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The BRC has a strong commitment to our graduate and undergraduate students and offers excellent research opportunities and financial support. BRC members are encouraged to reach out to both graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in the research being conducted at the Center. We currently support 71 graduate students, 18 postdoctoral researchers/research scientists and 70 undergraduate students with travel awards, fellowships and cash awards and prizes for outstanding presentations at our annual biotech exposition.
Research Scientists
Dr. Richard P. Donovan Research Engineer (Shonnard)
Dr. John Durocher, Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Carter)
Dr. Tatyana Georgieva, Research Scientist (Busov)
Dr. Robert Handler, Postdoctoral Research Engineer (Shonnard)
Rama Joshi, Research Associate (Joshi)
Dr. Ge Meng, Postdoctoral Reseach Scientist /Assistant Professor (Liu)
Dr. Purushothama Rao, Postdoctoral Associate (Fang)
Dr. Momoko Tajiri, Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Thompson)
Dr. Ee Lim Tan, Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Ong and Rajachar)
Dr. Yordan Yordanov, Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Busov)
Dr. Zhaogong Zhang, Postdoctoral Research Scientist (S Zhang)
Dr. Shilei Zhu, Postdoctoral Associate (Liu)
Graduate Students
Biomedical Engineering
Matthew Barron (Ph. D., Donahue/Goldman)
Rachel Bradford (Ph. D., Donahue)
Stephanie Hamilton (Ph.D., Roemer)
Sean P. Hopkins (Ph.D., Frost)
Meghan McGee-Lawrence (Ph. D., Donahue)
Matthew Nielsen (Ph. D., Frost)
Brandon Pereles (Ph. D., Ong)
Katherine Snyder (Ph.D., Rajachar)
Rick Vendlinski (Ph.D., Roemer)
Chemical Engineering
Tayloria Adams (Ph.D., Minerick)
Felix Adom (Ph.D., Shonnard)
Zainab Alshoug (M.S., Shonnard)
Ran An (Ph.D., Minerick)
Bingyu Bai (M.S., Heldt)
Michael Brodeur-Campbell (Ph.D., Shonnard)
Jiqing Fan (Ph.D., Shonnard)
Aytug Gencoglu (Ph.D., Minerick)
Jordan Klinger (M.S., Shonnard)
Kaela Leonard (Ph.D., Minerick)
Jifei Liu (Ph. D., Shonnard)
Edwin Maleche (M.S., Shonnard)
Matthew Mihalek (M.S., Shonnard)
Sushil Pachpinde (Ph.D., Peng)
Vinay Patil (Ph.D., Zhou)
Alicia Sawdon (Ph.D., Peng)
Maria Tafur (Ph.D., Heldt)
Saagar Vijayaragavan (Ph.D., Heldt)
Jason Wang (Ph.D., Peng)
Chungja Yang (Ph.D., Minerick)
Yang Zhang (Ph.D., Zhou)
Chemistry
Katrina Bugielski (M.S., Thompson)
Ning Chen (Ph. D., Heiden)
Xiaochu Ding (Ph. D., Heiden)
Venkat R. Donuru (Ph. D., Liu)
Nethaniah Dorh (Ph.D., Tiwari)
Colina Dutta (Ph.D, Tiwari)
Suntara (Boat) Fueangfung (Ph. D., Fang)
Steven Johnson (Ph.D., Murthy)
Giri kumar (Ph. D., Liu)
Xi (Sissi) Lin (Ph. D., Fang)
Zhiwei Ma (Ph. D., Chen)
Martha Meneses (Ph. D., Heiden)
Chelsea Nikula (M.S., Thompson)
Singaravelu Velayudham (Ph. D., Liu)
Zezhou Wang (Ph. D., Fang)
Mimi Yang (Ph.D., Murthy)
Mu Yang (Ph.D., Tiwari)
Jintao Zhang (Ph. D., Liu)
Xiang Zhang (Ph.D., Fang)
Computer Science
Hang Zhang (M.S., Wei)
Computer Science Engineering
Fang Ruan (Ph.D., Wei)
Biological Sciences
Surendar Reddy Dhadi (Ph. D., Wusirika)
Claire Doskey (M.S., Datta)
Sumant Grover (Ph.D., Song)
Stephanie Groves (Ph.D., Bagley)
Weilue He (Ph.D., Jahng)
Kefeng Li (Ph. D., Wusirika)
Erin McKenney (M.S., Gretz)
Sheikh Rafi (Ph. D., Wusirika)
Ramana Reddy (Ph. D., Datta)
Aparupa Sengupta (Ph. D., Datta)
Srinivasa Rao Sripathi (Ph. D., Jahng)
Forest Resources & Environmental Science
Ben Betterly (M.S., Vucetich)
Yiru Chen (Ph. D., Busov)
Paige Cox (M.S., Busov)
Jessica Goodin (M.S., Gailing)
Yang Li (M.S., Wei)
Jennifer Lind (Ph.D., Gailing)
Matt Metz (M.S., Vucetich)
Mark Romanski (M.S., Vucetich)
Haley Rupp (M.S., Joshi)
Alexis Sullivan (M.S., Gailing)
Alessia Uboni (Ph. D., Vucetich)
Andy Von Duyke (Ph. D., Vucetich)
Tong Wang (Ph. D., Wei)
Human Factors
Erich Petusheck (Ph.D., Roemer)
Kinesiology & Intergrative Physiology
Robert Larson (M.S., Carter)
