Alumni
Postdocs and Medical Fellows
Gabriel Rodriguez Rivera, PhD,ÌýFall 2022-Summer 2024
Project: Injectable Hydrogels for Cardiac Tissue Repair
Current:
Taimoor Qazi, PhD,ÌýSpring 2019-Summer 2022
Project: Engineered Granular Hydrogels for Endogeneous Tissue Repair
Current:
Claire Witherel, PhD,ÌýFall 2019-Fall 2021
Project: Drug Delivery in Osteoarthritis
Current:
Claudia Loebel, MD, PhD,ÌýSummer 2016-Summer 2021Ìý
Project: Visualizing and Engineering Cell-Hydrogel InteractionsÌýÌý
Current:
Andy Daly, PhD,ÌýSpring 2018-Spring 2021Ìý
Project: Biofabrication in Cardiac Tissue ModelsÌýÌý
Current:
Katrina Wisdom, PhD,ÌýFall 2018-Spring 2020Ìý
Project: Injectable Hydrogels in Cartilage RepairÌýÌý
Current:
Mikyung Shin, PhD,ÌýSpring 2018-Summer 2019Ìý
Project: Gallol-based HA Hydrogels for Injection and 3D PrintingÌýÌý
Current:
Kwang Hoon Song, PhD,ÌýSummer 2015-Summer 2019Ìý
Project: 3D Printing and Electrospinning of Structured HydrogelsÌý
Current:
Sebastian Vega, PhD,ÌýSpring 2015-Summer 2018Ìý
Project: Screening Hydrogel Microenvironments for Cartilage RepairÌýÌý
Current:
Christopher Highley, PhD,ÌýFall 2012-Fall 2017Ìý
Project: 3D-printing of HydrogelsÌýÌý
Current:
Yi-Cheun Yeh, PhD,ÌýFall 2014-Summer 2017Ìý
Project: Biodegradable and Dynamic ElastomersÌýÌý
Current:
Adrianne Rosales, PhD,ÌýFall 2014-Summer 2017 (visiting postdoc)Ìý
Project: Dynamic Photoresponsive HydrogelsÌýÌý
Current:
Kalil Abdullah, MD,ÌýSummer 2016-Summer 2017Ìý
Project: Injectable Hydrogels to treat GlioblastomaÌýÌý
Current:
Su-Chin Heo, PhD,ÌýSummer 2015-Fall 2016Ìý
Project: Cell Migration through Fibrous MatricesÌýÌý
Current:
Dawn Pedrotty, MD, PhD,ÌýSummer 2015-Summer 2016Ìý
Project: Injectable Hydrogels in Cardiac RepairÌýÌý
Current:
Steven Caliari, PhD,ÌýFall 2013-Summer 2016Ìý
Project: Dynamic Hydrogels to Probe Mechanotransduction in DiseaseÌýÌý
Current:
Julianne Holloway, PhD,ÌýSummer 2012-Fall 2015Ìý
Project: Engineered Hydrogels for Musculoskeletal ApplicationsÌýÌý
Current:
Brendan Purcell, PhD,ÌýSummer 2013-Summer 2014Ìý
Project: MMP-Degradable Hydrogels for Cardiac RepairÌýÌý
Current:
Will Gramlich, PhD,ÌýSpring 2012-Summer 2013Ìý
Project: Spatiotemporal Patterning in Hyaluronic Acid HydrogelsÌýÌý
Current:
Murat Guvendiren, PhD,ÌýSummer 2008-Summer 2013Ìý
Project: Cellular Interactions with Dynamic and Patterned MaterialsÌýÌý
Current:
Danielle Soranno, MD,ÌýSummer 2011-Summer 2013Ìý
Project: Injectable Hydrogels to treat Obstructive NephropathyÌýÌý
Current:
Liming Bian, PhD,ÌýFall 2009-Summer 2012Ìý
Project: MSC Chondrogenesis and Hypertrophy in Engineered Hyaluronic Acid HydrogelsÌýÌý
Current:
Harini Sundararaghavan, PhD,ÌýFall 2008-Summer 2011Ìý
Project: Engineering Fibrous Hydrogel Scaffolds to Modulate Cellular InteractionsÌýÌý
Current:
Manoj Charati, PhD,ÌýFall 2008-Fall 2010Ìý
Project: Engineered Polypeptide-based HydrogelsÌýÌý
Current:
Sujata Sahoo, PhD,ÌýFall 2006-Fall 2007Ìý
Project: Synthesis of Hydrolytically Degradable Hyaluronic Acid HydrogelsÌý
Current:
PhD Students
Karen Xu, PhD,ÌýNIH F30 PredoctoralÌýFellow, Fall 2020 to Spring 2024Ìý
Dissertation:ÌýEngineering Hydrogel Microstructure to Promote Meniscus Repair
Current:
Victoria Muir, PhD,ÌýNSF Graduate Research Fellow, Summer 2018 to Summer 2022Ìý
Dissertation:ÌýDesigning Hyaluronic Acid Granular Hydrogels for Biomaterials Applications
Current:
Margaret Prendergast, PhD,ÌýNSF Graduate Research Fellow,ÌýFall 2018 to Summer 2022 (currently: J&J/Janssen)
Dissertation:ÌýFundamentals and Application of 3D Suspension Bath Bioprinting for the Engineering of Meniscal Tissue
Current:
