Principal Investigator
David Putnam, Ph.D.
Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, College of Engineering
Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
dap43@cornell.edu
Post Doctoral Researchers
Nisha Kannan, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, 2018
Research focus: Designing and implementing vaccine strategies for mucosal diseases like urinary tract infection and Chlamydia
nk489@cornell.edu
Ph.D. Students
Hania Koziol
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Montana State University, 2017
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2019
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
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2020
Research focus: Drug and antigen delivery using outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) and bacterial lipopolysaccharides
mar524@cornell.edu
Ruben Trujillo
B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of New Mexico, 2019
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2021
Research focus: Polymer-based strategies for drug delivery
rt465@cornell.edu
Cara Robertus
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Montana State University, 2019
B.S., Bioengineering, Montana State University, 2019
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 2021
Research focus: Polymer-based targeting and inhibition of multidrug resistant cancer
cr546@cornell.edu