Group Members

Principal Investigator

John H. Slater, PhD

Associate Professor – Biomedical Engineering

Joint Faculty – Materials Science & Engineering

Joint Faculty – Delaware Biotechnology Institute

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Graduate Students

Ryan Taitano

Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering

Research Area:

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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

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

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Undergraduate Students

Christy Chacko

Undergraduate Student in Biomedical Engineering

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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