Current Members

Faculty

Charles  Gersbach

Charles Gersbach

John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006
B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001

Research Staff

Shante  Berry

Shante Berry

Lab Analyst II

Ph.D. Genetics, North Carolina State University, 2019
B.S. Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 2011

Joel  Bohning

Joel Bohning

Research Associate

M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2011
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2010

Andrea  Daniel

Andrea Daniel

Senior Research Scientist

Ph.D. Pharmacology,  University of Minnesota, 2008
B.A. Biology, University of St. Thomas, 2001

Heather  Daniels

Heather Daniels

Lab Analyst I

B.S. Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2011

Kevin  Hagy

Kevin Hagy

Associate in Research

M.S. Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California - Santa Cruz, 2020
B.S. Neuroscience & Behavior, University of California, 2012

Nahid  Iglesias

Nahid Iglesias

Research Project Manager

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 2010 - 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008 - 2010
Ph.D. Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2008
M.S. Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland ,2002
B.S. Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2001

Irene  Kaplow

Irene Kaplow

Visiting Scientist

Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017-2023
Ph.D. Computer Science, Stanford University, 2017
B.S. Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010

Anthony  Rizzo

Anthony Rizzo

Associate in Research

B.Sc., Biology, Cornell University, 2014 

Kamie  Snow

Kamie Snow

Lab Manager

 A.A.S Biotechnology, Alamance Community College A.A.S Mechanical Drafting and Design, Alamance Community College


Postdoctoral Fellows

Josie  Bodle

Josie Bodle

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University & University of North - Carolina Chapel Hill, 2014
M.Eng. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2008
B.S. Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, 2005


Gabe  Butterfield

Gabe Butterfield

Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology,  University of Washington, 2018
B.A. Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Reed College, 2012

Alexandra  Garcia-Moreno

Alexandra Garcia-Moreno

Ph.D. Genetics and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University, 2018
B.S. Biology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, 2011


Boxun  Li

Boxun Li

Ph.D. Genetics, Development, and Disease, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2021
B.S. Biological Sciences, Peking University, 2015


Sean  McCutcheon

Sean McCutcheon

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2023
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, 2017


Graduate Students

Taylor  Anglen

Taylor Anglen

B.S. Biochemistry, Arizona State University, 2016


Lexi  Bounds

Lexi Bounds

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2018


Rachel  Conover

Rachel Conover

M.S. and B.S. Bioengineering, Northeastern University, 2022


Elizabeth  Guilfoyle

Elizabeth Guilfoyle

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2022


Mia  Hamilton

Mia Hamilton

A.B. Biology, Colby College, 2019


Carson  Key

Carson Key

B.S. Material Science Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2020


Susan  Liu

Susan Liu

B.A. Biochemistry, Wellesley College, 2019


Christian  McRoberts Amador

Christian McRoberts Amador

B.S. Bioprocessing Science, NC State, 2020


 


Alyssa  Pederson

Alyssa Pederson

B.S. Biological Sciences, Integrated Physiology and Neurobiology, North Carolina State University, 2023


Sam  Reisman

Sam Reisman

B.S. Plant Biology, University of California - Davis, 2015


Grayson  Rice

Grayson Rice

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 2019


Dahlia  Rohm

Dahlia Rohm

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2018


Tomer  Rotstein

Tomer Rotstein

B.S. Bioengineering, UC Berkeley, 2016


Madeleine  Sitton

Madeleine Sitton

B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2018


Helen  Streff

Helen Streff

B.S. Biology, University of Notre Dame, 2020


Maria  ter Weele

Maria ter Weele

BSE Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2020


Undergraduates