Lonnie Shea, Ph.D. (CV)
Professor, Chemical and Biological Eng.
BS, MS: Case Western Reserve University
PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Tissue and Cellular Engineering; Drug Delivery; Gene Therapy; Signal Transduction
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (734) 764-7149
Fax: (734) 936-1905
Postdoctoral Fellows
Russell Urie, Ph.D.
BS: Brigham Young University
MS/Ph.D.: Arizona State University
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Tissue Engineering, Immunomodulatory Nanoparticles, Prenatal & Early Life Immunology
Ramon Ocadiz Ruiz, Ph.D.
[email protected]
BS: National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM
MSc/PhD: CINVESTAV, Mexico
Email:
Research Interests: Cancer Therapy, Specialized medicine, Cancer Metastasis, Cancer Molecular Biology, Tissue Engineering
Hannah Viola, Ph.D.
[email protected]
BS: UT Austin
MS/Ph.D.: Georgia Tech
Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research: Emory University
Research Interests: Biomaterials, immunomodulation, pulmonary pathophysiology, fibrosis, inflammation
Bryan Wonski, Ph.D.
[email protected]
BS: Alma College
MS/Ph.D.: Wayne State University
Research Interests: Biomaterials, Cellular and Tissue Engineering, Transplant Immunology, Regenerative Medicine
Ph.D. Students
Jeffrey Ma
[email protected]
Sixth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Tumor microenvironment, cancer metastasis, tissue engineering
Ian Schrack
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Fifth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS/MS: Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: CAR T/NK Cell Therapy, Checkpoint Blockade, Cancer Metastasis, Immunosuppression
Sarah Hocevar
Fifth Year Graduate Student, Neuroscience
[email protected]
BS/MS: Boston University
Research Interests: Neuroregeneration, Immunomodulation, Stem Cell Differentiation, Tissue Engineering
Jessica King
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Fifth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: Boston University
Research Interests: Regenerative medicine, Stem cell research, Biomaterials, Immunomodulation
Guillermo Escalona
[email protected]
Fourth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: University of Florida
Research Interests: Biomaterials, Immunomodulation, Regenerative Medicine, Cancer Metastasis
Kate Griffin
[email protected]
Fourth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: University of Wisconsin – Madison
Research Interests: Cell therapy, Immunotherapy, Bioinformatics
Laila Rad
[email protected]
Fourth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Immunomodulation, Systems Biology
Liz Bealer
[email protected]
Fourth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: Rowan University
Research Interests: Immunomodulation, Stem cell research, Biomaterials, Transplantation
Brian Ross
rossbrc@umich.edu
Fourth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: Lafayette College
Research Interests: Tissue engineering, Biomaterials, Immune modulation, Regenerative medicine
Kelly Crumley
[email protected]
Fourth Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell Research, Immunomodulation, Biomaterials
Rebecca Pereles
[email protected]
Third Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BE: Vanderbilt University
Research Interests: chemotherapy, immunotherapy, translational models of cancer, cancer metastasis, immunoengineering, cell biology
Kathryn Kang
[email protected]
Third Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: University of Rochester
Research Interests: Tissue Engineering, Cancer Metastasis, Regenerative Medicine
Brooke Smiley
[email protected]
Second Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: Tufts University
Research Interests: Biomaterials, Immunoengineering, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering
Samantha Schwartz
[email protected]
Second Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Research Interests: Cell and Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Immunomodulation, Spinal Cord Injury
Jyotirmoy Roy
[email protected]
Second Year Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS: Chemical Engineering; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Metabolism, Immunotherapy
Lab Technicians
Rohit Maramraju
[email protected]
BS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Masters Students
Christopher Spencer
Undergraduate Students
Yifei Jiang
Shahzad Sohail
Lillian Holman
Jian Toy
Kathryn Darlak
Ava Porter
Jordyn Tarlie
Fox Shreiber
Rithik Puri
Chelsea Kim
Namit Padgaonkar
Daniel Hallum
Amogh Angadi
Scott Westrick
Connor Annulis
Emily Irish
High School Students
Ava Hall
Shea Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Associates – Current Affiliation
Dr. Sophia Orbach – Rowan University
Dr. Eiji Saito
Dr. Joseph Decker – University of Michigan
Dr. Aaron Morris – University of Michigan
Dr. Jing Wang – Iowa State University
Dr. Matthew Hall
Dr. Jonghyuck Park – University of Kentucky
