OUR ALUMNI
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Rachel Gilbert, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2022) Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic
Rahul Chib, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2018-2019) Currently Applications Scientist, HORIBA Scientific
Robert A. McKee, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2016-2018) Currently Teaching Faculty of Bioengineering , University of California Riverside
Joshua Morgan, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2014-2017) Currently Assistant Professor of Bioengineeering, University of California Riverside
Ph.D. STUDENTS
Brielle Hayward-Piatkovskyi, Ph.D. (BIO, 2023)
Honors: 2020 NIH F31 Pre-Doctoral Fellow | Chemistry & Biology Interface
Katie Nelson, Ph.D. (ChemE, 2023)
Honors: 2021 NIH F31 Pre-Doctoral Fellow | Chemistry & Biology Interface
Catherine Millar-Haskell, Ph.D. (BME, 2022) Current: Scientist, Assay Development, EXOKĒRYX
Saurabh Modi, Ph.D. (BME, 2021) Current: Modeling & Simulation Scientist, Amgen Inc.
Honors: 2020-2021 University of Delaware Dissertation Fellowship Award
Nicholas Trompeter, Ph.D. (BME, 2021) Current: Field Application Scientist, Namocell Inc.
Honors: 2019 BME Graduate Teaching Assistant Award | 2019 UD Summer Doctoral Fellowship Award | 2020-2021 UD Graduate Scholars Award
Jasmine Shirazi, Ph.D. (BME, 2021) Current: Post-Doc, Sean Morrison Laboratory, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Honors: 2016-18 SBEE IGERT Fellow | 2018 Biomedical Entrepreneurship iTREP Fellow | 2019-2020 UD Doctoral Fellow | 2020 UD Summer Doctoral Fellowship Award | 2020-2021 NASA Delaware Space Grant (DESGC) Fellowship
Rachel Gilbert, Ph.D. (BME, 2021) Current: Post-Doc, Tissue Repair and Mechanobiology Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Honors: 2015 Gore Fellow | 2016 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention | 2017 UD BME Graduate Student Rising Star Award | 2018 BMES Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering Graduate Student Shooting Star Award | 2018 UD BME Best Graduate Student Seminar Series Presentation Award | 2018 NIH F31 Pre-Doctoral Fellow
MASTER’S STUDENTS
Daniel Minahan (BME, 2021) Current: Research Engineer, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Honors: 2017 Gore Biomedical Engineering Graduate Fellowship | 2017 Biomedical Engineering Chair's Fellowship | 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award | 2020 Outstanding BME Outreach Award
Laurel Schappell (BME, 2021) Current: Stony Brook University, MD/Ph.D., biomedical engineering
Christine Hillman (Biology, 2020)
Andrew Brown (BME, 2020) Current: Staff Scientist I, QPS Holdings LLC, Newark, DE
Wade Stewart (BME, 2018) Current: University of Delaware, Ph.D., BME
Honors: 2018 UD BME Best Biomedical Engineering Teaching Assistant Award
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Lauren Mottel (BME, 2023)
Stephen Mondoro (BME, 2023)
Lexi Anderson (BME, 2022)
Sharvari Apte (BME, 2023)
Mary Athanasopoulos (BME, 2019); Current: Associate Scientist, Vivtex Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Honors: Finalist – Fulbright Fellowship | 2018 Vince Baro Research Scholarship
Justin Bouyer (MechE, 2022)
Isabel Carulli (BME, 2020)
Honors: UD Telkes Distinguished Scholar | 2018 McNair Scholar
Nicolette Chahalis (BME, 2020)
Brea Chernokal (BME 2021) Senior Thesis
Honors: UD Eugene DuPont Distinguished Scholar | 2021 NSF GRFP Fellowship
Erica Comber (BME, 2017) Senior Thesis; Current: Carnegie Mellon University, Ph.D., Biomedical engineering (expected)
Honors: 2015 Mid-Atlantic Graduate Program Fair Best Overall Poster Award | 2016 UD BME Distinguished Junior Award | 2017 Brad and Jennifer Bono Entrepreneurial
Leadership Award | 2019 NSF GRFP Fellowship
Mercedes Dayan (Biology & Neuroscience, 2019), Senior Thesis; Current: Temple University Medical School, M.D., (expected)
Honors: UD Telkes Distinguished Scholar
Margaux Deputy (BME, 2022)
Shubh Desai (Bio Sci, 2023)
Leah Deter (Biological Sciences, 2017)
Julia Felsenstein (Biology, 2021)
Emily Fitzgerald (BME, 2024)
Sarah Geissler (BME, 2021) Senior Thesis
Honors: UD Presidential Scholar
Caitlin Grasso (BME, 2019), Senior Thesis; Current: University of Vermont, M.S., evolutionary robotics, (expected)
Natasha Gurevich (Quant Bio, 2021) Senior Thesis
Sean Holly (BME, 2023)
Ashlyn Kapinski (BME, 2022)
Kaitlyn Krewson (BME, 2019)
Gabe Ma (BME, 2025)
