Principal Investigator
Christopher Price, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
cprice@udel.edu
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2008)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University (2000)
Current Members
Emily P. Lambeth
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
eplambet@udel.edu
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University (2019)
Awards: Unidel Distinguished Graduate Scholar (2019); NSF GRFP (2021)
Ann Thomas
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
annt@udel.edu
M.S. Biotechnology, NIT Rourkela, India (2021)
B.S. Biotechnology, VIT, India (2019)
Shashika Gammanchiralage
Ph.D. Student, Material Science and Engineering
shashika@udel.edu
B.S. Engineering (Honors) – Material Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2021)
Jenna M. Taylor
Ph.D. Student
jmtaylor@udel.edu
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UD (2023)
Brenna K. Ellis
Ph.D. Student
bkellis@udel.edu
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee (2024)
Tanmayee (Maya) Joshi
Undergraduate Student Researcher
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, UD (2025)
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
Shamimur Rahman Akanda
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2023
Current Position: Post-Doc in the Setton Lab at Washington University in St. Louis
Meghan E. Kupratis
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2023
Current Position: Post-Doc in the Mauck Lab at University of Pennsylvania
Ryan C. McDonough
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2021
Winner of the 2021 Allan P. Colburn Prize in Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Margot S. Farnham
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2021
Michael A. David
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2018
Brian T. Graham
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2018
Janty S. Shoga
M.S., Biomechanics and Movement Sciences, University of Delaware, 2016
Staff
Melanie K. Smith
Research Technician II
M.S. Biotechnology, University of Delaware, 2012
Honors Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, 2011
Undergraduate Students
Judy Pudder – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2023
Ben Maggio – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2020
Mark Ellsworth – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2020
Juliana Gullotta – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2019
Brianna Hulbert – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2019
Riley Larson – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2019
Caitlin Purcell – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2019
Alison Wright – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2019
Alexis Merritt – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2018
Ryan Moyer – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2018
Malhar Sakarwala – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2018
Sejal Shah – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2018
Neil Mathur – B.S., Biomedical Engineering (Honors), 2017
Rachael Pilachowski – B.S., Biomedical Engineering (Honors), 2017
Kyle Bennett – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2016
Ian Berke – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2016
Brendan Horne – BB.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2016
John Lowman – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2016
Avery White – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2016
Brianna Geitter – B.S., Biomedical Engineering (Honors), 2015
Ryan Locke – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2015
Visiting Undergraduate Researchers
Uriel Gonzalez – NSF REU, 2022
B.S., Chemistry, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 2023
Ahmed Gure – NSF REU, 2019
B.S., Bioengineering, University of Texas Arlington, 2021
Charlotte DeVol – NSF REU, 2017
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2019
David Sun – NSF REU, 2016
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 2017
High School Summer Research Fellows (UD CoE K12 Program)
Ruth Wilhelm (2019)
Michael Lan (2016)
Shu-Jin Kust (2016)
Olivia Laxton (2015)
Fiona Flowerhill (2014)
Collaborators
David Burris, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, UD)
Elise Corbin, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, UD)
Randall Duncan, Ph.D. (Biology, University of Michigan-Flint)
Dawn Elliott, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, UD)
Kristi Kiick, Ph.D. (Materials Science and Engineering, UD)
X Lucas Lu, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, UD)
Kyla Ortved, DVM, Ph.D. (New Bolton Center/School of Veterinary Medicine, UPenn)
Thomas Schaer, VMD (New Bolton Center/School of Veterinary Medicine, UPenn)
Norman J Wagner, Ph.D. (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UD)
Liyun Wang, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, UD)