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Dr. Lawrence Bonassar
Daljit S. and Elaine Sakaria Professor
Dr. Bonassar joined Cornell University in 2003 after five years on the faculty of the Center for Tissue Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in the Orthopedic Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital and in the Center for Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He currently serves on the editorial board of the journal Tissue Engineering.
B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of New Mexico
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
sl3222@cornell.edu | Twitter: @Serafina_Lopez4
“Meniscus Tissue Engineering”
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Connecticut
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
clt89@cornell.edu | LinkedIn: Carolinebikes
“Stem Cell Therapies for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis”
B.S. in Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
abf76@cornell.edu | Twitter: @Khancepts_
“Bioactive Therapies for Degenerative Disc Disease”
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
aam346@cornell.edu | Twitter: @amatavosian
“In-line, Non-destructive Determination of Cellular Properties in Bioink During Printing”
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Vermont
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
agf49@cornell.edu | Twitter: @FortinAiyana
“Targeted therapeutic silica nanoparticles for osteoarthritis”
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
ac2498@cornell.edu
“Mitochondrial transfer as a repair strategy for intervertebral disc disease”
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
aeg246@cornell.edu | Twitter: @SalmanOMatan
“Microscale structure and functional relationships of healthy and arthritic human cartilage”
A.S. in Engineering, Cochise College
B.S in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona
cyu2@cornell.edu | Twitter: @cyurrea_
“Meniscal Enthesis Tissue Engineering”
B.E. in Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2023
B.S. in Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2022
“Parameter Optimization for Collagen Bioprinting”
B.S. Bioengineering, Washington State University
ied5@cornell.edu
“Bioprinting and Bioinstrumentation”
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2023
smw374@cornell.edu
“Articular Cartilage Lubrication Mechanics”
Avdhesh Vermani | B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, ’23
“C’ Dot nanoparticles for Osteoarthritis: Therapeutic delivery of the anabolic growth factor IGF-1 in bovine articular cartilage”
av527@cornell.edu
Dennis Xing | B.Eng. Biomedical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, ’24
“Buckling performance in cross-linked collagen gel scaffolds”
hx298@cornell.edu
Dennis Kang ’25
Smriti Sridharan ’25
Zongyin Dong ’25
Alexandra Griffin ’26
Megh Prajapati ’26
Ryan Lyppens ’26
Jack Li ’26
Molly Matri ’27
Kevin Zhang ’27
Eric Yoon, Ph.D.
dy335@cornell.edu
Karan Vishwanath, Ph.D
Senior Engineer I, Drug Product Development at Moderna
kv267@cornell.edu
Leigh Slyker, Ph.D.
Senior Engineer I, Drug Product Development at Moderna
ls882@cornell.edu
Sean Kim, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, Tissue Engineering at Ark Biotech
bk525@cornell.edu
Steven Ayala, Ph.D.
sa2262@cornell.edu
Jongkil Kim, Ph.D.
jk2787@cornell.edu
Marianne Lintz, Ph.D.
ml2428@cornell.edu
Rebecca Irwin, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Cornell University
rmi8@cornell.edu
Elizabeth Feeney, Ph.D.
Research Analyst, Duke University
ef362@cornell.edu
Stephen Sloan, Ph.D.
Biotech Equity Research Associate, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
srs387@cornell.edu
Sierra Cook, Ph.D.
sgc73@cornell.edu
Nicole Diamantides, Ph.D.
Application Specialist at Cellink, Co
cdd72@cornell.edu
Jill Middendorf, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
jmm749@cornell.edu
Alexander Boys, Ph.D.
Research Associate, University of Cambridge
ajb459@cornell.edu
Christopher DiDomenico, Ph.D.
Senior Biomechanist, ARCCA, Inc.
cdd72@cornell.edu
Benjamin Cohen, Ph.D.
Scientist at 3D Bio Therapeutics
bpc67@cornell.edu
Jorge Mojica Santiago, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Florida
jam863@cornell.edu
Mary Clare McCorry, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Food and Drug Administration
mcm338@cornell.edu
Brandon Borde, Ph.D.
Knowledge Engineer at Bridgewater Associates
bhb54@cornell.edu
Edward Bonnevie, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania
edb77@cornell.edu
Katherine Hudson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Lehigh University
katherine.hudson@lehigh.edu
Darvin J. Griffin, Ph.D.
Medical Science Liaison at Medtronic
dg423@cornell.edu
Nizeet Aguilar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis School of Medicine
izaguila@iupui.edu
Kirk Samaroo, Ph.D.
Founder of Biotech Company
kjs259@cornell.edu
Corinne Henak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin
chenak@wisc.edu
Jenny Puetzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
jlpuetzer@vcu.edu
Nicholas Genes, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
nicholas.genes@mountsinai.org
Nichole Mercier, Ph.D.
Business Development Director, Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO
NMERCIER@DOM.wustl.edu
Jonathan Phillips, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Boehringer-Ingleheim, Ridgefield, CT
jonathan.phillips@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Rani Roy, Ph.D.
Center for Graduate Advisement, Manhattan College, New York, NY
rani.roy@manhattan.edu
Jason Gleghorn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware
gleghorn@udel.edu
Omotunde Babalola, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist,Bristol-Myers Squibb
omb3@cornell.edu
Satish Degala, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Carefusion, Inc.
sdegala123@gmail.com
Jeffrey Ballyns, Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineer, US Food and Drug Administration
ballynsjj@gmail.com
Robert Bowles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah
robert.bowles@utah.edu
http://bpet.bioen.utah.edu/
Natalie Galley, Ph.D.
Technology Analyst, Fish & Richardson, Boston, MA
galley@fr.com