People / AlumniMBP Class of 2020-2021/22
Mohammad Ahmed
Undergraduate: BS Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University
Research: "Research and Evaluation of Novel Medical Device Approaches & Drug Development to Generate a Portfolio for Psychiatry Treatment" (J. Burgdrof)
Liora Altman-Sagan
Undergraduate: BS Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Ankith Bhat
Undergraduate: BS Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Research: "Impact of Formulations of Candidate Drugs on Platelet Aggregation" (J. TerWee)
Internship: Bioassay Development Intern at Pfizer
Chen Chen
Undergraduate: BS in Biotechnology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Research: "Full-length Vibrio vulnificus MARTX purification and expression study" (C. Chen)
Yiyang Cheng
Tzu Yi Chia
Undergraduate: BS Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University
Research: "The Role of the CXCR6-CXCL16 Axis in Promoting T-cell and Myeloid cell interaction in Glioblastoma" (J. Miska)
Samuel Chiang
Research: "Competitive Intelligence for Key Assets, Programs, and Therapeutic Classes to Support Corporate Strategy" (D. Giljohann)
Internship: Corporate Strategy Analyst Intern at Exicure
Raymond Copley
Undergraduate: BS Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State University
Research: "Optimization and analysis of basal media for human induced pluripotent stem cell culture and differentiation" (P. Burridge)
Eleanor Daugerdas
Undergraduate: BS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
Research: "Design of Patient-Centered Health Systems & Technologies" (M. Wolf)
Abby Ellingwood
Undergraduate: BS Biology, Rhodes College
Research: "Potentiating myeloid cell anti-GBM activity via Nanoparticle-mediated gene regulation" (P. Zhang)
Byron Fan
Undergraduate: BS Biology, Santa Clara University
Research: "Using high-throughput microscopy screening to identify small molecules that inhibit microcompartment assembly" (D. Tullman-Ercek)
Internship: MIH Intern at Eli Lilly and Company
Nicole Flores
Undergraduate: BS Cellular Biology, Schreiner University
Research: "Sirt1 transgene delivery improves diabetes-impaired wound healing" (G. Ameer)
Internship: Graduate Student Researcher at Northwestern Universary
Phillip Freeman
Undergraduate: BS Chemistry, University of South Carolina Honors College
Research: "Scale-up of human induced pluripotent stem cell culture to a high-throughput bioreactor system for expansion and differentiation into cardiomyocytes" (P. Burridge)
Shreya Jambardi
Undergraduate: B. Tech. Biotechnology, PES University
Research: "Development of Lentiviral Vectors To Improve Our Understanding Of Primary Effusion Lymphoma Through Crispr Screens" (E. Gottwein)
Internship: Research Intern at AbbVie
Harmon Johnson
Undergraduate: BS Biomolecular Engineering, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Research: "Innovative and sustainable biological wastewater treatment processes" (G. Wells)
Tadas Kolpakovas
Research: "Generating a Gene Knockout Library in Clostridium Using HTP Automated Biofoundry" (M. Koepke)
Internship: Intern at LanzaTech
Silei Li
Undergraduate: BS Biology, Brown University
Research: "Understanding the role of microRNA (miR)-342 in T Cell Immunity" (B. Min)
Ya Li
Undergraduate: BS Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: "Targeted Nanoparticles for Enhancement of Radiotherapy in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancers" (G. Woloschak)
Yayan Li
Undergraduate: BS Biology, Indiana University Bloomington
Research: "Effect of blocking LBRC recruitment on the formation of metastatic tumors in vivo" (W. Muller)
Icho (Yike) Lu
Undergraduate: BS Biology, Emory University
Research: "Intellectual Property Issues in the Wearable Medical Technology Space" (J. Burgdrof)
Donald McKenna
Undergraduate: BS Premedicine, University of Dayton
Research: "Differentiation of Porcine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Skeletal Muscle and Adipose Tissue" (P. Burridge)
Olivia Meyer
Research: "Optimizing the Stability for Cell Free Biosensors" (J. Lucks)
Internship: Product Marketing Intern at Roche
Kelly Murphy
Research: "Huntington’s Disease Business Diligence" (D. Gilijohann)
Internship: Corporate Strategy Analyst at Exicure
Paige Neuy
Undergraduate: BS Biological Sciences: Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Research: "Regulatory Competitive Intelligence for Rare Diseases" (D. Gilijohann)
Linh Nguyen
Undergraduate: BA Neurobiology, University of Wisconsin
Research: "Establishing a Universal Methodology to Generating GMP-compliant Tumor Lysate for Bvax" (C. Lee-Chang)
Joshua Nikolai
Undergraduate: BS Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Research: "Automation of Gas Fermentation Pilot Plant" (M. Koepke)
Rebecca Ostien
Research: "Genome Minimization through CRISPR Gene Knockout to Improve Strain Fitness in Clostridium Autoethanogenum" (M. Koepke)
Daniel Payan
Undergraduate: BS Liberal Arts and Sciences: Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: "Investigating Structural Components of the Type 3 Secretion System in Hypersecreting Salmonella enterica Typhimuriu m Mutants" (D. Tullman-Ercek)
Internship: Graduate Synthetic Biology Co-Op at Manus Bio
Sohaib Qazi
Undergraduate: BS Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: "Metabolic engineering of Clostridium autoethanogenum for production of Diols" (M. Koepke)
Ian Root
Undergraduate: BS Bioengineering, University of New Hampshire
Research: "Modeling of Pharmaceutical Mixing Processes and Instantaneous Microbial Detection System for in-line Water Monitoring" (J. TerWee)
Internship: Upstreatm Process Development Intern at Eli Lilly and Company
Mirabel Salmon
Undergraduate: BA Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research: "Neurotoxicity Predictive Method: Developing an Ex-Vivo Cell Culture Model and Exploring Assays to Measure Neurotoxicity" (D. Giljohann)
Kyrollos Shenouda
Undergraduate: BS Health Science, Saint Louis University
Research: "Investigating the sequence and structural determinants of toxicity in recombinant protein expression" (G. Rocklin)
Natalia Sprofera
Research: "The Uptake and Efficacy of Spherical Nucleic Acids Versus GalNac-conjugated Antisense Oligonucleotides in various Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines" (D. Giljohann)
Internship: Co-Op - Biologics Drug Discovery, Cell & Protein Engineering at Biogen
Sanjali Sur
Research: "Developing high-throughput expression screens in Clostridium autoethanogenum" (M. Koepke)
Internship: Research Intern at LanzaTech
Marissa Udine
Undergraduate: BS Integrative Neuroscience, DePaul University
Research: "B-cell activation pathways in autoimmunity" (B. Cezariliyan)
Internship: Research Associate at Octagon Therapeutics
Mrinalini Singh Verma
Undergraduate: BS Biology, University of California San Diego
Research: "Constructing a genetic toolbox for a non-model organism" (M. Koepke)
Hanxioa Wan
Undergraduate: BS Biology, University of Wisconsin
Research: "B-cell-vaccine-dependent CD8 T-cell activation and anti-tumor immune response" (C. Lee-Chang)
Yiwen Xie
Undergraduate: BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
Research: "Hybrid Spherical Nucleic Acid CpG Activated Unconventional Antigen Presenting Cells Enhancing Adaptive AntitumorImmune Responses of Cancer Vaccine to Prostate Cancer" (B. Zhang)
Internship: Summer Intern at Mayo Clinic Rochester
Zican Wang
Undergraduate: BS Cell and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Research: "Improving the solubility of insolubly expressed enzymes and demonstrate desired catalytic activity in Clostridium autoethanogenum" (M. Koepke)