Elizabeth Marcin (Biology & Neuroscience, 2019), Senior Thesis; Current: 2nd Lieutenant, United States Army
Eugene Marrone (Biological Sciences, 2017)
Isabel Navarro (ChemE 2019); Current: University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., biomedical engineering (expected)
Honors: UD Eugene DuPont Distinguished Scholar | 2019 Tau Beta Pi National Graduate Fellowship | 2019 NSF GRFP Fellowship
Rachel O'Sullivan (BME 2019), co-advised with Emily Day; Current: Northwestern University, JD/Ph.D. (expected)
Honors: 2018 Vince Baro Research Scholarship | 2018 UD Global Engineering Fellow | 2019 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Nick Pautler (BME, 2021)
Emma Peterman (ChemE, 2022)
Olivia Powell (MechE, 2019), Senior Thesis; Current: Columbia University, Ph.D., biomedical engineering (expected)
Honors: UD Eugene DuPont Distinguished Scholar | 2017-19 McNair Scholar | 2018 National Society of Black Engineers Conference 1st place in the Technical Research Poster
Competition | National LSAMP Conference, 2nd Place Poster Competition, Engineering Division
Sienna Pyle (BME, 2020)
Honors: UD Munson Fellow | 2018 McNair Scholar
Michael Raccuglia (BME, 2019)
Peter Sariano (BME, 2017), Senior Thesis; Current: University of California Davis, Ph.D., biomedical engineering (expected)
Honors: 2015 UD BME Distinguished Sophomore Award | 2015 Mid-Atlantic Graduate Program Fair Poster Session II Best Science Award | 2017 UD Senior Thesis Winter Session
Fellow [only four named university-wide] | 2017 NSF GRFP Fellowship
Laurel Schappell (BME, 2019), Senior Thesis
Honors: Burnaby Munson Senior Thesis Fellow (only 2 are named university-wide) | 2019 NSF GRFP Fellowship
Zachary Sexton (BME & Public Policy, 2018), Senior Thesis; Current: Stanford University, Ph.D., bioengineering (expected)
Honors: UD 1743 Distinguished Scholar | 2016 UD BME Distinguished Sophomore Award | 2017 UD BME Distinguished Junior Award | 2017 Goldwater Scholarship Honorable
Mention | 2018 Donald W. Harward Senior Thesis Winter Session Fellow [only four named university-wide] | 2018 UD Alexander J. Taylor Sr. Award | 2018 NSF GRFP
Fellowship
Maddy Singh (Animal Bioscience, 2025)
Elizabeth Soulas (BME, 2016) Senior Thesis; Current: University Of Pennsylvania Dental School (Joint M.S. Bioengineering/D.D.S.)
Honors: 2016 Donald W. Harward Senior Thesis Winter Session Fellow [only four named university-wide] | 2016 Mathew Maguire Celebration of Life Memorial Award | AAUP UD
Chapter undergraduate student award
Morgan Steele (Med Life Sci, 2022)
Hannah Towhey (MechE, 2023)
Nick Ulizio (MechE, 2023)
Cedric Whitney (BME, 2017)
Honors: UD Eugene DuPont Distinguished Scholar | 2019 NSF GRFP Fellowship
Alex Zurzolo (MechE, 2023)
POST-BACCALAUREATE RESEARCHERS
Brian Chambers (Animal Biosciences, 2017) Lab Technician/Post-baccalaureate Researcher, 2017-18
Currently: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M. program)
VISITING STUDENT RESEARCHERS
Laura Barthold, Dartmouth College, Summer 2016
Meibin Chen, Yale University, Summer 2016
Brianna Dagostino, University of Texas El Paso, Summer 2019
Amanda Dang, University of Michigan, Summer 2018
Soumya-Deep Paul, Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems, Winter/Spring 2017
Christian Eschenburg, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Summer/Fall 2015
Currently: Director of R&D, Orthopedic Technology Services GmbH, Germany
Chloe Frantz, Johns Hopkins University, Summer 2019
Laura Golusda, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Summer/Fall 2018
Diana Renteria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer 2018, 2019
Emmett Van Venroy, Johns Hopkins University, Summer 2019
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESEARCHERS
Brian Ding (Caravel Academy, class of 2021), Summer 2019
Chloe Frantz (Newark High School, class of 2018) UD K12 Internship, Summer 2017 and AY17-18
Currently: Johns Hopkins University BME
Eva Gatune (Polytech High School, class of 2016) UD K12 Internship, Summer 2015
Currently: Xavier University of Louisiana HBCU Biology & BME
Lauren Mottel (Padua Academy, class of 2019), Summer 2018
Rohan Narayan (Wilmington Charter, class of 2016) UD K12 Internship, Summer 2015
Currently: University of Delaware ChemE
Sunil Narayan (Wilmington Charter, class of 2019), Summer 2018
Julia Pelesko (Sanford School, class of 2017) UD K12 Internship, Summer 2016 and AY16-17
Currently: Case Western Reserve University BME & Math
Isaac Scarborough (Appoquinimink High School, class of 2020), Summer 2018