Yuan Wan (postdoctoral scholar, 2015-2018)
Education:
Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, 2012
M.S. Genetics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2007
B.S. Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2004
Research: Microfluidics, biosensors, nanomaterials.
Next position: Assistant Professor, State University of New York (SUNY) - Binghampton
Sijie Hao (Ph.D., BioE, The Pennsylvania State University, 2018)
Education:
B.S. Biology, Fudan University, 2007
M.S. Biochemistry, Microbiology,and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2013
Research: Cancer Biology of ciculating tumor cells (CTCs)
Next position: Associate Scientist, Mount Sinai Health System
Laura Ha (Ph.D. student, 2015-2017)
Status: PhD student, BME (2015)
Education:
B.S. Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 2011
M.S. Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengieering, Seoul National University, 2013
Research: Microfluidics, BioMEMS, Circulating tumor cells (CTCs)
Next position: PhD program, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Gong Cheng (postdoctoral scholar, 2013-2017)
Status: postdoctoral scholar (2013)
Education:
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 2013
M.S. Applied Chemistry, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 2010
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 2008
Research: Design and synthesis of multinational nano-structures and devices for bio-molecules separation and delivery.
Next position: Postdoc, Harvard University
Hongzhang He (postdoctoral scholar, 2016-2017)
Status: postdoctoral scholar (2016)
Education:
Ph.D. in Bioanalytical Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2014
M.S. in Clinical Pharmacology, Wenzhou Medical College, 2011
B.S. in Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, 2008
Research: NGS, Biosensor, Liquid Biopsy, Aptamer, Pathogen detection.
Next position: Industry
Merisa Nisic (Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017)
Status: PhD student, PSU Huck Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences (2012)
Education:
B.A. Biology, Pace University, 2012
Research: Genetic characterization of ciculating tumor cells (CTCs)
Next position: Industry
Xin Zou (M.S., BioE, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017)
Status: MS student, BME (2015)
Education:
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2015
Research: Biomedical devices
Zhigang Wang (postdoctoral scholar, 2015-2017)
Education:
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 2015
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, 2010
Research: Multifunctional nano-structures, Microfluidics devices, Biological applications.
Next position: Postdoc, National University of Singapore
Wenqing Li (postdoctoral scholar, 2016-2017)
Work Experience: Faculty, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, 2014-2015
Education:
Ph.D. Cell biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. 2014
B.S. Life Science, Anhui Medical University, Wuhu, China, 2009
Research: nanomaterials drug delivery, mitochondrial function on nanoparticles.
Next position: Postdoc, Ohio State University
Muhammad Akbar (postdoctoral scholar, 2015-2017)
Education:
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2015
M.S. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 2010
B.S. University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2006
Research: MEMS, Micro gas chromatography, Microfluidics, Micro valves, Micro molding biodegradable polymers.
Next position: Postdoc, University of Michigan
Sachira Denagamage
Undergraduate researcher, Penn State Millennium Scholar
Department: Biology
Research: Nanomaterials for proteomics and gene/drug delivery
Next position: PhD program, Yale University
Mingda Zhou (Ph.D., BioE, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015)
Education:
B.S. Electronic Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 2006
M.S. Microelectronics, Peking University, 2009
Research: Integrated implantable microdevice for pressure sensing, gene transfer, electrophysiological sensing and drug delivery, microGC
Next position: Industry
Yin-Ting Yeh (Ph.D., BioE, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015)
Education:
B.S. Engineering and System Science, Material Science Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University 2003
M.S Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame 2007
Research: Nano material integrated platform for blood analysis
Next position: Postdoc, Penn State Univ, Mauricio Terrones Lab
Xu Yu (postdoctoral scholar, 2013-2015)
Education:
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2013
M.S. Analytical Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2009
B.S. Materials Chemistry, Hubei University, Wuhan, China, 2007
Research: Microfluidics, biosensors, nanomaterials synthesis and application.
Next position: Postdoc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Itamar Willner Lab; Associate Professor, Xi'An Jiaotong University, China
Ramdane Harouaka (Ph.D., BioE, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014)
Thesis: A flexible micro spring array for viable enrichment of circulating tumor cells
Next position: Postdoc, University of Michigan, Max Wicha Lab
Jiaqi Wang (M.S., BioE, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014)
Thesis: Statistical analysis of circulating tumor cell in a clinical non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) study
Next position: Industry
Xueni Zhao (Visiting Scholar, 2014)
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Forming and Equipment Engineering, College of
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China
Khalil Ramadi (B.S., BME & ME, honor, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014)
Honor thesis: Investigating the mechanics of cancer cell membranes using microfluidics
Next position: Ph.D. program in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics,
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
Andy Myrick (Postdoctoral Scholar, BME Instructor, 2012-2013)
Waleed Khan (Senior, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014)
Next position: Industry
Ashu Poudyal (M.S., BME, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014)
B.S., BIOE, The University of Maryland
M.S. Thesis: a study on the effect of media volume manipulations on global huvec colony proliferation within a microfluidic channel
Next position: STD Medical Inc., Johnson & Johnson
| Year Graduated | Name | Next Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ravi Shah (BS) | MD, Columbia University |
| Colin Burns-Heffner (SURF) | BME, Clemson University | |
| Kelley Chen (BS) | MD, Thomas Jefferson | |
| Chloe Nagle (BS) | ||
| Gretchen Stockhausen (BS) | ||
| 2011 | Bharath Ramaswamy (MS) | PhD Bioengineering, Univ. Maryland |
| Rajaram Narayanan (MS) | PhD NanoEngineering, UCSD | |
| Julie Chang (SURF) | Physics, Harvard University (cont'd) | |
| 2010 | James Si-Cong Wang (BS) | NIH PREP program |
| Sunny Kaneria (BS) | industry | |
| Anthony (Tony) O'Donnell (BS) | industry | |
| 2009 | Vy Nguyen (BS) | Federal government |
| Sourav Kole (BS) | PhD, Neural engineering, Univ. Utah |