Alumni

Graduate students

PhD students

Randall Toy | PhD student (NIH T32 Fellow): 9/2009-5/2014 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Principal Scientist, Novo Nordisk, Boston, MA

Lisa Bauer | PhD student (NIH T32 Fellow): 9/2013-12/2016  | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Product strategy and innovation consultant, Newry Corp

Peter A. Bielecki | PhD student (NSF Fellow): 9/2015-8/2020 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Senior Manager, Oncology, Gilead Sciences

Gil Covarrubias | PhD student (NIH T32 Fellow): 9/2015-8/2020 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Postdoctoral Fellow at Paula Hammond's Lab, MIT, Boston, MA

Morgan Lorkowski | PhD student (NIH T32 Fellow): 9/2017-12/2021 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Solutions Consultant, Clario

MS students

Elizabeth Doolittle | MS student: 1/2013-12/2016 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Program Director, United Way of Knox County

Felicia He | BS/MS student: 1/2016-8/2017 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Bioengineering, Univ of Illinois, Chicago

Partha Deb  | MS student: 9/2014-5/2017  | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab:  Systems Engineer, Abbott Laboratories, CA

Oguz Turan | BS/MS student: 5/2017-5/2019 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab:  Medical Student, Northeast Ohio Medical School

Wyatt Becicka | BS/MS student: 9/2018-8/2020

Destination after leaving the lab: Postbaccaleureate Fellow, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Yahan Zhang | BS/MS student: 9/2019-5/2021 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic

Animesha Krishnamurthy | BS/MS student: 9/2020-6/2022 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Biomedical Engineering, UT Southwest

Walid Abuhashim | MS student: 9/2021-5/2023 

Huikang Qian | BS/MS student: 6/2022-12/2023 

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Biomedical Engineering, CWRU

Postdoctoral fellows

Venkatesan Perumal, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow: 10/2014-5/2015

Destination after leaving the lab: Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M College of Pharmacy

Vindya Perrera, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow: 2/2015-3/2018 | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab:  Chemist at APG Polytech, LLC

Pubudu M. Peiris, PhD | Research Assistant Professor (4/2016-4/2019); Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate (9/2009-3/2016) | LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab:  Senior Scientist, Bridgestone

Prabhani Atukorale, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow: 6/2014-1/2021| LinkedIn

Destination after leaving the lab: Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Undergraduate students

Gabrielle Alkerma | UG researcher:8/2021-5/2023, CWRU BME

Michiko Haynie | UG researcher:8/2021-5/2023, CWRU BME

Alex Kiselar | UG researcher:1/2022-5/2023, CWRU BME

Crystal Ndamira | UG researcher:1/2021-5/2022, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Texas Tech

Victoria Deng | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2020, CWRU Cognitive Science and Psychology 

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, School of Medicine, CWRU, OH

Michelle Wiese | UG researcher: 9/2017-5/2020, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, School of Medicine, Northwestern University, IL

Anusha Khawaja | UG researcher: 9/2018-5/2020, CWRU Chemistry 

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, School of Medicine, West Virginia University 

Malek Allababidi | UG researcher: 1/2018-12/2019, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, University of Illinois College of Medicine

Alex Ghorishi | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2020, CWRU BME

Andrew Santulli | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2020, CWRU BME

Harith Palmer  | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2020, CWRU BME

Cheryl Lin | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2020, CWRU BME    

Hayden Kowerwer  | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2020, CWRU BME

Georgia Loutrianaki | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2020, CWRU BME

Jasmine Haraburda | UG researcher: 12/2018-5/2020, CWRU Biology 

Abdelrahman Rahmy | UG researcher: 1/2017-5/2019, CWRU Chemistry

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, Lerner College of Medicine, CWRU-Cleveland Clinic, OH

Aaron Yun | UG researcher: 9/2016-5/2019, CWRU Biology

Destination after leaving the lab:  Medical Student, Northeast Ohio Medical School

Keerti Vajrala | UG researcher: 1/2017-12/2017, CWRU BME 

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, Kansas City University of Medicine

Wyatt Becicka | UG researcher: 9/2016-5/2019, CWRU BME

Corriene Sept | UG researcher: 9/2016-5/2018, CWRU Chemical Engineering

Madhav Nandan | UG researcher: 5/2016-5/2018, CWRU BME 

Torrey Guan | UG researcher: 9/2016-5/2018, CWRU Biology

Dylan Brown | UG researcher: 1/2016-5/2018, CWRU BME

Thomas Ouyang | UG researcher: 1/2016-5/2018, CWRU BME

Carolyn Zheng | UG researcher: 1/2016-5/2018, CWRU BME

Anthony Cha | UG researcher: 1/2016-5/2018, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine

