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Principal Investigator<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Gregory Hudalla, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor | Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ghudalla@bme.ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post-Doc\/Scientists<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Arun Wanchoo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post-Doc Infectious Disease, University of Florida (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Florida (2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Microbiology Cell Science, University of Florida (2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ayumi Shigemoto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Chemical Engineering Tokai University (2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Engineering, Tokai University (2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Junha Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. | Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Applied Chemical and Biological Engineering, Ajou University (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Stephanie Herrera<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Canditate| Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lucas Melgar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Biomedical Sciences, University of South Florida (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Physics, University of South Florida (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Adolphson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MD\/Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zhuo ‘Carl’ Chen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student | Biomedical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Biotechnology, Northwest A&F University (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Masters Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

 Maheeka Pandita | Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret Fettis | Biomedical Engineering 2019 | Georgia Tech. PostDoc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antonietta Restuccia | Biomedical Engineering 2018 | Cytonvance Biologics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaheen Farhadi | Biomedical Engineering 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dillon Seroski | Biomedical Engineering 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bethsymarie Soto Morales | Biomedical Engineering 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yaohua Wei | Materials Science & Engineering 2015 | University of Twente (Ph.D.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rakshaa Mureli | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | ATGC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Knox | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | Oxygen Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tianwei Huang | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | University of Tokyo (Ph.D.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inha Baek | Biomedical Engineering 2017 | UMass Amherst (Ph.D.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Herrera | Biomedical Engineering 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalia Fabela | Biomedical Engineering 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juanpablo Olguin | Biomedical Engineering 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megan Sanders | Biomedical Engineering 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Lupu | Biomedical Engineering 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Paonessa | Biomedical Engineering 2015 | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony Sorrentino | Biomedical Engineering 2016 | University of Florida College of Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Sheridan | Materials Science & Engineering 2017 | Johnson & Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryan Blaise | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zachary Bryant | Biomedical Engineering 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Molinaro | Biomedical Engineering 2018 | MD\/Ph.D. Penn. State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abigail Zeigler | 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryant J Kane | 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leilani Astrab | 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madisen Domayer | 2024 | Ph.D. Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ross Jackson | 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Bonasera | 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Science Training Program (SSTP) Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jay Patel | 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyle Coady | 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayank Kotadia | 2016 | University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9s Cruz-Sanch\u00e9z | 2017 | Brown University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truman Roland | 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devanshi Wable | 2023 | University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabrielle J. Frei | 2023 | Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derek Gonzalez | 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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