As of July 2022, Prof. Dennis joined the Chemical Engineering Department at Northeastern University. This site is no longer maintained, but you can check out our more recent activity at thedennislab.com.

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Allison M. Dennis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

B.S. Bioengineering, Rice University
B.A. German, Rice University
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

 

Graduate Students

 

Amish Patel

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, ’20

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

 

 

 

 

Xingjian Zhong

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ’19

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

 

 

 

 

Dennis Lab Alumni

Margaret (Peggy) Chern

B.A. Sculpture, Cleveland State University

M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, ’14

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, ’19

 

 

 

 

Thuy Nguyen

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, ’15

M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, ’19

 

 

 

 

 

Reyhaneh Toufanian

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, ’14

M.S.  Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, ’16

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, ’21

 

 

 

Alexander Saeboe

B.E. Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Stony Brook University, ‘15

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, ’21

 

 

 

 

 

Joshua Kays

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, ’14

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, ’22

 

 

 

 

 

Post-doctoral Researchers:

Dr. Shashi Bhuckory
Dr. Carol Johnson

M.S.

Chai-Sui Chen
Matthew Finley
Yufei Liang
Christian Ortiz

Undergraduates

J. Paolo Casas
Natasha Amaravadi
J. Paolo Casas
Kristen Connelly
Keyi Han
Scott Gaines
Samuel Ghilardi
Aubrey Giasson
Jake Highleyman
G. Perry Katsarakes
Xiaoshan Ke
Victoria Kong
Nicole Leon Vargas
Andrew Mahler
Artemis Margaronis
Kirk Pierce
Tommy Quinn
Sabrina Riley
Katherine Ward
Jillian Yong

 

Senior Design Teams

2020/21: Anisha Butaney, Luiza Damotta, Nicole Leon Vargas, Maïa Shwarts
2020/21: J. Paolo Casas, Kirk Pierce, Tommy Quinn

2019/20: Catherine Della Santina, Sneha Shankar
2019/20: Victoria Holt, James Robson

2018/19: Jacob McCoskey, Christian Ortiz, Sabrina Carrillo

2017/18: Sarah Jenkins, Zachary King, Jocelin Pinto

2015/16: Samuel Ghilardi, Aubrey Giasson

2014/15: Carlos DiClear, Jay Ishimaru, Carolina Mesa, Thuy Nguyen

High School (RISE/GROW)

Kaylin Chan
Chad Fisher
Tran Nguyen
Sarah Yoo