Ph.D Graduates

Robert Accolla, Ph.D.
Awards: NIH NHLBI NRSA F31 Fellowship Awardee
Currently a Process Development Scientist at Humacyte, NC

Smit Patel, Ph.D.
Founder of Fuzn Studio, a scientific art and design company

Ying Li, Ph.D.
Awards: College of Medicine Outstanding International Student Awardee 2018
Currently a Research Scientist at Gilead Sciences

Nicholas Abuid, Ph.D.
Awards: NIH NIDDK T32 Predoctoral Fellow Awardee
Currently a Field Application Scientist at Carterra

Jiapu Liang, Ph.D.
Awards: 2020 TERMIS Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award
Currently in Business Development at Twist Bioscience

Anthony Frei, PhD
Currently a Product Development Director at Medline Industries

Kaiyuan Jiang, PhD
Currently an Associate Director at Janssen R&D Pharm, J&J

Maria Coronel, PhD
Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2016
Awards: Awarded NIH NIRSA Predoctoral Fellowship
Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Lab Website

Jaime Giraldo, Ph.D.
Currently an Associate Director at JDRF International

Ethan Yang, Ph.D., MD
Currently Director, New Business Development and Clinical Sciences at Venus Medtech

Jessica Weaver, Ph.D.
Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Lab Website

Christopher Fraker, Ph.D.
Currently a Research Associate Professor at the Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami
Lab Website

Eileen Pedraza, Ph.D.
Awards: Awarded NIH NIRSA Predoctoral Fellowship and Best BME Graduating Ph.D.
Currently a Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Baptist Healthcare
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
- Kerim Gattás Asfura, Ph.D., Former Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Scientist
- Deborah Chaimov, Ph.D., Former Postdoctoral Fellow, Currently a Process Engineer III at Resilience
- Hernan Rengifo, PhD., Former Postdoctoral Fellow, Currently Principal Scientist in R&D at Trividia Health.
- Alice Tomei, PhD., Former Postdoctoral Fellow, Currently Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami
- Ann-Christina Brady, M.D., Former Medical Fellow, Currently an Associate Professor in Pediatric Surgery at the University of Miami
MS Graduates
- Madison Deller, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2022 Graduated
- Edgar Cubillo, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2022 Graduated
- Wei-Chun Weng, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2022 Graduated
- Pei-Shan Huang, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2021 Graduated
- Sydney Wiggins, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2020 Graduated
- Anthony Lukoh, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020 Graduated
- Chuqiao Sun, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2018-2019 Graduated
- Yanan Rong, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2018-2019 Graduated
- Ding Yang, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2018-2019 Graduated
- Saumarita Kar, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2018-2019 Graduated
- Ashwin Veiraj, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2018-2019 Graduated
- Daniel LaShoto, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2018 Graduated
- Madhuvanthi Soundira Rajan, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2017-2018
- Shachi Patel, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2017 – 2018 Graduated
- Magdalena Samojlik, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2016 –2017 Graduated
- Xiongjian Chen, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2015 – 2017 Graduated
- Yanjunyi Li, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2015 – 2017 Graduated
- Mike Valdes, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, 2012-2014, Graduated
- Viky Verna, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, 2008-2009, Graduated
- Kristina (Finn) Hall, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, 2007-2009
Bachelor Graduates
- Shelby Hucharski, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Cristina Isusi Silgo, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2020-2021
- Jose Torres, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Layan Hanouch, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Sofia Alemar, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019 -2020
- Baltazar Lopez Sardi, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Ashley Norris, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Summer 2019
- Marlon Loaisiga, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Rylee Gorman, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Amberlyn Hauck, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Caterian Zientek, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Gantt Meredith, UF Undergraduate Scholar, BME, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Jake Bloom, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, 2019-2020
- Deepti Singam, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Summer 2018-2019
- Amy Emerson, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Summer 2018
- Danielle Quevedo, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Summer 2018
- Alexia Poulos, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Summer 2018
- Michael Youseef, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Summer 2018
- Eri Vishka, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Summer 2018
- Danielle Miller, UF Undergraduate Scholar, BME, University of Florida, 2018-2019
- Emily Schofield, Undergraduate Research Project, BME, University of Florida, Summer 2017 to 2019
- Minh C Dang, Undergraduate Research Project, ChemE, University of Florida, Spring 2016 to 2018
- Steven Barash, UF Undergraduate Scholar, BME, University of Florida, Spring 2016 to Fall 2017
- Ryan Geusz, Summer Honors Research Program, University of Miami, Summer 2014
- Joshua Kronefield, Medical School, University of Miami, Summer Intern, Summer 2014
- Amy Tannenbaum, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer Intern, Summer 2014
- Amanda Candelaria, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer Intern, Summer 2014.
- Courtney Johnson, NIH NIDDK-sponsored StepUP (Short Term Research Program for Underrepresented Persons) Participant, Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Summer 2013
- Courtney Brunton Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall-Spring 2009
- Evan Cohen, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer Intern, Summer 2013
- Albert Sueiras, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
- Juan Lopez, Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) scholar, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer 2011
- Michael Valdes, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
- Matthew Maggio, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
- Sarah Rowlinson, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
- Kystal Atia, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Spring 2011-Fall 2011
- Steve Sukert, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Summer Intern, Summer 2010
- Matthew Maggio, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer 2010
- Krystal Atia, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer 2010
- Rui Wang, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer Intern, Summer 2009.
- Elyse Barrett, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer Intern, Summer 2009
- Michael Valdes, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer 2009 & 2010
- Maria Coronel, Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Summer Intern, Summer 2009.
- Rui Wang, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Summer 2009-Spring 2010
- Jessica Weaver, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Summer 2008-Spring 2009
- Carrie Allison, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall-Spring 2009
- Leslie Goldburg, Biomedical Engineering, Rice University, Summer 2008
- Juan P. Rojas, Senior Design Project, Florida International University, Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
- Maria Jiron, Senior Design Project, Florida International University, Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
- Maria Parker, Senior Design Project, Florida International University, Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
- Luana Ramchaman, Bioengineering, NIH NIDDK-sponsored StepUP (Short Term Research Program for Underrepresented Persons) Participant, Syracuse University, Summer 2007.
- Angelica Cobo, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Summer 2007 to Spring 2008
- Amirah Khan, Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer 2007.
- Rishona Frank, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall-Spring 2007
- Eric Martinez, Senior Design Project, University of Miami, Fall-Spring 2007