Winter of 2022!

Principle Investigator

Ankur Singh, Ph.D.
Woodruff Faculty Fellow
Professor of George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory Medicine

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. 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

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

BS: University of Delhi

*Co-advised by Prof. Krishnendu Roy

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

Ph.D. Students

Zhe (Monica) Zhong
3rd Yr BioEngineering/Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.
Research: Germinal Center B Cell Organoids
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

Liana Kramer
3rd 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
3rd 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
3rd 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
3rd 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

Alyssa Montalbine
2nd yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University
National Science Foundation GRFP Fellow
Research: Stromal Immunoengineering
B.S: Chemistry, University of Virginia

Lucy Britto
1st 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
1st Year BioEngineering/Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Research: Nanoscale Immune and Cancer Engineering
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; MS: Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Deepali Balasubramani
1st Year Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Research: ImmunoMechanobiology
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis; MS: Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Zhuoqi Tong
1st yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., Georgia Tech/Emory University
National Science Foundation GRFP Fellow
Research: Cancer Immunoengineering
B.S: Biomedical Engineering, Syracuse University

Hyeon Ju Song
1st 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
2nd 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)

Aolani Colón
2nd Yr Biomedical Engineering MS (Georgia Tech)
Research: Gene Editing and Immune technologies
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University
Awards: School of Engineering Dean’s List (Rutgers University 2017-2021); Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Scholar
Athletics NCAA Division 1 Student-Athlete Rutgers University Big 10 Women’s Soccer
Chi Alpha Sigma National Student-Athlete Honor Society

Kathryn N. Castro-Quilang
2nd year MS, Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech)
Research: Lymphoid Tissue Engineeirng
BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
Awards: Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Big 12 Award
Athletics NCAA Division 1 Student-Athlete University of Kansas Big 12 Women’s Soccer
Solar Chelsea Elite Club National League

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

Benjamin Foy: Biomedical engineering (Georgia Tech ‘25); 2023 PURA scholar; Mentor: Alyssa Montalbine

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