Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. Gretchen Mahler

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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

Mahler Lab Team 

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Dr. Alba García Rodríguez

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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

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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

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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

Rhodesherdeline Limage

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Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Prior Education:
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY; B.S. Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Project Topic:
Quantitative assessment of epithelial-microbiota-nanoparticle interactions using an in vitro gastrointestinal tract (GI) model

Haleema Qamar

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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

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

Nausheen Fatima

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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

Yoona Salemizadehparizi

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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

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Title: Ph.D. Student
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
Research Interests: Organ-on-a-Chip, Microfluidics, Kidney Toxicity Studies, Tissue Engineering, and Nanoparticles

Lizza Roman

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Title: M.S. Student
Prior Education:
M.S. Higher Education Teaching Methods, American University, Asunción, Paraguay; B.S. Biotechnology, National University of Asunción, Paraguay
Research Interests:
Nanotoxicology and Tissue Engineering

Blake Tochilovsky

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Title: Undergraduate Student
Current Education:
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Project Topic:
Nanoparticles in the Gut Microbiome

Nili Shah

MS Student 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

Undergraduate Student 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

Mahler Lab Alumni

Ryan Ogi MS 2023 Currently at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephanie Zhang PhD 2022 Currently at Merck
Melissa Mendoza-Seale PhD 2022 Currently at Exponent
Erika Solano Diaz MS 2020 Currently a PhD student at Binghamton University
Chukwuazam Nwasike PhD 2020 Currently at Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Ian Claydon Postdoc 2020 Currently at General Electric
Mridu Malik PhD 2020 Currently at National Insitutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Andrea Gonzalez MS 2020  
Fabiola Moreno-Olivas PhD 2019 Currently at Binghamton University Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Partnerships
Taylor Duval BS 2019 Currently at Binghamton University
Flynn Anderson BS 2019 Currently at Binghamton University
Mukti Chowkwale MS 2019 Currently at University of Virginia
Joshua France MS 2019 Currently at Harvard Medical School
Bridget Alber BS 2019 Currently at George Washington University
Michael Raver BS 2019 Currently at University of Alabama Birmingham Americorps Vista
Jessica Funnell BS 2018 Currently at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Olivia Parker BS 2018 Currently at Regeneron
Nico Cicchetti MS 2017 Currently at Weill Cornell Medicine
Zhongyuan Guo PhD 2017 Currently at Harvard University
Brian Phillips MS 2017 Currently at University of Utah
Megan Brady PhD 2016 Currently at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Rajesh Burela BS 2016 Currently at Tulane University
Michael Chambers BS 2016 Currently at Duke University
Sudip Dahal  PhD 2016 Currently at Colombia University Medical Center
Nicole Martucci BS 2016 Currently at University of Edinburgh
Sara Mina PhD 2016 Currently at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hannah Mitchell BS 2016 Currently at Case Medical
Courtney Sakolish PhD 2016 Currently at Texas A&M University
Soumit Saha MS 2016 Currently at Binghamton University
Gabriella Shull BS 2016 Currently at Duke University
Hoang Peter Ta BS 2016 Currently at University of Southern California
Linjun Yang  MS 2016 Currently at University of Iowa
Joshua Cohen BS 2015 Currently at NYU Medical School
Mengting Huang MS 2015 Currently working in China
Aissatou Kaba BS 2015 Currently at Anytime Home Care
Jonathan Richter MS 2015 Currently at ThermoFisher Scientific
Zachary Zeller BS 2015 Currently at Daily Nutrition
Matthew Epstein BS 2014 Currently at SUNY Downstate Medical School
Jeffrey Goldbeck BS 2014 Currently at Condax
Marissa MacAneneny BS 2014 Currently at NJIT Medical School
Yehudah Pardo BS 2014 Currently at Cornell University
Matthew Reiss BS 2014 Currently at The Wistar Institute
Ashley Raba PhD 2014 Currently at American Systems Corporation
James Vierling BS 2014 Currently at H2M Architects and Engineers
David Bassen BS 2013 Currently at Cornell University
Francis Wallace MS 2013 Currently at Humacyte