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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
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.
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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
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CS, Undergraduate Student
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Alumni & Next Position
Senior Scientists
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Medical Students
Marian Khalil, BS - Medical Student at Northeast Ohio Medical University
Undergraduate
Justin Zhao - PostBac National Institutes of Health
Debosir Ghosh - Epic Systems