People
Principal Investigator
Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Medicine
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Post Docs
Eshant Bhatia, Ph.D.
Research Focus: Mucosal-Systemic Immune Engineering. Read More
eshant.bhatia@me.gatech.edu
Graduate Students
S’Dravious DeVeaux, B.S., M.S.
CTEng Trainee
Research Focus: Lipidomic Characterization of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Critical Quality Attributes. Read More
sdeveaux3@gatech.edu
Miguel Armenta Ochoa, B.S.
Research Focus: T cell manufacturing process characterization.
miguel.armochoa@gatech.edu
Ritika Jain, B.S.
GT President’s Fellow
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Research Focus: Developing Microenvironments for NK cell Manufacturing. Read More
Angela Jimenez, B.S.
GT President’s Fellow
Emory George R. Woodruff Fellow
GT Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Research Focus: Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Critical Quality Attributes. Read More
angela.jimenez@gatech.edu
Justin Hosten, B.S., B.A.
GT President’s Fellow
Research Focus: Engineering Nanoparticle-in-Microgel Controlled Release Delivery Systems for Pulmonary Diseases. Read More
jhosten3@gatech.edu
Liana Kramer, B.S., M.S.
GT President’s Fellow
Immunoengineering Trainee
Research Focus: Synthetic Germinal Centers and Microenvironments for B cell Manufacturing. Read More
lkramer7@gatech.edu
Drishti Maniar, B.S.
Research Focus: Synthetic Nanoparticle Antibodies (SNAbs) for Immunomodulation in Musculoskeletal Trauma. Read More
dmaniar7@gatech.edu
Shivani Vyas, B.S.
GT President’s Fellow
Research Focus: Developing Synthetic Nanoparticle Antibodies (SNAbs) for Immunomodulation of Tuberculosis. Read More
Currently recruiting an undergraduate student, contact by email if interested!
shivanivyas@gatech.edu
Shaylyn Grier, B.S.
GT President’s Fellow
Emory Centennial Scholar Fellow
Emory Women in Natural Sciences (WiNS) Fellow
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Research Focus: Metabolic programming and bioreactor design for T cell manufacturing. Read More
Paramita Chatterjee, M.S., M.B.A.
Research Focus: Single Cell Genomics characterization and analytics of large datasets from therapeutic cellular products using advanced bioinformatics tools. Read More
pchatterjee8@gatech.edu
Ingrid Petersen, B.S.
Research Focus: Microfluidic Tumor Models for Adoptive Cell Therapy Testing. Read More
ipetersen6@gatech.edu
Undergraduate and High School Students
Undergraduate
- Zhengying Wang, BME 2023. Mentor: Bhawana Pandey
- David Hur, BME 2024. Mentor: Bhawana Pandey
- Victoria Lozano, BME 2022. Mentor: Miguel Armenta Ochoa
- David Liu, BME 2025. Mentor: Miguel Armenta Ochoa
- Sofiya Vyshnya, BME 2023. Mentor: S’Dravious DeVeaux
- Diego Redondo, BME 2023. Mentor: S’Dravious DeVeaux
- Jeevan George, BME 2024. Mentor: Justin Hosten
- Meredith Brienen, BME 2025. Mentor: Justin Hosten
- Vishaal Ganesh, BME 2026. Mentor: Justin Hosten
- Patrice Gill, BME 2022. Mentor: Justin Hosten
- Lila Nassar, Physics 2023. 2022 Petit Scholar. Mentor: Liana Kramer
- Kaiya Mitchell, BME 2022. 2018 GT-ESTEEMED Scholar, 2021 PURA Scholar. Mentor: Liana Kramer
- Savi Agarwal, BME 2025. 2022 PURA Scholar. Mentor: Liana Kramer
- Kahlil Johny, BME 2025. 2021 GT-ESTEEMED Scholar. Mentor: Liana Kramer
- Jenna Corbin, BME 2024. Mentor: Liana Kramer
- Emma Downey, BME 2024. 2022 PURA Scholar. Mentor: Rachel Ringquist
- Minkun Lei, BME 2025. Mentor: Rachel Ringquist
- Grace Harrigan, BME 2025. Mentor: Rachel Ringquist
- Abigail Ochal, Biochemistry and Business Administration 2024. Mentor: Rachel Ringquist
- Neha Sonthi, Biology 2025. 2022 College of Sciences Dean’s Scholarship and the College of Sciences Early Research Award. Mentor: Rachel Ringquist
- Page Franz, BME 2025. Mentor: Rachel Ringquist
- Nicole Frey, BME 2024. Mentor: Angela Jimenez
- Jennah Walcott, BME 2025. Mentor: Ritika Jain
- Safa Ghaya, BME 2024. Mentor: Ritika Jain
- Gabrielle Pratt, BME 2025. Mentor: Shaylyn Grier
- Judy Ahn, BME 2026. Mentor: Shaylyn Grier
High School
- Coming soon!
Lab Pet-nicians
Alumni
Post-Docs/Research Scientists
- Hui Liu, Ph.D, 2002-2005
- Hui Nie, M.D. 2007-2008
- Nathalie Guimard, Ph.D. 2009-2010
- Irina Fernandez, Ph.D. 2008-2011
- Ranjna Madan-Lala, Ph.D. 2014-2016
- Kyung-Ho Roh, Ph.D.2013-2016
- Pallab Pradhan, Ph.D.
- Randall Toy, Ph.D.
- Hannah Wilson Song, Ph.D.
- Bhawana Pandey, Ph.D.
