Winter of 2022!
Advisor/Mentor/Coach/Sponsor/PI
Ankur Singh, Ph.D.
Woodruff Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
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. Grazia Marsico
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway
Previous awards: DAAD Fellow, Marie Curie ITN AngioMatTrain fellow, European Microbiology Organization (EMBO) fellowship
Research: Lymphoma ImmunoEngineering
Dr. Sungwoong Kim
NSF CMaT ERC Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University
Research: Nanoscale Devices for Immune Regulation
B.S and M.S: Hanyang University
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. Kristine Lai
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
Previous Awards: Controlled Release Society Immuno Delivery Trainee Awardee 2020
Research: Synthetic immune tissues
BS: Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara
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
Georgia Tech Presidential Fellow
Research: Microbiome Engineering
B.S/MS: Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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
- Anjum Alam: Chemical Engineering (Georgia Tech ’23); Mentor: Sungwoong Kim
- Lila Nassar: Physics (Georgia tech, 2023); 2022 Petit Scholar; Mentor: Liana Kramer
- Kaiya Mitchell: Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech ’22); 2021 PURA Scholar; Mentor: Liana Kramer
- Anjali Patel: Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech ’24); Dean’s List; Mentor: Zhe Monica Zhong
- Thi Dao: Biochemistry (Georgia Tech ’23); Peter B. Sherry Memorial Scholarship, 2021, President’s Undergraduate Research Award 2021, Summer AWIS STEM Scholarship 2021, Zell Miller Scholarship; Mentor: Valeria Juarez