Team

Dr. Gretchen Mahler

Title: Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Interim Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Prior Education: Postdoc Biomedical Engineering and Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
Research Interests: Organ-on-a-chip technology, Tissue engineering, Nanotoxicology
Publications: Google Scholar

Dr. Alba García Rodríguez

Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Prior Education: Ph.D. Toxicology and Carcinogenesis and M.S. Advanced Genetics, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; B.S. Biology, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
Research Interests: Human In vitro models and systems, Microbiome, Nanoparticles, Nanotoxicology

Sanat Kumar Dash

Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Prior Education: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India; B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, India
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Organs-on-a-chip, Tissue Mimics, Biomaterials

Jonathan Alejandro Bramsen

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education:
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY; B.S. Electrical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Project Topic: Development of a 3D In Vitro Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

Haleema Qamar

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education: M.S. Biological Sciences, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan; B.S. in Microbiology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Project Topic: Cardiovascular Microfluidic model

Nausheen Fatima

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education: M.S. Biotechnology, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan; B.S. Biotechnology, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan
Project Topic: Computational Modeling of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

Natalie Kalos

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Research Interests: Gut-on-a-chip, Microfluidics, Microbiome, Crohn's disease

Yoona Salemizadehparizi

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education: M.S. Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vali-e-Asr University, Rafsanjan, Iran; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
Project Topic: 3D Microfluidic Systems of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

Zachary Krassin

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education: M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY; B.S. Biomedical Engineering, West Virgina University, Morgantown, WV; B.S. Mathematics, West Virgina University, Morgantown, WV
Project Topic: Organ-on-a-Chip, Microfluidics, Acute Kidney Injury Prevention Model

Jeshurun Colon

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education: MS Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton NY; BS Mechanical Engineering, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY
Project Topic: Organ on a chip, Microfluidics

Nili Shah

Title: M.S. Student
Prior Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering, India
Project Topic: Multi-software comparison to streamline calcium flux analysis for iPSC-derived cardiac tissue

Katherine Peters

Title: Undergraduate Student
Current Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Project Topic: Development of an in vitro model of recurrent urinary tract infections