Keynon Bell, Year 2
Department: Chemical Biology Interface
Research: Drug Delivery and Biomaterials
Professional Interests: Industry, Biotech, Government
Travis Brady, Year 2
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research: Cardiovascular disease/stem cells
Professional Interests: Biotech (product design), STEM education
Drew Grant, Year 5
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research: Acoustic Event Detection and Audio Signal Processing
Professional Interests: Research & development
Sara Haile, Year 6
Department: Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Research: Biochemical characterization of a transcriptional coactivator complex
Professional Interests: Industry research, patient advocacy
Franklyn Hall, Year 5
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research: iPSC Modeling of Marfan Syndrome
Professional Interests: Pharmaceutical Development
Brent Ifemembi, Year 3
Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research: Personalized diagnostics for predicting metastasis and precision care
Professional Interests: Entrepreneurship, Industry (Biotech), Consulting
Adrian Johnston, Year 4
Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research: Novel CAR-T cell immunotherapy for cancer patients with solid tumors
Professional Interests: Biotech Entrepreneurship (Founder & CEO)
Department: Computer Science
Research: Graph algorithms
Professional Interests: Undecided
Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research: Studying the intersection of mathematical modeling and bioengineering to improve bioprocesses for gene therapy and other biopharmaceutical products
Mary Omotoso, Year 4
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research: How biomaterials and metabolites can be used to expand rare antigen specific memory T cells
Professional Interests: Government (CDC), R&D, Project management
Alexis Peña, Year 5
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research: Immune response to biologics
Professional Interests: Industry
Seun Romiluyi, Year 5
Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research: Using computation to study the solution processing of perovskite solar cells
Professional Interests: Application of data science and machine learning tools in the fields of energy, tech, and manufacturing at a corporate level.\
Joselyn Yamamoto, Year 4
Department: Biology – CMDB Program
Research: Investigate the role of sympathetic innervation of the pancreas during pregnancy
Professional Interests: Industry, Biotech, Non-profit
Briana Whitehead, Year 3
Department: Biophysics – PMB Program
Research: Development of Structural and Biophysical Approaches to Study RTK Mechanisms
Professional Interests: Government, Industry, Consulting, Military
Beza Woldemeskel, Year 5
Department: Infectious Disease – CMM Program
Research: Characterizing T cell responses to coronaviruses and HIV/AIDS
Professional Interests: Drug discovery, startup/biotechnology