People
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- Principal investigator
- Administration
- Postdoctoral scholars
- Graduate students
- Laboratory staff
- Former lab members
Principal investigator
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Shuvo Roy, PhD |
Development of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) technology for biomedical applications with an emphasis on implantable devices |
Administration
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Illya Gordon |
Management of Biodesign Lab and Biomedical Micro & Nanotechnology Core (BMNC), focusing on facilitating and assisting in device fabrication and development for application in urgent biomedical challenges such as drug delivery, stem cell differentiation, and point-of-care diagnostics |
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Susan Kram |
Manages development timelines, deliverables, and communications as it pertains to The Kidney Project. |
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Kamran Haikal |
Coordinates and oversees operational logistics of the Smart Diaphragm Project and provides communications and administrative support to the engineering and clinical teams, ensuring milestones are met. |
Postdoctoral scholars
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Benjamin Feinberg, PhD |
Development and validation of mechanistic transport models for silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs). |
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Buddhadev Paul Chaudhuri, PhD |
Design, microfabrication, testing of silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs), and MEMS process development, optimization and integration thereof. |
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Jarrett Moyer, MD |
Evaluates surgical considerations necessary for implantation of the kidney device as well as collaborating on the ECMO and bioartificial pancreas projects in similar capacities. |
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Jimmy Ly, PhD |
Design and fabrication of robust silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs) and housing for blood filtration and cell immunoisolation. |
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Shang Song, PhD |
Development of a bioartificial pancreas for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes using silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs) |
Graduate students
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Emily Abada |
Development of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) using silicon membrane technology. |
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Jeremy Bancroft Brown Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) |
Development of miniaturized sensors and electronics for point-of-care diagnostics and MRI biomarker discovery as part of collaboration between the Roy and Kurhanewicz labs |
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Zohora Iqbal |
Improving the biocompatibility of silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs) by surface chemistry alteration with polymer coatings |
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Aishwarya Jayagopal |
Designing scaled in vitro model of the implantable bioartificial kidney for use in drug clearance and toxicity testing |
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Laboratory staff
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Charles Blaha, MS |
Construction of the housing for the implantable bioartificial kidney and testing of silicon membrane technology for various biomedical applications; assists the Principal Investigator with reports, manuscripts, and proposals |
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Eun Jung Kim, PhD |
Surface modification techniques and hemocompatibility testing for silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs); characterization of cellular responses of bone marrow stem cells, connective tissue progenitor cells, derived mammalian cells on microtextured surfaces in order to understand cell-surface interactions for tissue engineering applications |
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Nathan Wright, MS |
Development of advanced therapy systems and devices to improve outcomes and quality of life for end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients |
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Sukhveer Sandhu, MS |
Medical Device Engineer for UCSF's Surgical Innovations Program |
Former lab members
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Ajay Dharia, MD | |
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Stephanie Brummett Coordinator [email protected] |
Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trial, fundraiser dedicated to The Kidney Project: |
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Torin Yeager, PhD | Avantex Vascular Corporation |
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Willieford Moses, MD, PhD |
UCSF Department of Surgery |
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Jae Hyun Park, PhD |
Applied Materials |
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Philip Chung, MS |
UCSF Medical School |
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Alex Heller, MS |
Northwestern University |
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Mozziyar Etemadi, MD, PhD |
Northwestern University |
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Steven Kim, MD |
Kaiser Permanente |
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Naveed Rabbani, BS |
Harvard Medical School |
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Peter Soler, PhD candidate |
Bristol-Meyers Squibb |
Image credit for Shuvo Roy: © majedphoto.com
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Susan Kram |