Principal Investigator
David Putnam, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Post Doctoral Researcher
Zhexun Sun
B.S., Chemistry, Rutgers University
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2017
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2018
Research focus: Synthesis and design of polymers for lubrication of biointerfaces
zs273@cornell.edu
PhD Students
Yehou Michel Davy Gnopo
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lafayette College, 2015
M.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 2018
Research focus: Furthering the antigenic protein carrying capacity of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs)
ymg7@cornell.edu
Sarah Snyder
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, 2015
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2018
Research focus: Polymer-based strategies for drug delivery
sms654@cornell.edu
Hania Koziol
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Montana State University, 2017
Research focus: Synthesis and design of polymers for lubrication of biointerfaces
hjk68@cornell.edu
Mariela Rivera De Jesus
B.S., Industrial Biotechnology, University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez, 2018
Research focus: Drug and antigen delivery using outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) and bacterial lipopolysaccharides
Master of Engineering Students
Stephen Spittler
M.Eng, Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Ashley Kim
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Shamanth Murundi
Biological and Environmental Engineering
Lisa Yu
Biological Sciences