Graduate Students
Ph.D. Students
- Sudhir Pai Kasturi, Ph.D. 2006
- Gazell Mapili, Ph.D. 2007
- Sabia Taqvi, Ph.D. 2007
- Luz-Cristal Glangchai, Ph.D. 2008
- Bilal Ghosn, Ph.D. 2009
- Ankur Singh, Ph.D. 2010
- Mary Caldorera-Moore, Ph.D. 2010
- Jian Lin, Ph.D. 2010
- Lonnissa Nguyen, Ph.D. 2010
- Krista Fridley, Ph.D. 2010
- Myung Hee (Michelle) Kim, Ph.D. 2012
- Prinda Wanakule, Ph.D. 2012
- Eileen Dawson, Ph.D. 2013
- Rachit Agarwal, Ph.D. 2013
- Tracy Ooi, Ph.D. 2014
- Jardin Leleux, Ph.D. 2015
- Hannah Viola, rotation student 2018
- Kirsten Parratt, Ph.D. 2018
- Ni Su, Ph.D. 2018
- Michael Nelson, Ph.D. 2019
- Joscelyn Mejías, Ph.D. 2019
- Jiaying Liu, Ph.D. 2019
- Alexandra Atalis, Ph.D. 2021
- Nate Dwarshuis, Ph.D. 2021
- Casey Vantucci, Ph.D. 2021
- Delta Ghoshal, Ph.D. 2023
- Alex Beach, Ph.D. 2023
- Biaggio Uricoli, Ph.D. 2023
- Bryan Wang, Ph.D. 2023
- Rachel Ringquist, Ph.D. 2023
Masters Students
- Haeok Gu, M.S. 2004
- Maria Alvarez, M.S. 2004
- Kathryn Erickson, M.S. 2009
- Asha Fleury, M.S. 2013
- Adriana Santiago-Miranda, 2017
Undergraduate Students and Summer Trainees
- Aaron Patel
- Sahil Kemkar
- Kevin Bai, BME, Petit Scholar, Medical College of GA
- Marina Brand, BME
- Jingming Xie, PKU
- Viju Ramesh, ChBE
- Anokhi Patel, BME
- Angela Jimenez, UF SURE student
- Nguyen, Ahn (Lily), BME
- Shohini Ghosh-Choudhary, BME
- Blake Lash, BME
- Emily Chang, BME
- Meng Sun, PKU
- Katherine Richardson, BME
- Andrew McNair, BME
- Zach Settelmyer, BME
- Olivia Liseth, BME (University of Florida), 2018 SURE
- Chinwendu Chukwu, BME (Rutgers), 2018 CMaT REU
- Gita Balakirsky (Ohio State University)
- Madeline Smerchansky, BME, Petit Scholar
- Zahra Mousavi Karimi, BME, Petit Scholar
- Emily Keith, BME
- Evelyn Lu, BME
- Joel Martinez-Goyco, BME
- Anagha Krishnan, BME
- Simran Dhal, BME
- Priya Nair, BME
- Neha Narang, BME
- Fernando Martinez, ME, UT Austin, 2019 REVAMP REU
- Gabriela Cortes, BME
- Gabrielle Kozlowski, BME
- Kaya Peterson, BME
- Katelynn Phang, BME
- Anabel Alfonso, BME
- Sambhav Jain, BME
- Sebastian Ramirez, BME
- Jacob Tharayil, BME
- Harrison Fu, BME
- Maya Saha, Excel
- Enrique Quiros, MSE
- Alex Mora, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, 2020 CMaT REU
- Eric Ekpe, Kennesaw State University, 2020 CMaT REU
- Cole Keenum, ChBE 2020, Petit Scholar
- Salah Osman, University of Minnesota, 2021 CMaT REU
- Nyasia Argrow, Claflin University, 2021 CMaT REU
- David Frey, BME, 2018 CMaT REU, 2019 CMaT REU
- Lily Norman, Excel
- Manav Jain, BME
- Frank Ketchum, BME
- Kuang-Drew Li, BME
- Ariane Richard, BME
- Reda Park, BME
- Clinton Smith, BME
- Kedar Griffo, Excel
- Peyton Holzworth, BME
- Valeria Cuéllar, BME
- Harika Kosaraju, BME
- Anh Thi N Phan, BME
- Dure Nayab Jabbar, Gwinnett Technical College, 2022 CMaT REM
- Candice Little, Ed.D., Arabia Mountain High School, 2022 CMaT RET
- Huyun Chen, BME
- Pedro Alcolea, Florida International University, 2021 CMaT REU
- Leena Abar, BME
- Abel Thomas, Biochemistry 2024. 2022 CMaT REU
- Ishan Doma, BME
- Kevin Joseph, ChBE
- Christopher Le, BME
High School Students
- Qwantayvious Stiggers, ENGAGES Scholar, U. Michigan
- Omari Weems, ENGAGES Scholar, Georgia Tech
- Natasha Stallings, ENGAGES Scholar, George Washington University
- Ama Asseh, Northwestern University
- Gita Balakirsky, Ohio State University
- Ayanna Prather, ENGAGES Scholar, Xavier University of Louisiana
- Brooklin Mays, ENGAGES Scholar, Xavier University of Louisiana
- Anoushka Satoskar, Georgia Tech
- Patrick Chen, University of Georgia
- Nathaniel Dobson, ENGAGES Scholar, Georgia Tech
- Miranda Rivera, ENGAGES Scholar
- Atreyee Ghosh