Principal Investigator |
![]() Class of 1941 Professor Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana M.S. Bioengineering, Clemson University B.S. Life Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbanaphilm(at)berkeley(dot)eduBiosketch |
Postdoctoral Researchers |
![]() Subhajit Pal Postdoc, Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley (2022-Present) subhajit.pal(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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![]() Ruhani completed her Bachelors and Master’s degrees in Chemistry from Panjab University, India. Went on for Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee, where she developed metal-ion responsive liposomes for selective drug delivery applications. Currently, as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley, she focuses on developing new chemical approaches to design biomaterials for tissue regeneration and bio-imaging. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading, and dancing.
rsagar(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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PhD Students |
Cynthia Perez
PhD Student, UC Berkeley-UCSF Bioengineering Program
GEM Fellow, 2019
BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2019
Co-Advised by Dr. Tejal Desai at UCSF
cynthia.perez(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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![]() Erika Salzman
PhD Student, UC Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2020 BS, Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 2020 esalzman(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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Nivedina Sarma
![]() PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Materials Science, 2020 SB Chemistry, with honors, The University of Chicago, 2020 nivedina(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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Undergraduate Students |
![]() Katelyn Dale
4th Year | B.S. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Expected Graduation May 2025
katelyndale(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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![]() Clarissa Jacobo Hernandez
4th Year | B.S. Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
Expected Graduation December 2025
clhernandez03(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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![]() Isabelle Pummill
4th Year | Bioengineering, B.S. University of California, Berkeley
Expected Graduation May 2025 isabellepummill(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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![]() Emma Berman
3rd Year | Bioengineering, B.S. University of California, Berkeley
Expected Graduation May 2026 emma.berman(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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![]() Esther Chu
3rd Year | Bioengineering, B.S. University of California, Berkeley
Expected Graduation May 2026 estherchu04(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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Dominic Ramirez Doramirez25(at)berkeley(dot)edu |
Hannah Chen
4th Year | B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley
Expected Graduation May 2025
chenhannah(at)berkeley(dot)edu
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Visiting Scholars
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![]() Enrique Oreja Remartinez Completed a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a Master’s in Biomaterials, both in Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Continued doing a PhD in the University of Oslo. The Research focuses on enhancing the performance of titanium implants through surface modifications, aiming to improve biocompatibility and long-term functionality. enriqueo(at)uio(dot)no |
Alumni
PhD Student Alumni |
UC Berkeley (2014-present)Arianna M. Avellan PhD Student, UC Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering
GEM Fellow BS, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland- College Park, 2018 https://www.linkedin.com/in/arianna-avellan-094b94a6/ aavellan(at)berkeley(dot)edu Kelsey DeFrates PhD, UC Berkeley-UCSF Bioengineering ProgramNational Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2018 BS, Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, 2018
Katerina MalollariPhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley 2021The Graduate Division Block Grant Awardee, Spring 2018
MS, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2019 MS, Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2015 BS, Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2015Katerina’s research is focused on understanding the relationship between biochemical structure and mechanical behavior of biological and bioinspired composite materials and thin films.gmalolla@berkeley.edu https://www.linkedin.com/in/katerina-malollari A. Peyman Delparastan
