| Photo | Who | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
 | Tejal Desai, PhD Principal Investigator tejal_desai@brown.edu | Cellular integration and tissue engineering, biomimetic architectures for functional biomaterials, and therapeutic drug targeting and delivery. |
 | Kareem Ebeid, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar kareem_ebeid@brown.edu | Designing translatable nano scale drug and gene delivery systems for various therapeutic applications. |
 | Deblin Jana, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar deblin_jana@brown.edu | Optimal Engineering of DNA scaffold nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery to lymph nodes and tumor micro-environment, with focus on autoimmune disease treatments and cancer immunotherapy. |
 | Marwa Sallam, PhD Senior Research Associate marwa_sallam@brown.edu | Engineering functional biomaterials for local immune modulation and cell based therapies for autoimmune diseases and cancer. |
 | Audrey McCarthy, B.A. PhD Student audrey_mccarthy@brown.edu | Optimizing clinically relevant gene delivery systems for modulating epigenetic pathways in endometriosis-related infertility. |
 | Stephen B. Arthur, M.S. PhD Student stephen_arthur@brown.edu | Unleashing the power of nanobiomaterials to deliver therapeutics across the blood brain barrier to treat various CNS disorders. |
 | Jingge Chen, M.E. PhD Student jingge_chen@brown.edu | Exploring nanotechnology and polymer science to achieve immunomodulatory therapeutics delivery for cancer immunotherapy. (co-advisor: Edith Mathiowitz) |
 | Jean J. Jerome, B.S. PhD Student jean_jerome@brown.edu | Developing tunable high aspect ratio particles (HARPs) for local, targeted immunomodulation. Regenerative medicine, immunoengineering, and biomaterials. |
 | Brendan Knittle, B.S. Master’s Student brendan_knittle@brown.edu | Engineering polymeric nanoparticles for simultaneous co-delivery of genetic material and drugs for durable immune responses to metastatic cancer. |
| Members At UCSF | ||
 | Daniel Bernards, PhD Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences UCSF daniel.bernards@ucsf.edu | Thin film fabrication and devices for therapeutic applications, including ocular drug delivery, pro-healing vascular wraps, and mucosal dressings. |
 | Bhushan Kharbikar, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences UCSF bhushan.kharbikar@ucsf.edu | Development of implantable biomimetic bioartificial organs by integrating a variety of biomaterials, biological cells, Nano/Microelectromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS) with a current focus on the development of the bioartificial pancreas for treatment of Type-I Diabetes. |
 | Darnell Cuylear DDS/PhD Student UCSF Graduate Program in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences darnell.cuylear@ucsf.edu | Development of drug delivery systems for biologic mediators to enhance orthodontic tooth stability and bone regeneration. |
 | Nafisa Elghazali PhD Student UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering nafisa_elghazali@berkeley.edu | Engineering therapeutic biomaterial platforms for orthopedic drug delivery and bone regeneration. |
 | Pierce Hadley MD/PhD student – UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program pierce.hadley@ucsf.edu | Designing biomaterials that augment the function of cell-based immunotherapy. (co-PI: Qizhi Tang, Department of Surgery at USCF) |
 | Mollie Eva Hansen PhD StudentUC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering eva.hansen@berkeley.edu | Investigation of the effects of nanotopography on epithelial barrier function and drug transport; development of oral methods for protein/peptide delivery. |
 | Cynthia Perez PhD studentUC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering cynthia.perez@berkeley.edu | Improving islet transplantion outcomes for the treatment of Type I diabetes. (co-PI: Phillip Messersmith at UC Berkeley). |
 | Preethi Raghavan PhD Student UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering preethiraghavan@berkeley.edu | Designing biomaterials for modulating immune response to bacterial lung infection |
 | Justin Zhong PhD StudentUC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering justinxzhong@berkeley.edu | Development of polymeric microstructures to modulate local myocardial tissue environments following infarcts. |
 | Yuanzhou Chen Staff Research Associate Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences UCSF yuanzhou.chen@ucsf.edu | Development of nanoparticle-based immunotherapy and delivery of therapeutic agents. |
Former lab members
| Who | Now at |
|---|---|
| Sirine Bellou | |
| Trishley Nubla | Neuralink |
| Priya Mohindra PhD | BeiGene |
| Lariana Cline | North Western University |
| Gauree Chendke PhD | |
| Xiao Huang, PhD | Drexel University |
| Joel Finbloom, PhD | University of British Columbia |
| Tannia Rodriguez | Wayne State University School of Medicine |
| Kevin Rivera, PhD | UCSF |
| Will Lykins, PhD | |
| Serena Appignani Blacklow | UCSF School of Medicine |
| Initha Setiady | |
| Yiqi Cao, PhD | |
| Elizabeth Levy, PhD | Genentech, South San Francisco |
| Karen Samy, PhD | Genentech, South San Francisco |
| Cameron Nemeth, PhD | |
| Long Le, PhD | Berkeley Lights |
| Colin Zamecnik, PhD | UCSF |
| Zhongbo Li | |
| Natalie Ciaccio, PhD | BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
| Kim Kam, PhD | Genentech, South San Francisco |
| Jennifer Wade, PhD | |
| James Pinney, PhD | UCSF |
| Julien Schweicher, PhD | |
| Vuk Uskokovic, PhD | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| Jubin Ryu, PhD | Palo Alto Medical Foundation |
| Crystal Nyitray, PhD | UCSF QB3 |
| Lalitha Muthusubramaniam, PhD | Berkeley Lights |
| Kelly Chavez, PhD | Duke University |
| Phin Peng Lee, PhD | Stanford University |
| Alec Cerchiari, PhD | Cook Medical |
| Erica Schlesinger, PhD | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Hari Chirra, PhD | Berkeley Lights |
| Jessica Allen, PhD | Berkeley College |
| Kevin Lance, PhD | Putnam Associates |
| Rob Weber, PhD | |
| Molly Fischer | Fire Cause Analysis |
| Laura Walsh | |
| Ryan Chang, MD/PhD | |
| Harald Nuhn | |
| Daniel Johengen | |
| Jean Kim, PhD | Genentech |
| Cade Fox, PhD | Abbott Biowearables |