Current Members – The Kaplan Lab @ Tufts University

BME Lab Coordinator

Carmen Preda

BME Lab

BME Staff Assistant

Gwen Lee Buchanan

BME Staff

BME Lab Manager

Laura Place, PhD

BME Lab

BME Department Manager

Lorin Polidora

BME Department

Deputy Director, INSciDE

Michael Lovett, PhD

Deputy Director,

Artificial intelligence, Life cycle assessment

Amin Nikkhah, PhD

Research Faculty

Silk Chemistry, Biomaterials

Jugal Sahoo, PhD

Research Faculty

Tissue Engineering

Ying Chen, PhD

Research Faculty

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

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

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

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

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.