GRADUATE STUDENT AMBASSADORS
Fifth-year PhD student Jeremy Warren works in the Vascular Mechanobiology lab (VMBL) under the guidance of Dr. Heather Hayenga, where he focuses on predictive models of plaque growth in coronary artery disease.
Fourth-year Ph.D. Student Connor Neifert works in the Texas Biomedical Device Center under the guidance of Dr. Seth Hays. His work focuses on researching and developing therapies that restore the quality of life lost due to neurological injuries.
Fourth-year Ph.D. Student Nathaniel Tjahjono works in Dr. Schmidtke’s Lab. His research focuses primarily on the Cornea involving microfluidics, protein patterning, and cell biology.
Fourth-year PhD student Adil Khan works in Feruzzi’s Lab in the new Texas Instruments Biomedical Engineering Sciences building. His research focuses on decoding the physical hallmarks of breast cancer progression.
Triniti Vanoven, a second-year Ph.D. student, is conducting research in the Pence Lab under the guidance of Dr. Isaac Pence. Triniti’s current research focuses on utilizing optical technologies to characterize pelvic organ prolapse, working in collaboration with the Biomechanics of Growth and Remodeling (BG&R) to develop a noninvasive tool that can correlate optical biomarkers and tissue mechanics.
Bianca David is a second-year Ph.D. student working in Dr. Shalini Prasad’s lab at the Biomedical Microdevices and Nanotechnology Laboratory (BMNL). Her research is dedicated to developing a point-of-care biosensor for the early detection of inflammatory biomarkers for disease diagnostic purposes.
Second-year Ph.D. Student Sumedha Guha works in the Biomaterials for Osseointegration and Novel Engineering (BONE) Lab under the guidance of Dr. Danieli Rodrigues. Her research focuses on improving implant healing in rats through novel surface modification techniques to address adverse immune responses in diabetic patients.