Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Omar Banda |
LaMont Cannon |
Michael David |
John DeLucca |
Rachel Edelstein |
Danielle Ferguson |
Rachel Gilbert |
Keely Heintz |
Aditya Jagarapu |
Patricia Johnson |
Ashutosh Khandha |
Reza Khoeilar |
Andrea Lee |
Ryan McDonough |
Jilian Melamed |
Saurabh Modi |
Axel Moore |
Hetty Nie |
Ashutosh Parajuli |
Hisham Sherif |
Jasmine Shirazi |
Janty Shoga |
Wade Stewart |
Nicholas Trompeter |
Danielle Valcourt |
Peter Worthington |
Aidan Zerdoum |
Omar Banda
Program: PhD
Research Area: Biofunctional materials and cellular engineering
Research Advisor: John Slater
Previous Degrees: BS Cell Biology and Biochemistry from Rice University
Honors & Awards: 2015 IGERT Fellow
Email: obanda@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Phone Number:
LaMont Cannon
Matriculated: Fall 2013
Program: PhD
Research Area: HIV modeling
Research Advisor: Ryan Zurakowski
Previous Degrees:BS in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Delaware
Honors & Awards: University Graduate Scholars Fellowship
Email: lcannon@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: 332 DuPont
Phone Number: (302) 831-1257
Michael David
Matriculated: Fall 2013
Program: PhD
Research Area:Articular cartilage in post-traumatic osteoarthritis
Research Advisor: Christopher Price
Previous Degrees: BS in Biomedical Engineering with minor in Chemical Engineering from University of Rochester
Honors & Awards: 2nd place prize for podium presentation at 2015 CBER Biomechanics Research Symposium, 2014 BME Grad TA Award
Email: mdavid@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Phone Number: (302) 831-6915
John DeLucca
Matriculated: Fall 2012
Program: PhD
Research Area: Spine Biomechanics
Research Advisor: Dawn Elliott
Previous Degrees: BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware with minors in Biomedical Engineering and Math
Honors & Awards:
Email: deluccaj@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: 160 (offc)/148 (lab) DuPont
Phone Number: (302) 831-7135
Rachel Edelstein
Matriculated: Fall 2013
Program: PhD
Research Area: Nanomedicine for cancer management
Research Advisor: Emily Day
Previous Degrees: BS in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Rowan University
Honors & Awards: Honorable Mention in 2015 NSF GRFP competition
Email: edelstr@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200, Room 133
Phone Number: (302) 831-6697
Danielle Ferguson![Ferguson_Danielle](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2014/04/Ferguson_Danielle-2014RZ-yn2k9q.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2013
Program: PhD
Research Area: Protein engineering/electrospinning
Research Advisor: Kristi Kiick
Previous Degrees: BS in Engineering Physics from Delaware State University
Honors & Awards:
Email: dsferg@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: 249 (Office)/227 (Lab) Dupont
Phone Number: (302) 831-6697
Rachel Gilbert![Rachel Gilbert, Biomedical Engineering.](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/Gilbert_Rachel-2016-07rz-q4gw13-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: Regenerative Medicine/Mechanics of Development
Research Advisor: Jason Gleghorn
Previous Degrees:
B.S. Cornell University – Major: Biological Engineering Minor: Biomedical Engineering M. Eng. Cornell University – Biomedical Engineering
Honors & Awards:
2015 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
2015 Biomedical Engineering Chair’s Fellowship
2015 Gore Fellow
2016 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Email: rgilbert@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Keely Heintz![Heintz_Keely](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2014/04/Heintz_Keely_2014RZ-non4e1.jpg)
Matriculated: Spring 2014
Program: PhD
Research Area: Microfluidics and biomaterials
Research Advisor: John Slater
Previous Degrees: BS in Bioengineering and MS in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University
Honors & Awards: 2015 Laird Fellowship
Email: kheintz@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Phone Number:
Aditya Jagarapu![Aditya Jagarapu, BME graduate student.](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/Jagarapu_Aditya-2016-03rz-ygwx7j-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: HIV Modeling
Research Advisor: Ryan Zurakowski
Previous Degrees: Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
Masters of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Honors & Awards:
Email: srihari@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Patricia Johnson
![Patricia_Johnson](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2014/04/Unavailable-wdswpr.png)
Program: PhD
Research Area: N/A
Research Advisor: N/A
Previous Degrees: B.S. in Biochemistry from Michigan Technological University, M.S. in Business Administration from Texas A&M University, Emphasis: Systems Engineering
Honors & Awards: N/A
Email: pjohns@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: N/A
Phone Number: N/A
Ashutosh Khandha
Program: PhD
Research Area: Gait analysis and neuromusculoskeletal modeling
Research Advisor: Thomas Buchanan and Lynn Snyder-Mackler
Previous Degrees: MS in Bioengineering from University of Toledo, OH; BE in Biomedical Engineering from University of Mumbai, India.
