2016 NAE Frontiers of Engineering meeting
2014 Young Investigator Award, Society for Biomaterials
NSF CAREER award
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Phone (217) 244-7112
post-docs | research scientists
Sara Pedron Haba
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Email spedron@nospam5b4df21856232.illinois.edu
Title Research Scientist
Department Project: biomaterial models of the tumor margins in globlastoma
Office Ph.D., Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (Spain), 2009
Julio Serrano
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Email jfserra2@nospam5b4df21856a81.illinois.edu
Title Postdoc
Department Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office Project; Modular hydrogel bioinks for three-dimensional tissue printing applications
graduate trainees
Tori Barnhouse
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Email vb7@nospam5b4df21858532.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, 2017
Office Project: models of the perivascular niche in hematopoiesis
Emily (Jee-Wei) Chen
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Email jechen3@nospam5b4df21858ff7.illinois.edu
Title B.S., National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), 2013
Department Project: glioma cancer stem cell invasion
Marley Dewey
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Email mjdewey2@nospam5b4df21859898.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical Engineering, UMaine Orono, 2016
Office Project: bone regeneration utilizing mineralized collagen composites
Aidan Gilchrist
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Email agilchr2@nospam5b4df2185a10a.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst, 2013
Office Project: biomaterial platforms for directed hematopoietic stem cell response
Mai Ngo
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Email maingo2@nospam5b4df2185a91f.illinois.edu
Title B.S., Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015
Office Project: developing vascularized glioblastoma models
Raul Sun Han
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Email sunhanc2@nospam5b4df2185b124.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Chemistry, Pomona College, 2016
Office Project: developing instructive biomaterials for osteotendinous tissue regeneration
Aleczandria Tiffany
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Email ast2@nospam5b4df2185b93d.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Chemical Engineering, U. of Southern California, 2016
Office Project: enhancement of mineralized collagen scaffolds for craniomaxillofacial bone defects
Samantha Zambuto
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Email zambuto2@nospam5b4df2185c17a.illinois.edu
Department B.S., Biological Engineering, Cornell University / Sc.M., Biomedical Engineering, Brown University
Office Project: developing models of endometrial physiology and disease
undergraduate assistants
Amber Boyce (ChBE)
Title Mentor: Rebecca Hortensius
Christine Hunter (BioE)
Department Mentor: Mai Ngo
Eileen Johnson (BioE)
Department Mentor: Marley Dewey
Elijah Karvels (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Mai Ngo
Patricia Li (CHBE)
Department Mentor: Sara Pedron
Simona Slater (ChBE)
Department Mentor: Marley Dewey
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
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: Postdoc w/ Dr. King Li, UIUC
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
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)
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
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
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