Joined Winter 2023

Research Interests: Using nanoparticles as drug delivery systems to achieve better drug efficiency and immune engineering to target specific diseases in the body without a negative immune response.

Hobbies: Running, reading

Email: alopezr@udel.edu

Pronouns: She/Hers

Fun Fact about the Lung: The right and left lung are not the same sizes!

Joined Fall 2018

Research Interests: Working on new in vitro tools for pulmonary drug delivery, namely how we can use the unique capabilities of 3D printing to facilitate personalized medicine and approximate the lung.

Hobbies: Building, Programming, and Graphic Design

Email: irw@udel.edu

Pronouns: He/His

Fun Fact about the Lung:  Your heartbeat can influence the delivery of inhaled therapeutics!

Joined Spring 2022

Research Interests: Inhalable vaccines using model PEG-based hydrogel nanoparticles for more effective aerosolized immunotherapies of the elderly population.

Hobbies: Soccer, Volleyball, and Softball

Email: esudduth@udel.edu

Pronouns: She/Hers

Fun Fact about the Lung:  The average adult breaths 13 pints of air every minute!

Joined Fall 2021

Research Interests: Exploiting in-vitro and in-silico engineering tools including 3D printing and CFPF to model aerosol transport and deposition in human lungs.

Hobbies: Rock Climbing, Motorcycle, and Lego 

Email: yinkui@udel.edu

Pronouns: He/His

Fun Fact about the Lung: The lung is the only human organ that can float on water!

Joined Fall 2022; co-advised with A. Kloxin

Research Interests: Engineering macrophages in different micro environments to better model respiratory therapeutics in vitro.

Hobbies: Volleyball, Exercising and Cooking/Baking

Email: grafjo@udel.edu

Pronouns: She/Hers

Fun Fact about the Lung: The lung is able to float on water because of the aveoli which expand their diameter nearly 20x when filling with air! 

Joined Fall 2022; co-advised with A. Kloxin

Research Interests: Improving CAR T-cell therapy manufacturing through tangential flow filtration and tunable hydrogel materials.

Hobbies: Tennis, Cooking/Baking, Video games w/ friends

Email: ersla@udel.edu

Pronouns: He/His

Fun Fact about the Lung:  You lose water when you exhale. At rest, the body loses approximately 0.5 ounces of water!

Joined Fall 2022

Research Interests: Trained immunity; the immunological memory of the innate immune system.

Hobbies: Reading and cooking

Email: spwolfe@udel.edu

Pronouns: He/His

Fun Fact about the Lung: An average person breathes in around 11,000 liters of air every day! 

Research interests: Using a combination of in vitro and in silico methods to model aerosol particle deposition in the upper airways of pediatric patients

Hobbies: Basketball, volleyball, and video games

Email: spadhye@udel.edu

Fun Fact about the Lung: The shape of a child’s airways changes as they develop!

Research Interests: Investigate how nanoparticle uptake affects the cellular structures of macrophages.

Hobbies: Running and mountain biking

Email: nicoleag@udel.edu

Fun Fact about the Lung:  The surface area of the alveoli in both lungs sums up to approximately 160 square meters, which is 80 times greater than the surface area of an adult human’s skin! 

Research Interests: utilizing nanoparticles and therapeutics for pulmonary drug delivery, and exploring molecular transportation mechanisms for targeted delivery of biomedical interventions within the body

Hobbies:  Exercising, Solving Puzzles, Painting, and Baking/Cooking

Email: adhya@udel.edu

Fun Fact about the Lung: The lungs play a key role when we speak! Air is pushed up through the Trachea and into the Larynx (voice box), where the vocal cords vibrate and create sound as air passes.

Now at Merck

Now at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Now at UD CHARM