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Principal Investigator

Selected Awards:
Allen Distinguished Investigator Award
ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award
BU COE Early Career Research Excellence Award
NSF CAREER
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
BU Ignition Award
BU Engineering Dean’s Catalyst Award
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ian Kinstlinger | Rice University, Bioengineering, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

Xinwen Zhu | McGill University, Pharmacology, B.S., M.S.

Jingyao Chen | University of California San Diego, Bioengineering-Biotechnology, B.S.

Cristina Tous | The University of Maryland, Biomedical Engineering, B.S. | NIH General Medical Sciences Fellow

Jaehoon Choi | Seoul National University, Chemical and Biological Engineering, B.S., M.S.

Aviva Borison | University of Maryland, Bioengineering, B.S.

Sarah Adams | University of Toledo, Biomedical Engineering, B.S. | NIH Translational Research in Biomaterials Fellow

Joey Huang | Boston University, Biomedical Engineering, B.S. | NIH Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology Fellow

Joshua McGee | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Chemical Engineering, B.S. | NSF Graduate Research Fellow | NIH Translational Research in Biomaterials Fellow

Arun Nambiar | University of Rochester, Biomedical Engineering, B.S.

Erin Neu | University of Notre Dame, Chemical And Biological Engineering, Biotechnology B.S.

Emily Chang | Duke University, Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, B.S. | BUnano Fellowship

Undergraduate Students

Maya Rice
Shea Mowry
Rhea Janwadkar
Jood Ali
Anna Tillisch
Andre Fecteau
Zeynep Haciguzeller
Lucas Schaake

Lab Mascot

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellow

Anthony Walsh, Ph.D. Life Science, Oxford University
Atsushi Okuma, Ph.D. Immunology, Tohoku University
Xi Kang, Ph.D. Virology, Wuhan University
Yong Liang, Ph.D.
Huishan Li, Ph.D. Animal Science & Biotechnology, Seoul National University
Chloe Ding, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

Graduate Students

Deboki Chakravarti, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2018)
Benjamin Weinberg, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2018)
Jamie Brenner, M.S. Biomedical Engineering (2019)
Janghwan Cho, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2019)
Katri Sofjan, M.S. Biomedical Engineering (2020)
Nicole Wong, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2020)
Seunghee Lee, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2022)
Justin Letendre, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2022)
Inbo Shim, M.S. Biomedical Engineering (2022)
Eric Bressler, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2023)
Neha Swaminathan, Biological Engineering, B.Tech., M.Tech (2023)
Sherinx Li, M.S. Biomedical Engineering (2023)
Emily Oros, M.S. Biomedical Engineering (2023)
Menna Siddiqui, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (2023)

Research Assistants
Leidy Diana Caraballo, M.S. Biochemical Engineering, M.S. INSA of Toulouse (France)
Hang Pham, M.S. Biochemical Engineering, INSA of Toulouse (France)

Rotation Students, major at BU (Undergraduate Institution)
Shane Wright, BME (University of Miami)
Patrick Doran, BME (Rugters University)
Colin Kunze, BME (University of Southern California)
Alex Marzilli, BME (Cornell University)
Nathan Tague, BME (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Xuan He (Anita), Pharmacology (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Jialiu Zeng (Esther), BME (National University of Singapore)
Jessica Keenan, Bioinformatics (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Tyler Wagner, BME (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Minhee Park, BME (Rice University)
Patrick Joyce, MCBB
Albert Mondragon, MCBB
Alfred Ramirez, BME (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alex Bloom, MCBB
Joanna Chiu, BME (UC San Diego)
Anna Hawes, BME (Brigham Young University)
Meng Sun, BME (Peking University, University of Memphis (MS))
John Greifenberger, BME (Boston University)
Christopher Mancuso,BME (Cornell University)
James Chung, BME (Johns Hopkins University)
Seth Bensussen, BME
Nitinun Varongchayakul, MSE (University of Maryland at College Park)

Summer Students
Adrien Engel, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris Descartes
Ejaj Intisar, University College London, University of Southampton
Teresa Wiese, Strasbourg University
Silvia Beghi, University of Padova, Medical Biotechnology, MS

Visiting Scholars
Gigi Choi, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D

Undergraduates

Micaela Trexler
Callen Bragdon
Thomas Lozanoski
Maciej Walkosz
Monica Brova
Jeffrey Marano
Yash Agarwal
Jeong Min Park
Victoria Frick
Megan Priem
Micca Hecht
Katherine Illa
Darshi Shah
Coline Hurel
Kathleen Ryan
Andrew Yoon
Samantha Koplik
Saimurnali Dadigala
William Benman
Marisa Mendes
Jiazhen (Francis) Liu
Alexandra Piñero
Vatsal Shrivastava
Dogancan Kuyel
Jenny Deng
Abigail Sasdelli
Nikita Patel

iGEM

*Kate Ryan
John Viola
Jeffrey Chen
Shaheer Piracha
Nicholas Salvador
Abha Patil

Rachel Petherbridge
*Marisa Mendes
*Jeffrey Marano
*William Benman
Kamila Drezek

*Saimrunali Dadigala
Stephen Tucker
Madeline Simota
Shuyi Xu
*Abigail Sasdelli
Thomas Costa