Studying the mechanisms that influence the mechanoregulation of neural stem cell lineage commitment … [Read more...] about Jieung Baek, PhD
People
Fellows
Junghwa Cha, PhD
Joseph Chen, PhD
National Research Service Award Fellow: Studying the mechanisms of mesenchymal transitions in … [Read more...] about Joseph Chen, PhD
Jason Coombes, PhD
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship: Investigating the role of OPN-CD44 in mechanosensitive … [Read more...] about Jason Coombes, PhD
Stacey Lee, PhD
NIH National Research Service Award Fellow: I am studying how stress fibers subpopulations regulate … [Read more...] about Stacey Lee, PhD
Graduate Students
Erin Akins
Erin is investigating the role of the tumor microenvironment in driving glioblastoma multiforme … [Read more...] about Erin Akins
Kwasi Amofa
Undergrad: Western New England University, Biomedical Engineering, 2013 LinkedIn … [Read more...] about Kwasi Amofa
Emily Carvalho
I am planning to model tumor-cell invasion in the brain through biomimetic material … [Read more...] about Emily Carvalho
Ruoxing Lei
I am working on the development of intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) -based “smart” … [Read more...] about Ruoxing Lei
Paola Lopez
National Science Foundation Fellow: Understanding the mechanisms that influence the … [Read more...] about Paola Lopez
Eric Qiao
I am studying the role of mechanotransduction in neural stem cell differentiation and developing … [Read more...] about Eric Qiao
Vivien Tran
I am planning on studying how GBM tumor cells navigate the transition between parenchymal to … [Read more...] about Vivien Tran
Kayla Wolf
NIH National Research Service Award Fellow, National Science Foundation Fellow: Kayla is studying … [Read more...] about Kayla Wolf
Staff
Claris Garzon
Katherine Patterson
B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology, Environmental Science, and Conservation and Resources … [Read more...] about Katherine Patterson
Undergraduates & Post-Baccalaureates
Jeremy Chien
Leslie Gomez
UC Berkeley College of Engineering, Bioengineering, Class of 2021 I am assisting Dr. Joe Chen … [Read more...] about Leslie Gomez
Gokul Kannan
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Working with Joe and Kayla to develop microfluidic models of cell … [Read more...] about Gokul Kannan
Frank Liu
Emily Ritter
Student Assistant II … [Read more...] about Emily Ritter
Sharon Sheyman
UC Berkeley, College of Engineering, Bioengineering BS, Class of 2021 Assisting Dr. Joe Chen in … [Read more...] about Sharon Sheyman
Poojan Shukla
Erin Tan
Assisting Paola (Andy) Lopez with researching factors that influence the mechanoregulation of neural … [Read more...] about Erin Tan