Honors & Awards: 2013 BME Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2014 Biomechanics Research Symposium Award.
Email: ashutosh@udel.edu
Location: 201P STAR Health Sciences Complex
Phone Number: (302) 831-6704
Reza Khoeilar
![Publicity Photos of Reza Khoeilar](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2013/09/Khoeilar_Reza-006-1epq02w-e1421953070384.jpg)
Program: PhD
Research Area: Muscle coordination of healthy and pathological movement; neuromusculoskeletal modeling
Research Advisor: Samuel Lee and Jill Higginson
Previous Degrees: BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Tehran, MS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware
Honors & Awards:
Email: radis@udel.edu
Location: 115 STAR Health Sciences Complex
Phone Number: (302) 831-4646
Andrea Lee
Program: PhD
Research Area: Mechanics of fiber-reinforced tissues
Research Advisor: Dawn Elliott
Previous Degrees: BS in Biomedical Engineering from University of Rochester
Honors & Awards: 2014 Gore Fellow, 2015 IGERT Fellow
Email: andylee@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: 160 (office)/148 (lab) DuPont
Phone Number: (302) 831-7135
Ryan McDonough![Ryan McDonough, Biomedical Engineering.](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/McDonough_Ryan-2016-04rz-rrlnnc-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: Cartilage Mechanotransduction Engineering
Research Advisor: Christopher Price
Previous Degrees: Honors B.S. in Computer Engineering with minor in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delware
Honors & Awards:
Email: ryanmcd@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Jilian Melamed
Matriculated: Fall 2013
Program: PhD
Research Area: Developing multifunctional nanomedicine for cancer therapy
Research Advisor: Emily Day
Previous Degrees:BS in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University
Honors & Awards: 2015 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, 2014 BME Grad TA Award
Email: jrmelamed@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200, Room 133
Phone Number: (302) 831-6697
Saurabh Modi![Saurabh Modi, BME graduate student.](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/Modi_Saurabh-2016-05rz-29ly7v1-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: HIV Modeling
Research Advisor: Abhi Singh
Previous Degrees: BS & MS in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute Tech-Bombay
Honors & Awards:
Email: saurmodi@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Evans Hall
Axel Moore
Matriculated: Fall 2012
Program: PhD
Research Area: Articular cartilage and the biomechanical contributors to osteoarthritis
Research Advisor: David Burris
Previous Degrees: BS in Marine Engineering Technology from California Maritime Academy, CA
Honors & Awards: 2013 Force and Motion Scholarship, 2013 Laird Fellow
Email: axel@udel.edu
Location: 333 Spencer Lab
Phone Number: (302) 831-8452 (Office); (302) 831-4239 (Lab)
Hetty Nie
Program: PhD
Research Area: Single cell manipulation using engineered environments
Research Advisor: John Slater
Previous Degrees: BS in Bioengineering from Penn State University
Honors & Awards: 2013 Gore Fellow, 2013 IGERT Fellow
Email: htnie@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Phone Number: (302) 831-6697
Ashutosh Parajuli
Program: PhD
Research Area: Mechanotransduction in bone
Previous Degrees: BS in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University, UT.
