Deepak Nagrath
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering (Sep 2023-Present)
Past Experience: Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan ( Jan 2017-Sep 2023) Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University (2009-2016) Research Associate, Center for Engineering in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Burns Hospital (2007-2009) Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Engineering in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Burns Hospital (2003-2006) Education: Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2003) M.S. Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2000) B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (1992)
Clinical Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows
Olamide Animasahun
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering (2018-present)
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi (2016)
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria (2012)
Aradhana Mohan
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2019-present)
Research Associate- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA (2017-2019)
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India (2016)
M.Sc. Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (2010)
Graduate Students
Leyla Nurcihan Altay
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering (2023-present)
John-Paul Bugada
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering (2024-present)
Kathy Do
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering (2024-present)
Jin Heon Jeon
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2019-present)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Korea University, South Korea (2019)
Baharan Meghdadi
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering (2019-present)
Miya Paserba
Pre-Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2022-present)
Minal Nenwani
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2021-present)
M.Sc. Biotechnology, St.Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India (2018)
B.Sc. Ramnarain Ruia College , Mumbai, India (2016)
Hobbies: Outside research, Minal enjoys reading, sketching and baking.
Kehinde Omoloja
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering (2021-present)
Ajay Shankaran
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering (2020-present)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio (2020)
Hobbies: Outside research, Ajay enjoys practicing trombone and working out.
Fulei Wuchu
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2021-present)
Research Technicians
Undergraduate Students
Elaine Elias Azar
Biomedical Engineering
Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
Emily Pollack
Undergraduate Student (Sophomore), Department of Biomedical Engineering (Class of 2026).
Isabel Reid
Undergraduate Student(Junior), Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science (Class of 2024)
Naisha Phadke
Undergraduate Student (Freshman), Department of Biomedical Engineering (Class of 2026).
Salma Osama Amin
Biomedical Engineering
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering
High School Students
Lab Alumni – Graduate Students and Postdocs
Abhinav Achreja
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2016-2023)
Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University (2016)
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2012)
Current position: Eli Lilly
Anjali Mittal
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering (2017-2023)
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2017)
Anusha Jayaraman
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2018-2020)
Ph.D. Biotechnology, University of Barcelona, Spain (2016)
Masters in Quality in Analytical Laboratories (EMQAL program), Gdansk University of Technology, Poland and University of Barcelona, Spain (2011)
B.Tech. Biotechnology, SASTRA University, India (2007)
Bahar Salimian Rizi
B.S. Chemical Engineering (2010), Amirkabir Technology of Tehran, Iran
Ph.D Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2015), Rice University Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2017), MD Anderson Cancer Center
Currently at Seahorse Bioscience (Agilent Technologies)
Christine Caneba
B.S. Chemical Engineering (2008), Cornell University
Ph.D. Bioengineering (2013), Rice University
Post-doctoral Fellow (2014-16), University of Wisconsin, Madison
Associate Research Scientist (2016-present), PPD Biopharmaceuticals
Eric Krawczyk
M.S. Conservation Ecology (2017) University of Michigan
B.S. Environmental Science and Biology (2014) Augustana College
Laboratory Technician, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Current Position: PhD Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies (2020-present) University of Illinois at Chicago
Frank Weinberg
Clinical Fellow, Hematology and Oncology, Michigan Medicine (2016-Jan. 2021)
MD Internal Medicine Residency, University of Michigan (2016)
MD University of Illinois (2014)
Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology, Northwestern University (2010)
BS, Chemistry and Psychology, Case Western Reserve University (2003)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago
Hongyun Zhao
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2016-2017)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University (2011)
Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University (2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (2016-18)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Itisam Sarangi
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2020-2024)
Joelle Baddour
B.S. Chemical Engineering (2010), University of Dayton
M.S. Bioengineering (2012), University of Dayton
Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2016), Rice University
Currently at XTuit Pharmaceuticals
Lifeng Yang
B.S. Chemical Engineering (2010), Tianjin University, China
Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2016), Rice University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rabinowitz Lab, Princeton University
Noah Meurs
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2018-2024)
B.S. Bioengineering, University of California San Diego (2018)
Praveen Kumar
B. Tech. Industrial Biotechnology (2007), Shanmugha Arts, Sci. Tech. and Research Academy, India.
M. S. Quality in analytical Laboratories (2010), Universidade do Algarve, Portugal.
Ph.D. Food safety testing (2014) Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
Postdoctoral Researcher (2019-2020), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, USA.
Research Manager / Research Scientist (2020-present), Mass Spectrometry Research Center, University of Maryland, USA.
Srinadh Choppara
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2019-2023)
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Cancer Biology Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India (2011-2019)
M.Sc. Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India (2008-2010)
B.Sc. Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India (2005-2008)
Suny Hong Kim
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2018-2019)
Ph.D. Cancer Biology, University of Michigan (2016)
B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan (2011)
Thasni Karedath
PhD, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, India Senior Research specialist, Weill Cornell Medical Center (Genomics Division).
Yufan Qin
MSE Student , Department of Chemical Engineering (2020-2021))
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2020)
Hobbies: Swimming, Playing Piano.
Ziwen Zhu
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2016-2020)
PhD. Biomedical Engineering (2020), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S. Bioimaging (2016), Boston University
B.S. Biological Engineering (2015), University of Missouri
Lab Alumni – Masters and Undergraduate Students
Aaron Damm
B.S. Chemical Engineering (2010), University of Houston
M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2012), Rice University
Alona Bozhchenko
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2013), Rice University
Claire Kalajian
Undergraduate Student (Sophomore), Department of Biomedical Engineering (Class of 2023).
Claire hobbies include skiing, hiking, reading, yoga and spending time with family and friends.
Deborah Tan
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biochemistry (2018-present)
Delisa Somoye
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2012), Rice University
Gael Abitbol
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2018-present)
Jingting Lu (Nicole)
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2013), Rice University
Joseph Ni
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2017), Rice University
Josh Eames-Cepero
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2013), Rice University
Julia Win
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2014), Rice University
Justin Reinhold
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2016-present)
Katherine Stiles
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2016), Rice University
Lisa Chiba
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2016), Rice University
Lisa Jiang
B.S. Bioengineering (2011), Rice University Currently an Applications Engineer at National Instruments
Mathew Derichsweiler
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2016), Rice University
Nimesh Tailor
Undergraduate Student (Freshman), Department of Biomedical Engineering (minor in Computer science)-Intended (2019-present)
Piush Sarkar
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, (Class of 2024)
Pooja Parikh
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2017-present)
Radina Khalid
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2016), Rice University
Rebecca Curtis
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2015), Rice University
Ryuichi Nakahara
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2017), Rice University
Sergio Quispe Sanchez
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, (Class of 2024)
Seth Padmabandu
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2016), Rice University
Shivangi Sinha
Undergraduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering (2018-present)
Stephen Wahlig
B.S. Bioengineering (2015), Rice University
M.D. Candidate, Duke University School of Medicine
Tejus Mane
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2012), Rice University
Thomas Plackemeier
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2017), Rice University
Xinran Lie
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2015), Rice University
PhD Candidate, California Institute of Technology