Alumni

	Joseph Cannizzo Undergraduate research student, Biological Sciences, 2014-2015 Currently: Teaching in AmeriCorps jpc328@cornell.edu
	Annie Chau Major: Bioengineering ac953@cornell.edu
	Lindsey Crawford, Ph.D. Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2010-2015 Research focus: Designing drug delivery systems capable of exploiting P-glycoprotein at the blood brain barrier for targeted drug delivery. Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert Lab, Washington University in St. Louis ld346@cornell.edu
	Cassandra Guarino, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2015 Research focus: Controlled release vaccine design. Currently: Extension Associate for Serology, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University cg82@cornell.edu
	Jānis Lejnieks, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2014 Research focus: Bio-inspired design and synthesis of associative amphiphilic statistical copolymers. Currently: Research Fellow, University of Michigan jl2925@cornell.edu
	Tiffany Leung Undergraduate research student, 2011-2014; M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, 2014-2015 Research focus: Hepatitis C vaccine development utilizing bacterial outer membrane vesicles. Currently: Research Associate, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals tkl27@cornell.edu
	Catalina Pagan Major: Bioengineering clp88@cornell.edu
	Garrett Rappazzo M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, 2014; Visiting scientist, spring 2015 Research focus: Universal influenza vaccine development using bacterially derived outer membrane vesicles. Currently: Ph.D. student in Biological Engineering, Michael Birnbaum Lab, MIT cgr33@cornell.edu
	Joseph Rosenthal, Ph.D Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2010-2014 Research focus: Engineered outer membrane vesicles derived from probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 s recobinant subunit antigen carriers For the development of pathogen-mimetic vaccines. Currently: Medical student, Harvard Medical School jar472@cornell.edu
	Mingchee Tan, Ph.D. Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2009-2014 Research focus: The synthesis, characterization and application of polymer brushes mimicking lubricin’s structure and function for use as a biolubricant Currently: Chief Technology Officer at Dynamic Boundaries Inc. mt525@cornell.edu

Nicole Ricapito, PhD

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2010-2016

Research focus: Synthesis, Design, and Kinetic Analysis of Dihydroxyacetone-Based Polymers for Amine Reactive Surface Applications

Currently: Zymergen, Inc.

ngr8@cornell.edu

José Rios, PhD

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2010-2016

Research focus: Design and Development of Synthetic Polymeric Materials for Drug Delivery Applications

jlr346@cornell.edu

Bailey Cooper, PhD

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2009-2016

Research focus: Polymers for nucleic acid delivery

Currently: Faculty at Virginia Tech

bmc84@cornell.edu

Hannah Watkins, PhD

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2012-2016

Research focus: Development of E. coli derived outer membrane vesicles as vaccine adjuvants.

Currently: Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

hcw47@cornell.edu

Jaclyn Higgins

B.S. in Biological Engineering, 2012-2016
M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, 2016-2017

Currently: Research Associate at Moderna Therapeutics

jsh332@cornell.edu

Aditya Misra

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2013-2017

Currently: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

am724@cornell.edu

Can Zhou, Ph.D.

Research focus: Lubricin-mimetic polymer Brushes

canzhou@cornell.edu

Zhexun Sun, Ph.D.

PhD in Biomedical Engineering, 2018

Research focus: Synthesis and design of polymers for lubrication of biointerfaces

Beatrice Awasthi

M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, 2018

Currently: PhD student at Harvard University

Jenna Chong

M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, 2018

Hannah Childs

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 2018

Currently: PhD student at Columbia University

Stephen Spittler

M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, 2019

Currently: Merck

Ashley Kim

B.S. in Chemistry, 2010

Currently: Weill Cornell Medicine

Sarah Snyder, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2020

Currently: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Washington

Yehou Michel Davy Gnopo, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2020

Currently: Merck

Ben Dickstein

M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, 2021

Currently: Lyndra Therapeutics

Shamanth Murundi

B.S. in Biological and Environmental Engineering, 2020

Currently: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Kevin Cavallo

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 2020

Lisa Yu

B.S. in Biological Sciences, 2020

Acacia Tam