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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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Elizabeth Gress, MPA Director of Strategy & Operations [email protected] |
Clinical and regulatory affairs, research operations, partnerships, communications, and outreach |
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Desiree Khu, MBA |
Operational and administrative support for the Biodesign Lab and The Kidney Project |
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Reanna Suela
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Administrative support and communications for The Kidney Project. |
Postdoctoral scholars
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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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Avinash Patil, PhD |
Corrosion mechanisms of silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs) in body fluid, and surface modification of SNM to improve its in-vivo performance |
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David Blauvelt, MD Clinical Fellow [email protected] |
Building an implantable artificial lung using silicon micropore membranes | |
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Rachel Gurlin, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar [email protected] |
Design and development of the immunoisolative intravascular bioartificial pancreas (iBAP) device with various tissue engineering approaches and islet cell sources | |
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Caressa Chen, MD |
Utilization of tissue engineering techniques to optimize cells in bioreactor of implantable bioartificial kidney |
Graduate students
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Alonso Torres, BS Bioengineering Student [email protected] |
Immunoisolation with silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs); construction of cell scaffolds for fabrication of intravascular bio-artificial pancreas (iBAP); testing of allogenic, xenogenic, and stem-cell derived cells for Type One Diabetes therapy; application and efficacy of substance identifying techniques |
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Venus Tong, MS |
Adhesion of human renal epithelial cells to silicon nanopore membranes; understanding cell-surface interactions. |
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Kimia Behzad Moghadam |
Understanding the changes in the clearance and toxicity levels in the implantable bioartificial kidney of the most common medications used in patients with end-stage renal disease. |
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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Ana Santandreu, BS |
Design and validation of cell encapsulating technologies and tissue engineered scaffolds for the intravascular bioartificial pancreas (iBAP); testing of allogeneic and xenogeneic islet sources compatible with the iBAP platform; analysis and characterization of silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs) in-vivo performance; collaboration with The Kidney Project |
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Ben Chui, PhD |
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-related research including design, layout, and fabrication, with a focus on device prototyping and process development; use of MEMS and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) to implement breakthrough technology in the bio-sciences |
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Tariq Haniff, MS |
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), remote sensing applications, and transducers in renewable energy |
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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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Jimmy Ly, PhD |
Design and fabrication of robust silicon nanopore membranes (SNMs) and housing for blood filtration and cell immunoisolation |
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David Maginnis, BS |
Understanding mass transfer within hemodialysis devices, and processing and quality control of porous silicon membranes in use for artificial organs |
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Francisco Baltazar, MS |
Fabrication of silicon nanoporous membranes and surface film characterization for hydrolysis and corrosion research. Interested in progressing the field of semiconducting nanotechnology with biology and physics for breakthrough devices. |
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