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Postdocs, Research Associates, and Visiting Scientists
Dr. Eleana Manousiouthakis
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Florida, 2019-2023
Current: Novel Farms (Berkeley, CA)
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Dr. Young Hye Song (website)
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Florida, 2016-2019
Current: Assist. Professor, BME, U. Arkansas
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Dr. Rebecca A. Wachs (website)
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Florida, 2014-2016
Current: Assist. Professor, U. Nebraska
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Hyma Durgam
Research Associate II and Lab Manager
University of Texas at Austin, 2000-2013
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Dr. Joo-Woon Lee
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2006
Current: Professor, Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT)
Dr. Jorge A. Mojica Santiago
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Florida, 2018-2022
Current:3D Systems (Houston, TX)
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Stacy L. Porvasnik
Research Coordinator 3 and Lab Manager
University of Florida, 2013-2019
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Dr. Zin Khaing (website)
Research Assist. Scientist/Postdoctoral Assoc.
UT Austin and UF, 2006-2014
Current: Instructor/Research Faculty, U. Washington
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Dr. Scott Zawko
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2011-2012
Current: Kymanox (Durham, NC)
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Dr. Rebecca Sheller
Visiting Professor
University of Texas at Austin, 2001-2002
Dr. Nora Hlavac
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Florida, 2019-2021
Current: Charleston County School District in South Carolina
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Dr. Sahba Mobini (website)
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Florida, 2016-2018
Current: Cuenta oficial del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Dr. John Hardy (website)
Postdoctoral Associate
UT Austin and UF, 2010-2014
Current: Lecturer/Assist. Professor, Lancaster University (UK)
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Dr. Eduardo (Lalo) Pena
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2008-2009
Ph.D. Graduates
Mary Kasper
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2022
Current: Aqua Cultured Foods (Chicago, IL)
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Benjamin Spearman
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2019
Current: Axogen (Tampa, FL)
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Chase Cornelison (Website)
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Current: Assist. Professor, BME, U. Massachusetts, Amherst
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Derek Hernandez
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Current: ION Biosciences (San Marcos, TX)
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Ryan Nagao
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Current: Nova Nordisk (Seattle, WA)
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John Fonner
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Current: Texas Advanced Computing Center (Austin, TX)
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Jae Lee (website)
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Current: Assoc. Professor, Gwangju Inst. of Science and Tech. (GIST; South Korea)
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Nathalie Guimard
Chemistry
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Current: Smith and Nephew (Zurich, Switzerland)
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Natalia Gomez
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Current: Amgen (Thousand Oaks, CA)
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Jennie Baier Leach (website)
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Current: Associate Professor, Univ. of Maryland – Baltimore County
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Tyrell Rivers
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Current: AstraZeneca (Gaithersburg, MD)
Deanna Bousalis
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2021
Current: Food and Drug Administration, FDA (Washington, DC)
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Christopher Lacko
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Current: Integra LifeSciences (Scotch Plains, NJ)
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Sydney Geissler
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Current: Straumann Group (Basel, Switzerland)
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Richelle Thomas
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, Dec.2013
Current: Owens Corning (Columbus, Ohio)
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Hieu Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Current: Research Scientist, University of Texas at Austin
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Leandro (Leo) Forciniti
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Current: Becton Dickinson (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
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Shalu Suri
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Current: Associate Director of the NSF Cell Manufacturing ERC, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Scott Zawko
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Current: Kymanox (Durham, NC)
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Archit Sanghvi
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Current: Pearl Hospitality (Houston, TX)
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Terry Hudson
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Current: Denali Therapeutics (Draper, UT)
Michaela Mertz McCrary
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2020
Current: National Institutes of Health, NCI (Bethesda, MD)
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Nikunj (Nik) Agrawal
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Current: Axogen (Tampa, FL)
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Richelle Thomas
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, Dec.2013
Current: Owens Corning (Columbus, Ohio)
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Sarah Mayes
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Current: Co-Founder, Alafair Biosciences (Austin, TX)
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Eric Spivey (website)
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Current: Assist. Research Professor, Vanderbilt
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Stephanie Seidlits (website)
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Current: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
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Jonathan Nickels (website)
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Current: Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati
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Curt Deister
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Current: Axogen (Tampa, FL)
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Jessica Winter (website)
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2004
Current: Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University
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Beth Furnish Oehrtman
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Current: Business Entrepreneur (Chandler, AZ)
M.S. Graduates
Bryan Ibarra
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2021
Syed-Mustafa Jamal
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Alex Hyyti
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2014
Mike Hixson
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Prachi Dixit
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Nicole Bohmann
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2020
Brittany Russ
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2016
Francisco (Kiko) Serna
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2007
John Carnagey
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Julie Fischbeck
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Jonathan Griffin
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Shangjing Xin
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2015
Current: Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University (China)
Abdel Abdel-Barr
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Aruna Kotwal
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Joel Collier (website)
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Current: Theodore Kennedy Professor of
Biomedical Engineering, Duke University