People

Principal Investigator

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Gregory Hudalla, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | Biomedical Engineering

ghudalla@bme.ufl.edu

Post-Doc/Scientists

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Arun Wanchoo

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering

Post-Doc Infectious Disease, University of Florida (2017)

Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Florida (2014)

B.S. Microbiology Cell Science, University of Florida (2007)

Ayumi Shigemoto

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering

B.S. Chemical Engineering Tokai University (2008)

M.S. Engineering, Tokai University (2010)

Graduate Students

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Stephanie Herrera

Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering

M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida (2020)

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2017)

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Junha Park

Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering

M.S. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2019)

B.S. Applied Chemical and Biological Engineering, Ajou University (2017)

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Lucas Melgar

Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering

M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida (2022)

B.S. Biomedical Sciences, University of South Florida (2019)

B.S. Physics, University of South Florida (2019)

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Alex Adolphson

MD/Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida (2020)

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Zhuo ‘Carl’ Chen

Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering

B.S. Biotechnology, Northwest A&F University (2021)

Masters Students

 Maheeka Pandita | Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate Students

Alumni

Ph.D. Graduates

Margaret Fettis | Biomedical Engineering 2019 | Georgia Tech. PostDoc

Antonietta Restuccia | Biomedical Engineering 2018 | Cytonvance Biologics

Shaheen Farhadi | Biomedical Engineering 2020

Dillon Seroski | Biomedical Engineering 2020

Bethsymarie Soto Morales | Biomedical Engineering 2023

M.S. Graduates

Yaohua Wei | Materials Science & Engineering 2015 | University of Twente (Ph.D.)

Rakshaa Mureli | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | ATGC

Kevin Knox | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | Oxygen Development

Tianwei Huang | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | University of Tokyo (Ph.D.)

Inha Baek | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | UMass Amherst (Ph.D.)

Stephanie Herrera | Biomedical Engineering 2020

Natalia Fabela | Biomedical Engineering 2020

Juanpablo Olguin | Biomedical Engineering 2023

Megan Sanders | Biomedical Engineering 2024

B.S. Graduates

Alex Lupu | Biomedical Engineering 2015

Michael Paonessa | Biomedical Engineering 2015 | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Anthony Sorrentino | Biomedical Engineering 2016 | University of Florida College of Medicine

Stephanie Sheridan | Materials Science & Engineering 2017 | Johnson & Johnson

Bryan Blaise | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 2017

Zachary Bryant | Biomedical Engineering 2017

Matthew Molinaro | Biomedical Engineering 2018 | MD/Ph.D. Penn. State

Abigail Zeigler | 2022

Bryant J Kane | 2022

Leilani Astrab | 2022

Madisen Domayer | 2024 | Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

Ross Jackson | 2025

Jason Bonasera | 2025

Student Science Training Program (SSTP) Students

Jay Patel | 2014

Kyle Coady | 2015

Mayank Kotadia | 2016 | University of Florida

Andrés Cruz-Sanchéz | 2017 | Brown University

Truman Roland | 2018

Devanshi Wable | 2023 | University of Florida

Gabrielle J. Frei | 2023 | Vanderbilt University

Derek Gonzalez | 2025