Principle Investigator
Jeffrey S. Guasto, Assistant Professor
Prof. Guasto earned his bachelor’s degrees in physics and mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and his Sc.M. and Ph.D. in Engineering from Brown University studying colloidal transport using microfluidics. Subsequently, he was a postdoc at Haverford College in Physics, where he developed an interest in the biophysics of single cells. He continued these pursuits as a postdoc at MIT, combining his interests in biomechanics, transport, and microfluidics, prior to joining the Tufts faculty in 2013. (Google Scholar Profile)
Postdocs
Richard Henshaw, Ph.D.
Richard received his Ph.D. from the University of Warwick (UK) working with Prof. Marco Polin on phototactic microbial motility. At Tufts, he is now a postdoctoral associate, studying chemotaxis in marine microbial communities.
Graduate Students
Amin Dehkharghani (Ph.D. candidate)
Amin is a Ph.D. candidate (4th year) in Mechanical Engineering, who is studying cell transport in complex geometries using microfluidics and high-speed video microscopy. He earned his B.S. in ME from Sharif University of Technology.
Allen Ma (Ph.D. candidate)
Allen earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, and he is now a Ph.D. candidate (4th year) at Tufts working on the mechanics of drying aerogels in collaboration with Marc Hodes (Tufts) and Aerogel Technologies.
Michael Stehnach (Ph.D. candidate)
Michael came to Tufts with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Merrimack College, and he is now a third year Ph.D. candidate. Michael will be working on understanding cell motility in dense suspensions and complex fluids.
Derek Walkama (Ph.D. candidate)
Derek is a Ph.D. candidate (4th year) in Physics, who came to us from Clark University where he earned his B.A. in Physics and Mathematics. He is currently working on how viscoelastic instabilities couple to geometry in porous media and on sperm motility.
Undergraduate and High School Students
Brenden O’Flaherty (Tufts BME, 2020)
Tristan Martello (Wellesley H.S., 2020)
Alumni
| Postdocs | Affiliation | After Tufts … |
| Nicolas Waisbord | Tufts ME | IMFT Toulouse (France) |
| Graduate Students | Affiliation | After Tufts … |
| Yang Jin | Tufts M.S., 2015 | |
| Undergraduate Students | Affiliation | After Tufts … |
| Julia Noble | Tufts ME, 2019 | Asahi/America |
| Sydney Holway | Tufts Physics, 2018 | Kayak |
| Thomas Coons | Tufts ME, 2019 | Tufts |
| Kevin Holbrook | Tufts ME, 2017 | |
| Dan Pasquale | Tufts CEE, 2016 | MIT |
| Ray Bjorkman | Tufts ME, 2015 | Red Shift Systems |
| Thomas Joe Carroll | Tufts ME & Physics, 2015 | |
| Jules Lacombe | ENSTA, 2015 | |
| High School Students | Affiliation | After Tufts … |
| Shiva Mudide | Acton-Boxborough Regional H.S. | CalTech |
| Shikhar Sinha | Acton-Boxborough Regional H.S. | Dartmouth College |
| Dan Epstein | Newton South H.S. | Lehigh University |
Joining the Group
Our research is highly multi-disciplinary, and we are always on the lookout for talented, qualified students and postdocs with a background in just about any field of engineering or physics (experience in biology is not required).
Postdoctoral Scholars – We currently do not have any openings for postdocs.
Ph.D. Students – We currently have openings for talented students interested in pursuing a Ph.D., where a strong background in engineering or physics and an affinity for experimental research are a must. Please contact Prof. Guasto for more information, and you are encouraged to submit an application to the Ph.D. program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts.
M.S. Students – We also have a number of related projects available for M.S. students that are looking for research topics. Contact Prof. Guasto to find our more about doing M.S. research in our lab!
Undergraduates – We have many opportunities for curious and capable undergraduate students from engineering and physics to develop new interests and skills, while contributing to cutting edge research in our lab during the academic year or over the summer. Contact Prof. Guasto to learn more about research projects, undergraduate theses, and Tufts Summer Scholars.
