Postdoctoral Researchers

Alessia Battigelli
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2014-2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS, 2012-2013
Ph.D., Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy – University of Strasbourg, France
M.Sc. and B.Sc., Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Trieste, Italy
Research Interests: Developing stem cell/hydrogel hybrid materials with antibacterial activity using bioorthogonal click chemistry

Chao Yu
Postdoctoral Researcher, Professor Shouheng Sun’s Lab, Brown University, U.S. 11/2015-01/2019
Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China. — 09/2010-06/2015
B.S., Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China. — 09/2006-06/2010
Research Interests: Assembly and engineering of functional nanoparticles with biomaterials for achieving self-regulating property

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. 2014-2019
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering-Thermo-kinetics and Catalyst, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering-Process Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran
Research interest: Developing biomaterials to enhance the mesenchymal stem cell secretome profile toward cell-free therapeutics

Dahlia Alkekhia
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Brown University. 2014-2020
Sc.B., Bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Developing stimuli-responsive biomaterials for localized antimicrobial drug delivery