Meet the Team

BWI Co-Chair
Deepakshi is a 2nd year MS thesis student in the Bui Lab studying the role of interferons in tumor progression.

BWI Co-Chair

Chinmayi is a 2nd year MS student in the Cheresh Lab at Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. Her research is focused on characterizing the ECM secreted by tumor-initiating cancer cells.

Vice President, External

Rayyan is a 2nd year PhD student developing patient-derived models of cardiovascular disease using biomaterials.

Ananya is a 2nd year MS student developing biohybrid micromotors for biomedical applications in Dr. Joseph Wang's Lab.

Venkat is a 2nd year MEng student with a specialization in Medical Device Engineering. After graduation, he intends on working in the medical device industry as a Product Development/R&D Engineer.

Mariluz is a first year Ph.D. student in Bioengineering focusing on medical imaging.

Isabelle is a 1st year MS student in the BioEngineering department interested in optics and medical imaging devices. She hopes to get a job in R&D in the biotech industry after graduate school.

Samantha is a first-year bioengineering PhD student working on cancer metastasis and immunity.

Neha is a 2nd year Master's student conducting research in the field of Antibody engineering.

Simar is a 1st year MS Thesis student currently rotating in Kwon Lab at Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine.

Wei-shan is a 1st year M.S. student that just joined the Bioengineering Department.

Sahran is a 2nd Year MS student in the Shi Lab. His research focuses on using Raman microscopy to quantify metabolic dynamics in cells and tissue.

Darya is a 1st year MS student working on characterizing the mechanisms of tumor progression with multi-omics strategies and systems biology approaches.

Hao is a 6th year PhD student at Dr. Valdez-Jasso Lab, and his research focuses on the mechanism of cardiovascular disease using biomechanics principles.

Priyan is a first year MS Bioengineering student.