Prashanth Veeraghandham |  UG researcher: 1/2015-5/2017, CWRU BME

Shenali Warnakulasuriya | UG researcher: 1/2015-5/2017, CWRU BME

Vanitha Raguveer | UG researcher: 8/2015-5/2018, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab:  Postbac IRTA fellow, NIH, MD | Medical Student, Univ of Illinois, Chicago

Bhargavee Gnanasambandam  | UG researcher: 1/2016-1/2018, CWRU BME

Zach Berman, MD | Medical student researcher (NIH T35 fellow): 1/2012-1/2013, CWRU SOM

Destination after leaving the lab: UCSD Health Sciences

Shruti Raghunathan | UG researcher: 9/2014-5/2017, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic

Jeshrene Enerio | UG researcher: 9/2015-12/2016, CWRU BME 

Priya Govender | UG researcher: 1/2013-12/2016, CWRU BME 

Swetha Rao | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2016, CWRU BME

Shruti Shah  | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2016, CWRU BME 

Gilad Doron | UG researcher: 9/2013-5/2016, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA

Meilyn Sylvestre | UG researcher: 9/2013-5/2016, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Bioengineering, University of Washington, WA

Amith Rao | UG researcher: 1/2015-5/2016, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Postbac IRTA fellow, NIH, MD

Amy Goldberg | UG researcher: 9/2013-5/2016, CWRU BME

James Mcginnity | UG researcher: 9/2013-5/2015, CWRU BME 

Alex Roman | UG researcher: 1/2013-5/2015, CWRU BME 

Avik Banerjee  | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2015, CWRU BME  

Kaitlyn Murray  | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2015, CWRU BME 

Jesse Martin | UG researcher: 1/2014-5/2015, CWRU BME

Caitlin Sullivan  | UG researcher: 1/2014-5/2015, CWRU BME

Sarah Carbone | UG researcher: 1/2014-5/2015, CWRU BME

Thomas Cotey | UG researcher: 1/2014-5/2015, CWRU Macromolecular Eng

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Northwestern University, IL

Sohaj Singh | UG researcher: 1/2013-12/2014, CWRU BME

Samantha Tucci | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2014, CWRU BME 

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, CA

Pete Vicente | UG researcher: 10/2011-5/2013, CWRU BME 

Destination after leaving the lab: Clinical Support Engineer, MIM Software, Cleveland, OH

Aaron Mayer | UG researcher: 11/2010-5/2013, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Bioengineering Dept., Stanford University, CA

Dishen (Aaron) Lin | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2014, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, School of Medicine, Hofstra University, NY

Aaron Abramowski | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2014, CWRU Biochemistry

Destination after leaving the lab: Graduate student, Anesthesia Program, CWRU SOM, Cleveland, OH

Emily Tran | UG researcher: 1/2010-5/2013, CWRU BME 

Destination after leaving the lab: Doctoral student, Bioengineering Dept., Rice University, TX

Jenna Pansky | UG researcher: 4/2010-5/2013, CWRU Biochemistry

Destination after leaving the lab: Medical student, School of Medicine, Wright State University, OH

Elliott Hayden | UG researcher: 5/2010-7/2012, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Student in MD-PhD program, School of Medicine, Wright State University, OH

Andrew Camann | UG researcher: 6/2010-6/2012, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Senior Engineer, Moderna, Cambridge, MA 

Justin Einstein | UG researcher: 11/2010-6/2012, CWRU BME

Destination after leaving the lab: Implementation Consultant at Epic, Madison

Tenia Harris | visiting scholar, Summer 2012, Research Experience for Undergraduates; NSF-funded program, Cleveland State University

Isha Sharma | UG researcher: 9/2012-5/2014, CWRU Anthropology

Morgan Tam | UG researcher: 1/2012-5/2013, CWRU BME

Christopher Shoup | UG researcher: 5/2010-7/2013, CWRU BME

Daoning Zhou | UG researcher: 2/2011-12/2011, CWRU BME

Richard Pham | UG researcher: 10/2010-6/2011, CWRU Chemical Engineering

Erik Schmidt  | UG researcher: 1/2010-5/2015, CWRU BME

Michael Calabrese | UG researcher: 11/2009-6/2011, CWRU BME

Hao Chu | UG researcher: 10/2010-6/2011,CWRU BME

Syed Zulqadar | UG researcher: 4/2010-12/2010, CWRU BME

Danielle Seedorf | visiting scholar, Summer 2010, Research Experience for Undergraduates; NSF-funded program, MIT Chemistry

High school students

Isha Lele | High school student: 6/2015-5/2018 | Hathaway Brown School

Shruthi Ravichandran | 6/2018-5/2021 | Hathaway Brown School

Maisie Yan | 1/2021-12/2023 | Hathaway Brown School