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Undergraduates
Ph.D. Alumni
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 Engineering, The University of Buffalo (SUNY)
ls882@cornell.edu | Twitter: @LeighSlyker
“Biomimetic Design of 3D-printed Cartilage; A Template for Tough and Resilient Soft Materials”
B.A.Sc. in Materials Engineering, University of Toronto
kv267@cornell.edu
“Lubrication Mechanisms of Articular Cartilage”
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./M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
dy335@cornell.edu
“Depth-dependent Mechanics of the Temporomandibular Joint”
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Connecticut
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
abf76@cornell.edu | Twitter: @Khancepts_
“Tissue Engineered Intervertebral Discs”
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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
agf49@cornell.edu | Twitter: @FortinAiyana
“Targeted Therapeutic C’ dot 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, concentration in Biomedical Engineering, Dartmouth College
B.S. in Physics, Minor in Mathematics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
jrb527@cornell.edu
“Parameter Optimization for Collagen Bioprinting”
B.S. Bioengineering, Washington State University
ied5@cornell.edu
“Bioprinting and Bioinstrumentation”
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
Emily Cook | B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, ’23
“Measuring Fracture Toughness and Crack Propagation in Native Auricular Cartilage Tissue and Hydrogel Replacements”
esc96@cornell.edu
Undergraduates
Antonio Garces ’25
Dennis Kang ’25
Zongyin Dong ’25
Alexandra Griffin ’26
Ryan Lyppens ’26
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, Duke 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