​Selen Uman, PhD,ÌýAHA Predoctoral Fellow,ÌýFall 2018 to Summer 2022 (currently: finishing MD, UPenn)
Dissertation:ÌýInjectable Hydrogels to Deliver Extracellular Vesicles for Treatment after Myocardial Infarction
Current:
Jonathan Galarraga, PhD,ÌýNSF Graduate Research Fellow,ÌýFall 2016 to Fall 2021 (currently: Vivodyne)
Dissertation: Biofabrication Approaches with Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Cartilage RepairÌý
Current:
Minna Chen, PhD,ÌýAHA Fellow, Fall 2013-Summer 2019Ìý
Dissertation: Injectable Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for the Delivery of Cell-based Therapeutics to the HeartÌý
Current:
Mi Kwon, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Spring 2014-Summer 2019Ìý
Dissertation: Engineering the Interface: Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels that Mediate MSC Chondrogenesis for Cartilage Tissue EngineeringÌý
Current:
Josh Mealy, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Spring 2014-Summer 2018Ìý
Dissertation: Guest-host Interactions to Engineer Injectable Hydrogels for Controlled Degradation and Release for Cardiac RepairÌý
Current:
Leo Wang, PhD,ÌýNIH F30 Fellow, Fall 2014-Spring 2018Ìý
Dissertation: Injectable Hydrogels to Deliver RNA Interference Therapeutics for Myocardial InfarctionÌý
Current:
Christopher Rodell,ÌýPhD, AHA Fellow, Spring 2012-Summer 2016Ìý
Dissertation: Development of Shear-thinning and Self-healing Hydrogels through Guest-Host Interactions for Biomedical ApplicationsÌý
Current:
Ryan Wade, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Fall 2010-Summer 2015Ìý
Dissertation: Engineering Extracellular Matrix Signals into Fibrous Hyaluronic Acid HydrogelsÌý
Current:
Shauna Dorsey, PhD,ÌýSpring 2011-Fall 2014Ìý
Dissertation: MRI Evaluation of Injectable Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Therapy to Attenuate Myocardial Infarct RemodelingÌý
Current:
Iris Kim Marklein, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Spring 2010-Summer 2014Ìý
Dissertation: Engineered Fibrous Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Cartilage RepairÌý
Current:
Brendan Purcell, PhD,ÌýSpring 2009-Summer 2013Ìý
Dissertation: Injectable Hydrogels for Local Protein Delivery to Engineer Myocardial RemodelingÌý
Current:
Ross A. Marklein, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Fall 2007-Summer 2012Ìý
Dissertation: Spatially and Temporally Controlled Mechanical Signals to Direct Human Stem Cell BehaviorÌý
Current:
Elena Kichula (Tous), PhD,ÌýSpring 2009-Summer 2012Ìý
Dissertation: Tunable Acellular Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Systems to Attenuate Left Ventricular RemodelingÌý
Current:
Sudhir Khetan, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Spring 2008-Summer 2012Ìý
Dissertation: Engineering Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Degradation to Control Cellular Interactions and Adult Stem Cell Fate in 3DÌý
Current:
Joshua S. Katz, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Spring 2007-Spring 2011Ìý
Dissertation: Chemical Modifications to Vesicle Forming Diblock Copolymers: Development of Smart Functional Polymersome MembranesÌý
Current:
Jamie L. Ifkovits, PhD,ÌýAHA Predoctoral Fellow, Spring 2006-Summer 2010Ìý
Dissertation: Acellular and Radically Polymerized Biodegradable Materials to Control Tissue Interactions after Myocardial InfarctionÌý
Current:
Darren M. Brey, PhD,ÌýFall 2005-Summer 2010Ìý
Dissertation: Combinatorial Polymer Synthesis and High-throughput Screening Technology to Identify Optimal Approaches for Mineralized Tissue EngineeringÌý
Current:
