Principal Investigator
John H. Slater, PhD
Associate Professor – Biomedical Engineering
Joint Faculty – Materials Science & Engineering
Joint Faculty – Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Graduate Students
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Ryan Taitano
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Sam Freeman
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
Research Area: Tissue mimetic hydrogels for studying cancer metastasis
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Adity Biswas
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
Research Area: Engineered vascular models for breast cancer metastasis
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Rishabh Singh
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
Research Area: Engineered vascular models for breast cancer dormancy
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Biswarup Goswami
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
Research Area: Mechanisms of Chemoresistance in Cancer dormancy
Undergraduate Students
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Alumni
Post-doctoral researchers
- Shantanu Pradhan: Postdoctoral Researcher. Currently an Assistant Professor at IIT Madras. LinkedIn Profile
- Zeinab Fereshteh: Postdoctoral Researcher. Currently a Research Associate in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. LinkedIn Profile
PhD Students
- John Sperduto: Graduate Student. PhD in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently a Senior Scientist at Merck. LinkedIn Profile
- Cindy Farino Reyes: Graduate Student. PhD in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently a Cell and Gene Therapy R&D Scientist at Cytiva. LinkedIn Profile
- Omar Banda: Graduate Student. PhD in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia University – Kurre Laboratory. LinkedIn Profile
- Keely (Heintz) Keller: Graduate Student. PhD in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bern, Department of Biomedical Research. LinkedIn Profile
Post-bac and Undergraduate Researchers
- Lisa Guner: Undergradaute Researcher.
- Helen Wilson: Undergradaute Researcher.
- Harman Ugra: Undergradaute Researcher.
- Emily Davis: Undergraduate Researcher. Currently pursing a BS in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. LinkedIn Profile
- Rachel Passantino: Undergraduate Researcher. Currently pursing a BS in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. LinkedIn Profile
- Julia Janeczko: Undergraduate Researcher. BA in Biology – University of Texas Austin. Currently a Specimen Processor at Discover Labs. LinkedIn Profile
- Bryan Jimenez: NSF REU Summer Scholar. Universidad Ana G. Mendez – Carolina Campus
- John-Carlos Saponara: Undergraduate Researcher. BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently the Founder of Blue Tusk LLC. LinkedIn Profile
- Ian Pierce: Undergraduate Researcher. BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently an Associate Investigator Biochemistry at International Flavors & Fragrances. LinkedIn Profile
- Elspeth Grasso: Undergraduate Researcher. BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently a Mathematics Teacher at Teach for America. LinkedIn Profile
- Nisha Raman: Undergraduate Researcher. BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently an Associate Scientist at Merck. LinkedIn Profile
- Amisha Jain: Undergraduate Researcher. BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently a Remediation Engineer at Cook Medical. LinkedIn Profile
- Jacob Stuchlik: Undergraduate Researcher. Currently pursing a BS in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. LinkedIn Profile
- Laura Sturgill: Undergraduate Researcher. BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently a Quality Engineer at W.L. Gore & Associates. LinkedIn Profile
- Michael Bregenzer: Postbaccalaureate Researcher. BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. LinkedIn Profile
- Monideepa Chatterjee: UDRF Summer Scholar. BS with Honors in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. LinkedIn Profile
- Jacqueline Hausner: Undergraduate Researcher. BS in Nursing – University of Delaware. Currently pursuing a Masters of Biomedical Sciences at Long Island University. LinkedIn Profile
- Kyra Isaacs: Postbaccalaureate Researcher. BS with Honors in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently pursuing a Physician Assistant degree. LinkedIn Profile
- Hetty Nie: 2014-2016 NSF SBE2 IGERT Fellow. 2013 Gore Fellow. MS in Biomedical Engineering – University of Delaware. Currently at QPS. LinkedIn Profile
- Serfine Okeyo: NIH STEP-UP Summer Scholar. Glasgow High School. Currently pursuing BS in Chemical Engineering at Rice University. LinkedIn Profile
- Markia Smith – INBRE Summer Scholar. BS in Biochemistry – University of Delaware. Currently a Postbaccalaureate Researcher at Baylor College of Medicine. LinkedIn Profile
- Alex Tam: High School Researcher. Charter School of Wilmington. Currently pursuing BS in Electrical Engineering at UIUC. LinkedIn Profile