2023
Christian Park
Christian is a Biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He got B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University. Deeply interested in and passionate about the intersection of mechanobiology, bioinformatics, and machine learning. Firm believer in the power of engineering and science to change the world.
Research Interests: Atherosclerosis, Mechanobiology, Machine Learning, Single Cell OMICs
2023
Claire Hung
Claire is a second-year Biomedical Engineering PhD student in Dr. Alyssa Panitch’s lab. She received her bachelor’s degree from University of Virginia in Biomedical Engineering. Her research focuses on developing the targeted therapeutic for cellular senescence in fibrotic diseases.
2023
Gloriani Sanchez Marrero
Gloriani is from Puerto Rico and she is a BioE PhD student and her research focus is in how the mechanical environment of plaques in the carotid and femoral arteries affect their phenotype and what molecular pathways might be involved in these processes. She is also interested in how sex-based differences impact atherosclerosis onset and progression.
Research interests: cardiovascular biomechanics, PAD, sex-based differences
2023
Tawfik Hussein
Tawfik is a third-year Biomedical Engineering doctoral student in the joint program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He completed his B.S. and M.S, both in Biomedical Engineering, as well as a minor in astrophysics from Texas A&M University. He began his career studying the mechanics of the heart, where he developed a new theoretical model for the myocardium. Using his model, he is currently simulating computationally the mechanical changes undergoing the heart in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) to help clinicians predict it in its early stages and optimize treatment for patients. Research interests: Heart failure, Cardiac mechanics, Cardiac MRI, Constitutive modeling, Computational medicine, Precision medicine