Cindy Chung, PhD,ÌýNSF Fellow, Summer 2004-Summer 2009Ìý
Dissertation: Development and Characterization of Photocrosslinkable Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Cartilage RegenerationÌý
Current:
Visiting PhD Students
Stefan Pendlmayr,ÌýFall 2023, (PhD, Aarhus University)Ìý
Manuela Garay Sarmiento,ÌýFall 2022, (PhD, DWI Leibniz)Ìý
Bárbara Mendes,ÌýSpring 2019-Summer 2019 (PhD, University of Minho)
Sara Trujillo-Munoz,ÌýFall 2016 (PhD, University of Glasgow - Scotland)
Liliang Ouyang,ÌýSummer 2015-Fall 2016 (PhD, Tsinghua University - China)
Renata Sala,ÌýSummer 2015-Summer 2016 (PhD, Federal University of Sao Carlos - Brazil)
Cheng-Hung Chou,ÌýSpring 2007-Spring 2008 (PhD, National Taiwan University)
Masters Students
Sara Boyd,ÌýSpring 2023-Summer 2024 (MS, CU Materials Science & Engineering)
Bradley Taha,ÌýSpring 2022-Spring 2023 (MS, CU Chemical Engineering)
Liah Dukaye,ÌýFall 2021 (MS, Penn Materials Science & Engineering)
Gabe Mickel,ÌýFall 2018-Summer 2019 (MS, Penn Nanotechnology)
Tibby Duan,ÌýSpring 2018-Spring 2019 (MS, Penn BE)
Andrew Rouff,ÌýSummer 2016-Spring 2017 (MS, Penn BE)
Mu-Huan Lee,ÌýFall 2016-Summer 2017 (MS, Penn BE/MSE)
James Howard,ÌýSummer 2016-Spring 2017 (MS, Penn MSE)
Janna Sloand,ÌýSummer 2015-Spring 2016 (MS, Penn BE)
Neville Dusaj,ÌýSummer 2015-Spring 2016 (MS, Penn Biochemistry)
Henry Ma,ÌýSpring 2013-Spring 2014 (MS, Penn BE)
Stephen Leong,ÌýSpring 2013-Spring 2014 (MS, Penn CBE)
Vanessa Chou,ÌýFall 2012-Spring 2013 (MS, Penn BE)
Hoang "Jack" Lu,ÌýFall 2010-Summer 2012 (MS, Penn BE)
Heather Weber,ÌýFall 2010-Summer 2011 (MS, Penn BE)
Kolin C. Hribar,ÌýSummer 2009-Spring 2011 (MS, Penn BE)
Vyas Ramanan,ÌýFall 2009-Spring 2011 (MS, Penn BE)
Ian Lee,ÌýSpring 2009-Fall 2009 (MS, Penn BE)
Derrick Hsu,ÌýSpring 2009-Fall 2009 (BS/MS, Penn MSE)
David Lau,ÌýSummer 2008-Fall 2008 (MS, Penn BE)
Jeffrey Devlin,ÌýSpring 2008-Summer 2008 (MS, Penn BE)
Yousef Mazhar,ÌýSummer 2007 (MS/MBA Candidate, Penn)
Anthony Fargnoli,ÌýSpring 2007 (MS, Systems Engineering, Penn)
Undergraduate Students
Joshua Lee,ÌýSummer 2024 (NSF REU Program)
Lovie Deloney,ÌýSummer 2024 (NSF REU Program)
Bianca Meurer-zeman,ÌýFall 2023-Spring 2024Ìý
Jonathan Taasan,ÌýSummer 2023Ìý
Shoshana Weintraub,ÌýSpring 2020-Spring 2022 (Littlejohn Program)
Bruce Enzmann,ÌýSummer 2020-Summer 2021 (NSF REU Program)
Julio Rivera De Jesus,ÌýSummer 2021 (NSF REU Program)
Kayla Brown,ÌýSummer 2021 (NSF REU Program)
Christina Hummel,ÌýSummer 2019 (NSF REU Program)
Patricia Mensah,ÌýSummer 2019 (SUIP Program)
Zhengkun Chen,ÌýFall 2018 (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Anna Schoonen,ÌýSummer 2018 (NSF REU Program)
Nikolas Di Caprio,ÌýSummer 2018 (NSF REU Program)
Claude King,ÌýSummer 2017 (NSF REU Program)
Jon Durel,ÌýSummer 2017 (NSF REU Program)
Matthew Morrow,ÌýSummer 2016 (NSF REU Program)
Elizabeth Soulas,ÌýSummer 2015 (NSF REU Program)
Justin Morena,ÌýSpring 2015 to Summer 2015 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Gi Yun Lee,ÌýSpring 2014 to Spring 2015 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Ethan Bassin,ÌýSummer 2013 to Spring 2015 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Jeffrey Chudakoff,ÌýFall 2014 to Spring 2015 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Leron Arama,ÌýSpring 2012 to Spring 2014 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Bria Macklin,ÌýSummer 2014 (North Carolina A&T State University, SUIP Program)
Zoe Steier,ÌýSummer 2014 (MIT, REU Program)
James Howard,ÌýSummer 2014 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Emily Zhang,ÌýSummer 2011-Summer 2013 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Adam Kaminski,ÌýSummer 2013 (Dickinson College)