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley 2021 MS, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley 2017 BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology 2015 http://www.linkedin.com/in/peyman-delparastan Sally M. Winkler, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Bioengineering, UC Berkeley, 2020 BS, Bioengineering, Stanford University, 2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2014 Northwestern University (1997-2014)Devang Amin Daria Zelasko-Leon Tadas Sileika John Kuang Dominic Fullenkamp Hyun-Ok Ham Kvar Black Carrie Brubaker Lesley Hamming Andrea Statz Haeshin Lee Marsha Ritter Jones Bruce Lee Jeffrey Dalsin Joel Collier |
Postdoctoral Alumni |
UC Berkeley (2014-present)
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Undergraduate Student Alumni |
UC Berkeley (2014-present)Eva Sabine Griffin Lawrence
Vanessa Lim Athiyya Umar
B.S. Bioengineering and Materials Science Engineering Joint Major
Brittany Zhang Sasha Demeulenaere Valentin Martchenko
Chemical Biology (B.S.) and Bioengineering (minor), 2020 Kristene Mai Chemical Biology (major) and Bioengineering (minor), 2020
Goun Lee (Amy) B.S., Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 2020 Caroline Sobek
Chemical Biology (B.S.) and Statistics (B.A.), 2020
Sunny Xu
B.S. Chemical Biology, 2019
Sarah Spivack
B.S. Bioengineering, 2019
Max Ney
BS, Bioengineering, 2019 BS, Materials Science & Engineering, 2018
Luis F Caldera Guzman
B.S. Bioengineering, Materials Science & Engineering, 2018
PhD Student, Caltech
Zhuojun (Rachel) Huang
BS, UC Berkeley, 2018 Currently: PhD Student, Stanford Materials Science and Engineering
Sarah Bhattacharjee
BS, UC Berkeley, 2018 Currently: MD Student at University of Chicago
Northwestern University (1997-2014)William Murphy (AY1998)
Sara Lindberg (AY1998) Brian Korreck (AY1998) Sweta Modi (AY1999) Nicole Eberle (AY2000) Steven Jedlinski (AY2000) Toni Kwan (AY2000) Ryan Williams (AY2000) Jonathan Friedstat (AY2002) Priti Madhav (AY2002) Neha Goel (AY2002) Ravi Kacker (AY2002) Matt Keller (summer 2003) Caren Nguyen (AY2002) Nader Varjavand (AY2002) Lauren Anderson (AY2002) Justin Rohde (AY2003)
Sonali Rajan (summer 2004) Iossif Strehin (AY2003-4),
Saranya Srinivasan (AY2004) Stephanie Sabourin (AY2004) Emre Motan (AY2003-4) Christopher Walsh (AY2004) Mohit Manocha (AY2003-4) Dorothea Koh (AY2005-6)
June Cha (AY2005-6) Mary Beth Holden (AY2006-7) Mohd Azman (AY2006-7) Junsung Rho (AY2007-8) Mary Richert (AY2007-8) Winifred Lo (AY2007-8, AY2008-9) Kelly Luckasevic (AY2008-9)
Kyle Vining (Holmberg) (AY2007-8, AY2008-9)
Antonio Feliciano (AY2009-10) Kevin Pukala (AY2009-10) David Bieranoski (AY2009-10) Erica Pollack (AY2009-10) Vijay Raghunathan (AY2009-10) David Wu (AY2009-10) Steven Lu (AY2009-10) Calvin Kwan (AY2009-10) Anika Williams (AY2009-10) Piotr Maniak (AY2009-10, AY2010-11, Summer 2011) Michael Kharouta (AY2009-10, AY2010-11) Grace Bushnell (AY2010-11, Summer 2011, AY2011-12, AY2012-13)
Rahul Varshney (AY2010-11, Summer 2011) Sarah Uttal (AY2010-11, Summer 2011, AY2011-12) Christina Fuentes (AY2010-11, Summer 2011, AY2011-12, AY2012-13)
Michael Kanter (AY2010-11) Yufei Tian (Summer 2011, AY2011-12, AY2012-13) Jin Tao (AY2010-11, Summer 2011, AY2011-12) Charlie Reis (AY2011-12, AY2012-13) Jason Guo (AY2011-12, AY2012-13)
Chelsea Fries PhD, Duke University, 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
University of Illinois-Chicago (1994-1997)Steven Starke (AY1997) Frank Znidarsich (AY1998) Scott Millard (AY1997) Van Nguyen (AY1997) Christian Block (AY1997) |
Masters Student Alumni |
UC Berkeley (2014-present)Angie Korpusik Northwestern University (1997-2014)Eric Westhaus (MS 1999) University of Illinois-Chicago (1994-1997)Helen Cui (MS 1998) |
Visiting Scholar Alumni |
UC Berkeley (2014-present)Tomoko Ogiyama Alexandra Ramos Miriam Zintl Marshall Plan Scholarship Recipient, 2019
MSc. Chemistry and Technology of Materials, TU Vienna, Austria, 2019
BSc. Technical Chemistry, TU Vienna, Austria 2016
Haoqi Wang
B.S. Physics, Nanjing University, 2019 Zhaojie Zhang Suhair Sunoqrot, PhD Jaime Augusto Santillan Mercado
Ph.D.University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Farid Behboodi Sadabad
Ph.D., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2018.
M.Sc., Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2011.
B.Sc., Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2008.
Livius F. Muff Iho Kamimura Jiafu Shi, Ph.D. Dr. Sun Kim Gijung Kwak Professor Yi Cao Chao Liang Professor Siwei Liu Pedro O. Méndez Jorge G. Padilla Zayas Xi Xie Northwestern University (1997-2014)Yuhan Lee (2006) PhD Student, KAIST, Korea. |