Graduate Students

Cody Crosby, Ph.D

Dissertation: “Quantifying the Vasculogenic Potential of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Endothelial Progenitors in Angiogenic Hydrogels”

Graduated: May 2020

Currently: Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Southwestern University

Alicia Allen, Ph.D

Dissertation: “Anisotropy in Cell Sheeting and Cardiac Differentiation”

Graduated: May 2018

Currently: Associate Scientist, United Therapeutics Corporation

Chengyi Tu, Ph.D

Dissertation: “Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Pluripotent Stem Cells Cardiac Differentiation and Survival”

Graduated: Aug 2018

Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Joseph C. Wu laboratory, Stanford University

Julie Strickland, M.S.E.

Graduated: Dec 2017 Currently: Project Specialist, Syneos Health

Alysa Joaquin, M.S.

Dissertation: “Chemically Modified Hyaluronic Acid Biomaterials for Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering”

Graduated: Aug 2016

Currently: Project manager | Self-employed consultant, formerly at Blueshift Materials

 

Undergraduate Students

Shahar Pedahzur

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: Engineering Intern, Genentech

Katya Wittliff

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: Research Associate, BioBQ

Remy A Fenrich

Currently: B.S Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

 

Olivia Conroy

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2019
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: M.S.E Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech

David Shu

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2019
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: Medical Student UT Southwestern Medical School

 Deepti Valliappan

 B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2019
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: M.S. Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

Krista Polansky

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2019
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: Law Student at The College of William and Mary

Elissa Barone

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2018
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: Engineer, Illumina

Daegi Lee

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2018
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: Solutions Engineer, Oracle

Meghana Koleti 

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2017
The University of Texas at Austin

Jorge Gomez Medellin

B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: PhD Student at the University of Chicago

Madhavi Nambiar

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2016
The University of Texas at Austin

Currently: Senior Consultant, Quorum Software