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)

We have a new publication in Nature Communications!

We have a new publication in Nature Communications: S. B. Kokate, K. Ciuba, V. D. Tran, R. Kumari, S. Tojkander, U. Engel, K. Kogan, S. