Eric Qiao

Graduate Student - Chemical Engineering

I am studying the role of mechanotransduction in neural stem cell differentiation and developing materials with tunable biophysical properties to probe how a neural stem cell’s 3D microenvironment affects differentiation.

Research

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (2017)

Congratulations, Undergraduates of the Class of 2022!

Congratulations to our undergraduate researchers of the Class of 2022: Andrea Palomo, Jason Zhang, and Goar Ayrapetyan! Best of luck in all of your … [Read More...] about Congratulations, Undergraduates of the Class of 2022!

Congratulations Andy!

The Kumar Lab is proud to announce the graduation of Dr. Paola Andy Lopez! Andy will be moving on to a postdoctoral fellowship in Doug … [Read More...] about Congratulations Andy!

Welcome to the lab, Camille and Kahmina!

The lab welcomes new Molecular Cell Biology PhD student Camille Fulmore and new Biophysics PhD student Kahmina Ford. Camille did her undergraduate … [Read More...] about Welcome to the lab, Camille and Kahmina!