Honors & Awards: 1st place prize for podium presentation at 2015 CBER Biomechanics Research Symposium, 2012 Gore Fellowship
Email: parajuli@udel.edu
Location: 206 Spencer Lab
Phone Number: (302) 831-6704
Advisor: Liyun Wang
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Hisham Sherif
Program: PhD
Research Area: Probability-based Bioinformatics and Decision Making in Cardiovascular Disease
Research Advisor: Ottoh-Okine Nii
Previous Degrees: MBBCh, MD
Honors & Awards: Two full patents for implantable artificial ventricle and total aortic arch replacement graft; artificial ventricle project short-listed for Medical Futures Innovation Awards, UK, 2008.
Email: hisham@udel.edu
Location:
Jasmine Shirazi![Jasmine Shirazi, Biomedical Engineering.](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/Shirazi_Jasmine-2016-04rz-1phql9a-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: 3D Organotypic Models
Research Advisor: Jason Gleghorn
Previous Degrees: BS in Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University
MS in Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University
Honors & Awards: 2016 IGERT Fellow
Email: jshirazi@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Janty Shoga
Program: PhD
Research Area: Bioimaging articular cartilage
Research Advisor: Christopher Price
Previous Degrees: BE in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware
Honors & Awards:
Email: jshoga@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Phone Number: (302) 831-6915
Wade Stewart![Wade Stewart, Biomedical Engineering.](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/Stewart_Wade-2016-03rz-yl8ikq-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: Regenerative Medicine and the Mechanics of Development
Research Advisor: Jason Gleghorn
Previous Degrees: BSE in Biomedical Engineering and Minor in Polymer Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Honors & Awards:
Email: wadegs@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Nicholas Trompeter![Nicholas Trompeter, BME graduate student.](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/Trompeter_Nicholas-2016-05rz-251ebaq-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: N/A
Research Advisor: N/A
Previous Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Penn State University, Biology
Honors & Awards:
Email: ntromp@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Danielle Valcourt![Danielle Valcourt, an graduate student in Biomedical Engineering, is the recipient of the 2016 Laird Fellowship. - (Evan Krape / University of Delaware)](https://sites.udel.edu/biomedical-engineering/files/2016/05/BMEG-Valcourt_Danielle-Headshot-2016-001rz-1379tpg-199x300.jpg)
Matriculated: Fall 2015
Program: PhD
Research Area: Nanomedicine for cancer therapy
Research Advisor: Emily Day
Previous Degrees: BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering concentration, University of Notre Dame
Honors & Awards: 2016 George W. Laird Merit Fellow, 2015 Biomedical Engineering Chair’s Fellowship
Email: dvalcour@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab: Delaware Technology Park – 5 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Alap Verma
Program: PhD
Research Area: Systems Biology
Research Advisor: Babatunde Ogunnaike, Rajanikanth Vadigepalli (Thomas Jefferson Univ)
Previous Degrees: Bachelor of Technology in Engineering Physics from IIT Delhi (India) and MS in Physics from University of Texas at Dallas
Honors & Awards:
Email: averma@udel.edu
Location Office/Lab:
Phone Number:
Peter Worthington
Program: PhD
Research Area: Cell hydrogel interactions for cancer modeling
Research Advisor: Darrin Pochan, Sigrid Langhans
Previous Degrees: BS in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University
Honors & Awards: 2013 Fraunhofer-UD exchange student
Email: pworth@udel.edu
Location: Nemours Children’s hospital, Wilmington
Phone Number: (302) 651-6538
Aidan Zerdoum
Program: PhD
Research Area: Tissue engineering of functional vocal fold lamina propria
Research Advisor: Xinqiao Jia
Previous Degrees: BE in Biomedical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology
Honors & Awards: 2012 IGERT Fellow
Email: azerdoum@udel.edu
Location: 244 DBI
Phone Number: (302) 831-3454