Dr. Briana Dye – Scientific Associate at ProEd Communications
Dr. Tadas Kasputis
Dr. Rachel Hartfield – Biomedical Writer
Dr. Robert Oakes – University of Maryland
Dr. Courtney Dumont – University of Miami
Dr. Ryan Pearson – University of Maryland
Dr. Ekaterina Kniazeva
Dr. Shreyas Rao – University of Maryland
Dr. Fallon Noto – Hera BioLabs
Dr. Samira Azarin – University of Minnesota
Dr. Juan Sánchez-Cortés — Choice Healthcare Solutions
Dr. R. Michael Gower — University of South Carolina
Dr. Stephanie Seidlits — University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Misael Aviles — Proctor & Gamble
Dr. Tao Tu
Dr. Seungjin Shin
Dr. Ariella Shikanov — University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dr. Maria Barbolina — University of Illinois, Chicago
Dr. Anne des Rieux — Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Julie Wieland – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Brian Anderson – Abbott Laboratories
Ph.D. Students
Michael Saunders (MD/PhD program, BME)
Ravi Raghani (PhD program, BME)
Feiran Li (PhD program, BME)
Jessica Chan (PhD program, NGP)
Kevin Hughes (PhD program, BME)
Yining Zhang (PhD program, ChE)
Richard Youngblood (PhD program, BME)
Daniel Clough (PhD program, BME)
Dominique Smith (PhD program, BME, 2019)
Grace Bushnell (PhD program, BME, 2019)
Jeffrey Liu (PhD program, IBiS, 7/2017)
Liam Casey (PhD program, ChE)
Robert Kuo (PhD program, ChBE, April 2017)
Brian Aguado (PhD program, BME, June 2015)
Peter Rios (PhD program, BME, June 2016)
Daniel Margul (PhD program, MSTP, June 2016)
Jeane Chen (PhD program, ChBE. June 2015)
Michael Skoumal (PhD program, ChBE, April 2017)
Kelan Hlavaty (PhD program, BME, June 2015)
Aline Thomas (PhD program, BME, July 2013)
Woon Teck Yap (PhD program, MSTP, July 2013)
Anaar Siletz (PhD program, MSTP, September 2012) (Med School)
Beatriz Penalver (PhD program, ChBE, with L. Broadbelt) (Faculty UIC)
David Tagler (PhD program, ChBE, July 2013) (w. T.K. Woodruff)
Ryan Boehler (PhD program, ChBE, June 2013)
Jack Graham (PhD program, MSTP, August 2012) (w. X. Luo) (Med School)
Romie Gibly (PhD program, MSTP and IBiS, June 2011) (w. W.L. Lowe) (Med School)
Hannah Tuinstra (PhD program, ChBE, June 2012) (Eli Lilly)
Jaclyn Shepard (PhD program, ChBE, April 2012) (post-doc MIT)
Michael Weiss (PhD program, ChBE, January 2012) (w/ J.S. Jeruss) (Quanticell)
Abbie Bellis (PhD program, ChBE, June 2012) (w/ J.S. Jeruss)
David Salvay (PhD program, MSTP and ChBE, June 2009)(w. W.L. Lowe) (Residency)
Laura De Laporte (PhD program, ChBE, June 2009) (faculty in Germany)
Jennifer Cruz (PhD program, ChBE, June 2009) (w. Annelise Barron) (Genentech)
Tiffany Houchin (PhD program, ChBE, June 2008) (Eli Lilly)
Erin West (PhD program, ChBE, June 2008) (w/ T.K. Woodruff) (Abbott)
Angela Pannier (PhD program, IBiS, June 2007) (Nebraska faculty)
Chris Rives (PhD program, ChBE) (w. W.L. Lowe) (Shire)
Zain Bengali (PhD program, IBiS, Dec. 2006) (NIH postdoc) (Biotech)
Courtney Berkholtz (PhD program, IBiS, Dec. 2006) (w. T. K. Woodruff) (Consulting)
Yang Yang (PhD program, ChBE June 2007) (Genzyme)
Jae Hyung Jang (PhD program, ChBE, June 2005) (Yonsei University)
Pamela Kreeger (PhD program, ChBE, June 2005) (w/ T. K. Woodruff) (Wisconsin faculty)
Kevin Whittlesey (PhD program, IBiS, August 2005) (CIRM)
Tatiana Segura (PhD May 2004, Chemical Engineering) (Duke faculty)
Masters Students
Shao-Chi Chen
Benjamin Skubi
Devak Nanua
Fiona Li
Longshun Li
Margaret Plank
Shelby Joe
Joshua Sampson
Sam Steinberg
Rachel Sun
Paul Weingarden
Bansi Vedia
Durga Nyayadhish
Michael Verleye
Rachel Smith
Dennis Bluver
Christine Ricci
Shreya Rajan
Ani Rajan
Chia-Hsua Lin
Will Briley
Lake Kubilius
Elizabeth Parrish
Aaron Bowling
Leocadia Mosquea
Kanika Bhatia
Laura Swift
Sinead Igoe
Lisa Ludvig
Robert Yu
Moriah Nof
Joseph Scaduto
Walter Grubb
Mitchell Carlson
Zhao Xu
Undergraduate Students
Chengchuan Xiao
Nishant Domala
Lauren Hesse
Laura Williams
Elizabeth Lombard
Elizabeth Hughes
Zoe Beekman
Maya Behrend
Sarah Mills
Erica Santos
Richelle Wilson
Regan Bernstein
Jessica Kaplan
Hamza Turkistani
Alexander Hostetler
Michelle Cai
Chavis Ferguson III
Georgios Mentzelopoulos
Angelica Galvan
Kayla Moss
Hasan Sawan
Devak Nanua
Angela Bedoya
Fiona Li
Jasmine Thornhill
Emanuelle Grody
Kimberly Lebioda
Sam Steinberg
Kevin Rychel
Josh Sampson
Kelly Crumley
Emily Fu
Tejaswini Hardas
Matthew Federbush
Kallen Schwark
Andrew Ciciriello
Ravindra Tatineni
Amina Guo
Emily FuJustin Rose
Angela Bedoya
Madison Coraddi
Lauren Liebman
Mady North
Andrew Ao
Molly Munsell
Jeff Riskin
Madison Corradi
Nicholas Anderson
Joseph Entenman
Ting He
Eric Jiang
Adam Morabito
Matthew Pilecki
Shreya Rajan
Christine Ricci
Ho Jin Sun
Stanley Weng
Evan Rausch
Chia-Hsuan Lin
Michael Yarrington
Jason Deck
Bonnie Lai
Amy Lewis
Antonia McKinney
Matt Rafferty
Hammad Saudye
Stephen Sung
Shimon Unterman
Matt Volk
Andy Adler
Vivian Leung
Rachel Loh
Anna Yan
Jordan Caffe
Todor Kukushliev
Yinying Ren
Dominique Smith
Jenna Stoehr
Shirley Xu
Jesse Zhang
Undergraduate Student
Gabriel (Gabe) Seir
Morgan Gallimore