Cassi Henderson,ÌýSpring 2013(BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Mollie Sussman,ÌýFall 2010-Spring 2013 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Steve Leung,ÌýFall 2012-Spring 2013 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Logan Troppito,ÌýFall 2012-Spring 2013 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Julie Xu,ÌýFall 2012-Spring 2013 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Teddy Guenin,ÌýSummer 2012 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Nailah Seale,ÌýSummer 2012 (Howard University, REU Program)
Greg Winter,ÌýSummer 2012 (High School Student)
Emily Zhang,ÌýSummer 2011 (High School Student)
Yuk Mun Li,ÌýSummer 2011 (Syracuse University, REU Program)
David Zhai,ÌýSpring 2010-Summer 2011 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Cyrus Huang,ÌýFall 2010-Spring 2011 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Fabio Raman,ÌýFall 2010-Spring 2011 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Sophia Chen,ÌýFall 2010-Spring 2011 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Cari Meisel,ÌýSpring 2010-Summer 2010 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Ormarie Vazquez,ÌýSummer 2010 (University of Puerto Rico, REU Program)
Matthew Canver,ÌýFall 2009-Spring 2010 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Zen Liu,ÌýSummer 2008-Spring 2010 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Michael Beecham,ÌýSpring 2008-Spring 2010 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Katherine Wu,ÌýSpring 2007-Spring 2010 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Vyas Ramanan,ÌýSummer 2008-Summer 2009 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Kolin Hribar,ÌýSummer 2008-Spring 2009 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Robert Mozia,ÌýSummer 2007-Summer 2008 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Eric Cohen,ÌýSummer 2009-Fall 2009 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Anthony Peters,ÌýFall 2008-Spring 2009 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Ben Hsu,ÌýFall 2008-Spring 2009 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Ludovic Vincent,ÌýFall 2008-Spring 2009 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Louis Wang,ÌýFall 2008-Spring 2009 (MSE Undergraduate, Penn)
Rachel Howitt,ÌýSpring 2008-Fall 2008 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Felix Messerschmitt,ÌýSpring 2008 (ETH Visiting Student)
Robert Metter,ÌýSummer 2006-Spring 2008 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Chia Wu,ÌýFall 2007-Spring 2008 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Jason Phan,ÌýFall 2007-Spring 2008 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Daniela Michelis,ÌýFall 2007-Spring 2008 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Elizabeth Hirst,ÌýSummer 2007 (George Washington University, REU Program)
Andrea Tan,ÌýSummer 2006-Summer 2007 (BE/MSE Undergraduate, Penn)
Clarence Quah,ÌýSpring 2007 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Radhika Gupta,ÌýFall 2006-Spring 2007 (MSE Undergraduate, Penn)
Alex Kent,ÌýFall 2006-Spring 2007 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Will Lee,ÌýFall 2006-Spring 2007 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Sounok Sen,ÌýFall 2006-Spring 2007 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
An Nguyen,ÌýFall 2006-Spring 2007 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)
Surbhi Puri,ÌýFall 2005-Spring 2006 (BE Undergraduate, Penn)