Our amazing team!

John Hickey, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

Secondary appointment in Department of Cell Biology, Duke University


Postdoctoral Training in Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University (2023): Nolan lab

PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2019)

BS in Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University (2013)

Select Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, ARCS Scholar, Siebel Scholar, NCI Postdoctoral Fellowship, and American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Member of CAGT, CBTE, FIP, DCIS, CBB

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Bio: John completed his postdoctoral training in Garry Nolan's lab at Stanford University, where he used and developed systems biology tools to analyze spatial relationships among cells in tissues. Prior to that, he pursued his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University under the guidance of Dr. Jonathan Schneck and Hai-Quan Mao. During his doctoral studies, he developed magnetic nanoparticles for enriching and expanding rare antigen-specific T cells, as well as the design of hydrogels for adoptive T cell therapy.

Yang Miao, MS, LinkedIn

BME PhD Student

Kyra Van Batavia, BS, LinkedIn

BME PhD Student

Bobby Ni, BS, LinkedIn

BME PhD Student

Roy Chen

BME/CS Undergradaute Student

Zach RobersLinkedIn

CS, Undergraduate Student

Yuexi (Kylee) Li, BS

BME Masters Student

Rachel Wu, LinkedIn

BME/CS Undergraduate Student

Fuyao Li, BS

BME Masters Student

Matthew Chu, LinkedIn

CS Undergraduate Student

Jiaqi Liu

BME, Masters Student

Auggie Poysungnoen 

Economics, Undergraduate Student

Mariah Culpepper

Biology/CS, Undergraduate Student

Seung Hyun Jin

CS Undergraduate Student

Josie van de Klashorst

Chemistry Undergraduate Student

Shelby Cherkas

BME, Undergraduate Student

Julio Alfredo Maragall, LinkedIn

CS, Undergraduate Student

Jake Tirado, LinkedIn

Chemistry Undergraduate Student

James Sohigian, LinkedIn

Math/CS Undergraduate Student

Zachary Deutsch, LinkedIn

BME, Undergraduate Student

Kevin Lee, LinkedIn

CS, Undergraduate Student

Other Current Undergraduates

Leyla Rasheed, LinkedIn

Aidan Baydush, LinkedIn

Preston Swarat, LinkedIn

Anokh Ambadipudi, LinkedIn

Rafael Soh

Alex Christ

Our team is founded on principles of caring, curiosity, consistency, collaboration, and creativity. We are always looking for passionate and ambitious individuals to join our efforts. If these principles and the research excite you and you want to join our team please contact us through this page: Join us

Alumni & Next Position

Senior Scientists

Yi-Hsin Lin, MD, PhD - Chief of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Tr-Service General Hospital


Medical Students

Marian Khalil, BS - Medical Student at Northeast Ohio Medical University


Undergraduate

Justin Zhao - PostBac National Institutes of Health

Debosir Ghosh - Epic Systems