Christopher Schwartz (Ph. D., Carter)
Sarah Stream (M.S., Carter)
Jennifer Witting (M.S., Carter)
Huan Yang (Ph. D., Carter)
Materials Secience & Engineering
Connor McCarthy (M.S., Frost/Goldman)
Elizabeth Moore (M.S., Frost)
Mathematical Sciences
Xiaoqi Cui (Ph. D., HS Chen)
Shurong Fang (Ph.D., Sha)
Beini Jiang (Ph. D., Zhang)
Sapna Kumari (Ph. D., HS Chen)
Xiao Lu (Ph. D., HS Chen)
Shuaichen Wang (Ph. D., S Zhang)
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Adam Abraham (Ph. D., Haut Donahue)
Qi Gao (Ph. D., Shahbazian-Yassar)
Hessam Ghassemi (Ph. D., Shahbazian-Yassar)
Kasra Momeni (Ph. D., Shahbazian-Yassar)
Duane Morrow (Ph. D., Haut Donahue
Nsihith Parikh (Ph. D., Shahbazian-Yassar)
Anahita Pakzad (Ph. D., Shahbazian-Yassar)
Physics
Rachel Blaser (Ph.D., Lee)
Yong Meng Sua (Ph.D., Lee)
Undergraduate Students
Danielle Ahrens, Biomed Eng (Frost)
Kyle Andrews, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Cameron Atkinson, Bio Sci (Jahng)
Jessica Beck, Bio Sci (Bagley)
Dominique Blair, Bio Sci (Liu)
Rebecca Boeve, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Viktor Bollen, Physics (Lee)
Tyler Botbyl, Biomed Eng (Donahue)
Joshua Brinks, FR&ES (Vucetich)
Robbie Brown, Chemistry (Dam)
Sydney Bruestle, Bio Sci (Jahng)
Benjamin Cottrill, Biomedical Engineering (Frost)
Tyler Curtis, Biomed Eng (Frost)
Jamie Davis, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Andrew DeRouin, Biomed Eng (Ong)
Garrick Dixon, Bio Sci(Bagley)
Scott Docsa, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Henry Durnwald, Biomed Eng (Frost)
Amlesh Dwivedi, Physics (Lee)
Brian Feldhauser, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Lucas Foguth, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Genevieve Gierke, Biomed Eng (Frost)
Allyce Gilligan, Chemistry (Heiden)
Ryan Glaser, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Sarah Gray, Biomed Eng (Donahue)
Jonathan Gress, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
John Gubatan, Chemistry (Murthy)
Kelly Hayes, Bio Sci(Song)
Corey Hecksel, Bio Sci(Bagley)
David Heiden, Biomed Eng (Donahue)
Hallie Holmes, Bio Eng (Rajachar)
Sarah Hopson, Chemistry (Thompson)
Brock Horton, Bio Eng (Ong)
Josh Hulkonen, Bio Sci (Jahng)
Brock Jackman, Chemistry (Fang)
Benjamin Kamps, FR&ES. (Vucetich)
Nari Kang, Bio Sci (Wusirika)
Alexander Keim, Biomed Eng, Goldman/Frost)
Michelle King, Kinesiology & Intergrative Physio (Carter)
Brigitte Koerner, Chemistry (Fang)
Michael Lancina, Biomed Eng (Rajachar)
Scott Larson, FR&ES. (Vucetich)
Allison Lebovsky, Biomed Eng (Rajachar)
Parrisha Louis, Bio Sci(Jahng)
Brandi Lundquist, Chem Eng (Peng)
Andrew Maday, FR&ES. (Busov)
Tristan McKay, Biomed Eng (Frost)
Phillip Mercier, Bio Sci(Jahng)
Sarah Mets, Bio Sci (Song)
Chelsea Murawski, FR&ES. (Vucetich)
Kevin Oliver, Biomed Eng (Ong)
Will Paces, Biomed Eng (Rajachar)
Kyrie Pappas, Chemistry (Fang/Murthy)
Kaitlyn Pote, Bio Sci (Gretz)
Jackie Pribyl, Bio Sci (Jahng)
Ryan Priest (Vucetich)
Zichen Qian, Biomed Eng (Rajachar)
Cassandra Radka, Chemistry (Thompson)
Aaron Ritthaler, Chem Eng (Peng)
David Rosen, Kinesiology & Intergrative Physio (Roemer)
Stefan Rucins, Chem Eng(Shonnard)
Hans Sandholm, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Brian Schultz, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Stephen Schweitzer, Biomed Eng (Ong)
Hannah Smith, Kinesiology & Intergrative Physio (Roemer)
Joey Smith, Bio Sci (Jahng)
Stephanie Smith, Bio Sci, (Datta)
Danielle Stoll, Biomed Eng (Donahue)
Jane Summersett, Chemistry (Thompson)
Amanda Taylor, Chem Eng (Shonnard)
Christina Tether, Biomed Eng (Ong)
Lucas VanDerLaan, Kinesiology & Intergrative Physio (Roemer)
Eric Vertin, Bio Sci (Song)
Molly Wiltzius, Chemistry (Dam)
Samantha Wojda, Biomed Eng (Donahue)
Daniel Woldring, Chem Eng(Shonnard)
Lucas Wyzlic, Bio Sci (Bagley)
Xiaowen Xu, Bio Sci (Datta)
Yao Xue, Electrical and Computer Eng (Zhang)
Christopher Young, Chem Eng (Shonnard)