Alumni

Elizabeth Bender, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Reserch topic: Modulating Lipid-Polymer Nanoparticles’ Physicochemical Properties to Alter Macrophage Uptake

Wenbai Huang, (co-­‐supervised) Exercise Physiology, UT Austin

Research topic: Soluble components from mesenchymal stromal cell processing exert anti-inflammatory effects and facilitate ischemic muscle regeneration

Jessica Widman, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Research topic: Engineering Gold Nanoshapes to Investigate the Influence of
Nanoparticle Shape on Biologic Interactions

 Hattie Schunk, MS (co-­‐supervised) Chemical Engineering, UT Austin

Research topic: Assessing the range of enzymatic and oxidative tunability for biosensor design

Chelsea Kraynak, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Reserch topic: Modulating inflammatory macrophages with an apoptotic body-inspired nanoparticle

Alex Noblett, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Research topic: Biological buffer-mediated self-assembly of modular nucleo-peptide
hydrogels for tissue engineering applications

Derek Hernandez, Postdoctoral Associate, 2017-­‐2020, Chemical Engineering, UT Austin

Kiheon Baek, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Research topic: Design of self-assembling nucleo-peptide hydrogels for molecular self-assembly study and functional biomaterials development

Kabir Dhada, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Research topic: Gold nanorods as photoacoustic nanoprobes to detect proinflammatory macrophages and inflammation

Shane Allen, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Research Topic: The Role of Extracellular Matrix Stiffness on Tumor Progression