Members

PrincipAL Investigator


Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez

(SHE/HER)

Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering #2

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Fei Xu

(SHE/HER)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Development of Conductive Hydrogels for Heart Pacing Applications

xufei0304@gmail.com

Dr. Mykel Green

(HE/HIS)

Provost Early Career Fellow

Development of Injectable Hydrogel for Bone Marrow Transplant

mykel.green@utexas.edu

Graduate Students

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Abbey Nkansah

(SHE/HER) - NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Development of durable hydrogels for cardiovascular applications

abbey.nkansah@utexas.edu

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Andrew Robinson

(HE/HIS) - AHA Predoctoral Fellow

Development of Electrospun Scaffolds for Cardiovascular Applications

ajrobinson@utexas.edu

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Ashley Hicks

(SHE/HER)

Development of Emulsion-Templated Foams for Tissue Engineering Applications

ahicks9802@utexas.edu

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Derek Bashe

(HE/HIS)

Development of hydrogel electrode and ablation catheter coating.

derek.bashe@utexas.edu

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Juan Duran

(HE/HIS) - Research Engineering Assistant

jsh4456@utexas.edu

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Sarah Jones

(SHE/HER) - NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Development of Multifunctional Wrap for Large Bone Defects

sk.jones@utexas.edu

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Undergraduate Students

Andres Luengo Martinez

(HE/HIS)

luengoad@utexas.edu

Ashauntee Fairley

(She/her)

ashauntee.fairley@utexas.edu

Bhanaviya Venkat

(SHE/HER)

bhanaviya@utexas.edu

Isabelle Gilbert

(SHE/HER)

isabelle.gilbert@utexas.edu

Jonathan Ka Leung

(HE/HIS)

jonathanleung@utexas.edu

Kailey Wilson

(SHE/HER)

kaileywilson01@gmail.com

Leopold Guo

(HE/HIS)

leopold.guo@utexas.edu

Neha Jayarajan

(SHE/HER)

nehajayarajan@utexas.edu

Nick Grammer

nicholasgrammer2021@gmail.com

Nicolai Ang

(HE/HIS)

nicolai.ang@utexas.edu

Orren Shachaf

(SHE/HER)

orrenshachaf@utexas.edu

Patience Oliviera

(SHE/HER)

patience.oliveira@utexas.edu

Phillip Baek

(HE/HIS)

pbaek5699@gmail.com

Taylor Sullivan

(SHE/HER)

taylorsullivan@utexas.edu

Varsha Kotamreddy

(SHE/HER)

varshak@utexas.edu

ALUMNI

Dana Jenkins

Development of Osteoinductive Polymer Bone Grafts for Injectable and 3D Printing Applications

CURRENT POSITION

Ziyang Lan

Development of Multifunctional Chronic Wound Dressing Delivering Antimicrobial Agents and Stem cell-derived bioactive factors

CURRENT POSITION

Postdoctoral Fellow - Huazhong University of Science and Technology

MEGAN WANCURA

Development of Redox Initiated Hydrogels for Dip Coating Applications

CURRENT POSITION

Founder of Cooplit

GABRIEL J. RODRIGUEZ-RIVERA

Development of Conductive Hydrogels for Heart Pacing Applications

CURRENT POSITION

Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Colorado Boulder

Gosia Chwatko (Post Doc)

Development of Hydrogels for Biomaterials Applications

CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor - University of Kentucky

Prachi Dhavalikar

Development of PolyHIPE Scaffolds for Improved Bone Regeneration

CURRENT POSITION

Lead Reviewer/Biomedical Engineer - Food and Drug Administration

Taneidra Buie

Development of Multifunctional Electrospun Wraps for Bone Healing

CURRENT POSITION

Biomedical Engineer Staff Fellow - Food and Drug Administration

Stacy Cereceres

Development of Chronic Wound Dressings with Tunable Moisture Control and Bioactivity

CURRENT POSITION

Principal Biomedical Engineer at Medtronic

Allison Post

Targeted Integrin Interactions on Bioactive Hydrogels

CURRENT POSITION

Manager, Innovation Partnerships at Texas Heart Institute

Michael Whitely

Development of PolyHIPE Grafts for Guided Bone Regeneration

CURRENT POSITION

Sr. Scientist at Alcon

Alysha Kishan

Electrospinning Applications in Tissue Engineering

CURRENT POSITION

Senior Strategist at Wieden + Kennedy

Nick Sears

3D Printing of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

CURRENT POSITION

Texas A&M University, EnMed

Jenny Robinson

Development of High Porosity Bone Grafts Using Emulsion Templating

CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor - University of Washington

Roya Nezarati

Development of Electrospun Tissue Engineering Scaffolds with Tunable Mechanical Properties

CURRENT POSITION

Quality / R&D / Project Management - MedTech

Keith Hearon

Post Polymerization Crosslinked Shape-Memory Polyurethanes

CURRENT POSITION

Startup Founder & 3D Printing Industry Professional

Bobby Moglia

Biomedical Applications of PolyHIPE Scaffolds

CURRENT POSITION

Research Scientist at The Dow Chemical Company

David Dempsey

Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts

CURRENT POSITION

Senior Continuous Improvement Manager at Illumina

Mary Beth Monroe (Browning)

Development of Multilayer Vascular Grafts Based on Bioactive Hydrogels

CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor - Syracuse University