Graduate Students
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Alexey Belyaev
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| Phone: | 505-573-4510 |
| Degrees Earned: |
M.S., Mechanical Engineering with Concentration in Chemical Engineering, Moscow State University, 2000
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Moscow State University, 2004 |
| Research Interests: | Screening effect in the nanochannels, microfluidic devices, separation science and technology, energy technology. |
| Advisor: | Petsev |
Carl Brown
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| Phone: | 505-272-1887 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2008 |
| Research Interests: | Flavivirus and protease assays |
| Publications: | R. Sumagin, C. W. Brown III, I. H. Sarelius, M. R. King, "Microvascular Endothelial Cells Exhibit Optimal Aspect Ratio for Minimizing Flow Resistance", Annals of Biomedical Engineering 36:580-585 (2008). |
| Advisor: | Graves |
Nichlaus Carroll
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| Advisor: | Petsev |
Kirsten Cicotte
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| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, 2005 |
| Research Interests: | Use of biodegradable polymers for bone tissue applications. |
| Publications: | Cicotte, Kirsten N.; Hedberg-Dirk, Elizabeth L.; Dirk, Shawn M. Synthesis and electrospun fiber mats of low Tg poly(propylene fumerate-co-propylene maleate). Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2010), 117(4), 1984-1991 Hedberg-Dirk, Elizabeth L.; Cicotte, Kirsten N.; Dirk, Shawn M. Esters of maleic anhydride as both a new and old material for tissue engineering. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2009), 1235(Engineering Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine), No pp. given, Paper #: 1235-RR06-08 Cicotte, Kirsten N.; Dirk, Shawn M.; Hedberg-Dirk, Elizabeth L. Poly(1,3-Butylene Fumerate) and Poly(1,3-Butylene Fumerate)-co-(1,3-Butylene Maleate) as Electrospun Scaffold Materials. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (2009), 1239(Engineering Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine), No pp. given, Paper #: 1239-VV05-02 |
| Advisor: | Dirk |
Marta Cooperstein
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| Phone: | 505-264-6942 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico |
| Research Interests: | Tissue engineering and thermoresponsive materials |
| Publications: | Cooperstein, M.; Canavan, H.E.; “Applications and Uses of Biological Cell Detachment from pNIPAM”, Langmuir, 26 (11), (2010). |
| Reed, J.A., Lucero, A.E., Cooperstein, M.A., and Canavan, H.E., "The effects of cell culture parameters on cell release kinetics from thermoresponsive surfaces," Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Biomechanics, 6(2), 81-88, (2008). | |
| Advisor: | Canavan |
Jose Cornejo
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Kevin Cushing
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| Phone: | 505-277-6209 |
| Degrees Earned: | M.S., 2004, Chemistry, Northern Arizona University
B.S.,Biology, University of Arizona, 2001 |
| Research Interests: | Elastomeric microparticles as bioassay platforms |
| Publications: | Vail TL, Cushing KW, Ingram JC, St Omer I. Micropatterned avidin arrays on silicon substrates via photolithography, self-assembly and bioconjugation. Biotechnol Appl Biochem. 2006 Feb;43(Pt 2):85-91. |
| Advisor: | Lopez |
Mark Fleharty
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Eric Hill
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| Advisor: | Whitten |
Emmalee Jones
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| Phone: | 505-277-2299 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Applied Physics, Brigham Young University, 2009 |
| Research Interests: | Lipid membrane mediated tau protein misfolding and aggregation |
| Advisor: | Chi |
Patricia S. Langan
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| Phone: | 505-277-2299 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, 2009 |
| Research Interests: | Fluorobodies as antigen detection agents |
| Advisor: | Graves, Freyer and Bradbury |
Alexander T. Leonard
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| Phone: | 505-277-2291 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University, 2008. |
| Research Interests: | Three-dimensional tissue scaffolds. |
| Advisor: | Dirk |
Danielle Lussier
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Laura Pawlikowski
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| Phone: | 505-277-6701 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Chemical Engineering, Florida State University, 2008 |
| Research Interests: | Use of co-polymers in biological sensors. |
| Advisor: | Canavan |
Jamie Reed
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| Phone: | 505-277-6701 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2005 |
| Research Interests: | Use of thermo-responsive surfaces to fabricate a tissue engineered blood vessel. |
| Publications: | Reed, J.A.; Lucero, A.E.; Cooperstein, M.; Canavan, H.E.; "The Effects of Cell Culture Parameters on Cell Release Kinetics from pNIPAM," Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Biomechanics, 6 (2), 81-88 (2008). |
| Reed, J.A., Lucero, A.E., Cooperstein, M.A., and Canavan, H.E., "The effects of cell culture parameters on cell release kinetics from thermoresponsive surfaces," Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Biomechanics, 6(2), 81-88, (2008). | |
| Advisor: | Canavan |
Matthew Rush
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| Phone: | 505-720-8166 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico Tech, 2009 |
| Research Interests: | The effects of mechanical stimuli on Mesenchymal Stem Cell differentiation and bone growth |
| Advisors: | Dirk and Brinker |
Pearlson Prashanth Austin Suthanthiraraj
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| Phone: | 505-977-7798 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2009. |
| Research Interests: | Separation and sorting of biological particles |
| Advisor: | Graves |
Michael Thomas
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| Phone: | 505-204-6268 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2007 |
| Research Interests: | Complex signal processing for sorting of large particles |
| Advisor: | Graves |
Ying Wang
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| Phone: | 505-730-2178 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.S., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Jilin University, China. 2005 M.S., Physical Chemistry, Jilin University, China 2008 |
| Research Interests: | Conjugated polymers and oligomers and antimicrobials. |
| Advisor: | Whitten |
Kristin Wilde
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| Phone: | 505-277-6701 |
| Degrees Earned: | M.Ch.E., 2007, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University B.S., 2001, Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah |
| Research Interests: | Biomaterials, nanotechnology, surface and interfacial science. |
| Publications: | Dirksen, J. A., Ring, T. A., DUVALL, K. N. and Jongen, N., “Testing of crystallization inhibitors in industrial LiBr solutions,” International Journal of Refrigeration 24 (8) 856-859 (2001). Dirksen, J. A., DUVAL, K. and Ring, T. A., “NiO thin-film formaldehyde gas sensor,” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 80 (2) 106-115 (2001). Ring, T. A., Dirksen, J. A., DUVALL, K. N. and Jongen, N., “LiBr·2H2O Crystallization Inhibition in the Presence of Additives,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 239 (2) 399-408 (2001). DUVALL, K. N., Dirksen, J. A. and Ring, T. A., “Ostwald-Meyers Metastable Region in LiBr Crystallization—Comparison of Measurements with Predictions,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 239 (2) 391-398 (2001). |
| Advisors: | Profs. Heather Canavan and Diane Lidke |
Jingshu Zhu
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| Phone: | 505-620-6649 |
| Degrees Earned: | B.E., Jimei University, China, 2006 M.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, 2009 |
| Research Interests: | Flow cytometry and high-thoughput screening (HTS) |
| Publications: | Xiaoli Song, Zhirong Geng, Jingshu Zhu, Chengying Li, Xin Hu, Ningsheng Bian, Xinrong Zhang and Zhilin Wang, "Structure-function roles of four cysteine residues in the human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (hAS3MT) by site-directed mutagenesis", Chemico-Biological Intera 179 (2-3), 2009, 321-328. |
| Advisors: | Bruce Edwards and Steven Graves |
