Staff
BME Lab Coordinator
Carmen Preda
BME Lab
BME Staff Assistant
Gwen Lee Buchanan
BME Staff
BME Lab Coordinator
Laura Place, PhD
BME Lab
BME Department Manager
Lorin Polidora
BME Department
Deputy Director, INSciDE
Michael Lovett, PhD
Deputy Director,
Administrative Assistant
Milva Ricci
BME Administrative
Research Faculty and Associates
Artificial intelligence, Life cycle assessment
Amin Nikkhah, PhD
Research Faculty
Silk Chemistry, Biomaterials
Jugal Sahoo, PhD
Research Faculty
Tissue Engineering, Devices
Vincent Fitzpatrick, PhD
Research Faculty
Tissue Engineering
Ying Chen, PhD
Research Faculty
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Neurobiology
Adam Mullis, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2023—) + Lab Leader 161
adam.mullis@tufts.edu
(he/him)
Research areas: Region-specific 3D brain tissue
Cell Ag, Neuro
Archana Nagarajan, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2024–)
archana.nagarajan@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Cultured meat, neuroscience, bioinformatics, computational biology
Ask me about:
Neurobiology
Artem Arkhangelskiy, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2023–) + Silkmaster
artem.arkhangelskiy@tufts.edu
(he/him)
Research areas: Brain tissue, cancer treatment, drug delivery
Cell/Protein Engineering
Camilo Riquelme-Guzmán, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2023–)
camilo.riquelme_guzman@tufts.edu
(he/him)
Research areas: Cultivated meat, cell/protein engineering, cell line development
Ask me
Protein Design, Cellular Agriculture
Disheng (Dee) Lee, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2024—)
di_sheng.lee@tufts.edu
(he/him)
Research areas: Generative protein design, molecular dynamics, 3D cell
Recombinant Protein Polymers
Emily Hartzell, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2021–) + Lab Leader 221
emily.hartzell@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Silk-elastin and mucin inspired
Cellular Agriculture
Jordan Jones, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2023–)
jordan.jones@tufts.edu
(he/him)
Research areas: Bioreactor scale-up
Expertise: Skeletal muscle tissue engineering
Education: Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering,
Sustainable Textiles
Lauren Blake (Blake), PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2023—) + Webmaster + Lab Leader 220-221
lauren.blake@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas:
Cellular Agriculture
Lennie Cheung, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2024—)
lennie.cheung@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Circular economy, cell line development, media development
Ask
Silk Chemistry, Biomaterials
Logan Morton, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2023—)
logan.morton@tufts.edu
(he/him)
Research areas: Biomaterials engineering, silk membrane design, filtration systems, sustainable
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering
Mariah L. Arral, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2024—), IRACDA Fellow
mariah.arral@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Silk Nanoparticle and Biomaterials for
Biotextiles, Fiber Based Materials
Merve Türemen Coşkun, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2024—)
merve.turemen@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Biotextiles, Engineered Living Materials, Biomaterials, Fiber Based
Living Materials
Reddhy Mahle, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2023–)
reddhy.mahle@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Dense materials
Ask me about: Material characterization
Education: Ph.D. Nanomaterials, Indian
Biomaterials
Sanjana Gopalakrishnan, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2022—) + Lab Leader 162
sanjana.gopalakrishnan@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Chemical modifications for synthesis
Cell Ag, Tissue Engineering
Shlomit David, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2022–)
shlomit.david@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Cultivated meat, 3D intestine model
Ask me about: 3D
Cellular Agriculture
Taehwan Lim, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2021–)
taehwan.lim@tufts.edu
(he/him)
Research areas: Cultured meat, media development, fish cell culture
Ask me
Cell Ag, Scaffolds
Xinxin Li, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2021–)
xinxin.li@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Cultured meat via textile-based bioreactors, scaffold development
Ask me
Biomaterials
Yushu Wang, PhD
Post-doctoral researcher (2017—)
yushu.wang@tufts.edu
(she/her)
Research areas: Natural biomaterials
Ask me about: Materials science
Education: Joint Ph.D.
Graduate Students
Cellular Agriculture
Alexis Walker
BME PhD Candidate
Bone Tissue Regeneration
Ayman Banjar
BDS PhD Student
Cellular Agriculture
Bomi Park
BME PhD Student
Devices and Scaling
Brooke Longo
BME PhD Student
Tissue Engineering
Catalina Quintero
BME PhD Student
Nanotechnology
Charlotte Jacobus
BME PhD Student
Cellular Agriculture
Chetty Hoff
BioE Master's Student
Neurobiology
Christina (Xiaohan) Zhang
BME PhD Student
Cellular Agriculture
Dylan Hendrixson
BME PhD Student
Neurobiology
Elijah LaVancher
BME PhD Student
Cellular Agriculture
Ellie Contreras
BME PhD Candidate
Cellular Agriculture
Emily Lew
BME PhD Candidate
Tissue Engineering, Neuro
Evan Marcet
BME PhD Student
Cellular Agriculture
James Dolgin
BME PhD Student
Biomaterials
Kareen Fajardo Cortes
BME PhD Student
Cellular Agriculture
Kirsten Trinidad
BME PhD Candidate
Cellular Agriculture
Laura Jones
BME PhD Student
Cellular Agriculture
Lauren Kinsey
ChBE PhD Candidate
Tissue Engineering, Neuro
Liam Power
CMDB MD-PhD Student
Tissue Engineering, Neuro
Marilyn Kelly
BME PhD Student
Tissue Engineering, Neuro
Marly Coe
BME PhD Candidate
Cellular Agriculture
Michael Saad
BME PhD Candidate
Intestinal Tissue Engineering
Mina Shokoufandeh
BME Master's Student
Tissue Engineering
Olivia Foster
BME PhD Candidate
Tissue Engineering, Neuro
Peter Hsi
BME PhD Candidate
Cellular Agriculture
Seungeun Kim
BME Master's Student
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery
Shawn Cui
BME PhD Candidate
Cellular Agriculture
Sophie Letcher
BME PhD Candidate
Cellular Agriculture
Stephen Schwartz
BME PhD Candidate
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery
Sunny Shaidani
BME PhD Candidate
Cellular Agriculture
Tom Ryder
BME PhD Student
Research Technicians & Temporary Employees
Cellular Agriculture
Aelish McGivney
Research Technician
Cellular Agriculture
Benji Bromberg
Research Technician
Cellular Agriculture
Connor Joyce
Research Technician
Biomaterials, Cell Ag
Edward Gordon
Research Technician
Cell Ag, Biomaterials
Erik Wicher
Research Technician
Medical Devices, Biomaterials
Glenn Leung
Affiliate
Computational Bioengineering
Isabella (Bella) Stewart
BME Temp
Cellular Agriculture, Molecular Cloning
Juan Aguilera Moreno
Research Technician
Cellular Agriculture
Riley Patten
Research technician
Visiting Scholars
Cellular Agriculture
Hannah Chang
BME Research
Cellular Agriculture
Natsu Takahashi (Sugama)
Visiting Scholar
3D Organoid Bioprinting
Nilotpal (Neel) Majumder
Fulbright Nehru
Undergraduate Researchers
Cellular Agriculture
Anson Kwan
ChemE Undergraduate
Sustainable Textiles
Joshua (Josh) Kopstein
Undergraduate Researcher
Cellular Agriculture
Kayla Weng
Undergraduate Researcher
Cellular Agriculture
Sophie O'Beirne
BME Undergraduate