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Principle Investigator

Ankur Singh, Ph.D.

Carl Ring Family Professor
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory Medicine
Georgia Institute of Technology

Director, Center for Immunoengineering at Georgia Tech

Office: 1306, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (IBB)
Georgia Institute of Technology
315 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363

Phone: 404.894.5150
email: ankur.singh@gatech.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Rachel Ringquist
Ph.D, BioEngineering (Chemical and Biomolecular Eng.), Georgia Tech
Research: Aging and ImmuneEngineering

BS: University of Wisconsin – Madison (ChemE and Biochem)

Email: rringquist3@gatech.edu

Dr. Eshant Bhatia
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Research: Mucosal-Systemic ImmuneEngineering

BS: University of Delhi

Email: eshant.bhatia@me.gatech.edu

Dr. Ameya Atul Dravid
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science
Research: Cell therapy, Immunoengineering
Website: https://ameyadravid.com/

*Co-advised by Prof. Andrés García

Email: adravid6@gatech.edu

Dr. Secil Demir
PhD, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway
Previous awards: CÚRAM Fellowship
Research: Neuro ImmuneEngineering
BS: Istanbul University; MS: Yeditepe University

Ph.D. Students

Zhe (Monica) Zhong
4th Yr BioEngineering/Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.
Research: Germinal Center B Cell Organoids
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

Liana Kramer
5th yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University
NIH T32 Immunoengineering Fellow
Co-advisor: Prof. Krishnendu Roy
Research: B Cell Biomanufacturing
B.S & M.S: Brown University (BME)

Valeria Juarez
4th yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University

NIH T32 Cell and Tissue Engineering Training Fellow

National Science Foundation GRFP Fellow
National GEM Consortium Associate Fellow
Georgia Tech Presidential Fellowship
Research: Gut-Immune Interactions
B.S: The University of Texas at San Antonio (BME)

Manuel J. Quiñones Pérez
4th yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University

NIH T32 Cell and Tissue Engineering Training Fellow

Emory Centennial Scholarship
Goizueta Foundation Fellowship
Georgia Tech Presidential Fellowship
Research: Vaccine Immunoengineering
B.S: Industrial Biotechnology, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

Christopher Carlson
4th yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University
Research: Lymphoma Bioengineering
B.S: Bioengineering, University of California Merced, Merced, CA
Staff Research Associate, University of California San Francisco

Lucy Britto
2nd yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University
National Science Foundation GRFP Fellow
Research: Cancer Immunoengineering
B.S: Biomedical engineering, Vanderbilt University

Zhonghao (Eric) Dai
2nd Year BioEngineering/Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Research: Nanoscale Immune and Cancer Engineering
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; MS: Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Deepali Balasubramani
2nd Year Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Research: Lymphoma BioEngineering
NIH T32 ImmunoEngineering Training Fellow
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis; MS: Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Hyeon Ju Song
2nd yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University

NIH T32 Cell and Tissue Engineering Training Fellow
Georgia Tech Presidential Fellow
Research: Microbiome Engineering
B.S/MS: Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Shaylyn Grier
3rd yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University
GT President’s Fellow
Emory Centennial Scholar Fellow
Emory Women in Natural Sciences (WiNS) Fellow
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Research: T-cell Manufacturing
B.S: Florida International University (BME)

Master of Science (Thesis)

Diya Ramchandani
1st yr Biomedical Engineering MS Thesis student, Georgia Tech/Emory University
Research: B-cell Engineering
B.S: University of Texas, Arlington (Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering)

Sarah Ritchie
1st yr Biomedical Engineering MS Thesis student, Georgia Tech/Emory University
Research: Lymphoma BioEngineering
B.S: Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate Researchers

Sona Desai: Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech ’25); Mentor: Secil Demir

Sriya Surapaneni: Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech ’25); Mentor: Valeria Juarez

Alejandro Andres Molina: Biochemistry (Georgia Tech ‘25); ORISE Summer Fellowship @ CDC; Dean’s List; Mentor: Manuel Quinones Perez

Anna Pawlowski Biochemistry (Georgia Tech ’24) Mentor: Alyssa Montalbine

Anjali Patel: Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech ’24); Dean’s List; Mentor: Zhe Monica Zhong

Pratul Amineni: Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech ’24); Mentor: Deepali Balasubramani

Sarah Ritchie: Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech ‘24); Mentor: Chris Carlson

Moustafa El-Mattrawy: Biomedical engineering (Georgia Tech ‘25); Mentor: Chris Carlson

Stephanie Vagelos: Biology (Georgia Tech ’25); Mentor: Manuel Quinones Perez

High School Students:

Phunterion Phillips (D.M. Therrell High School; Graduating Class of 2024)

ENGAGES High School Researcher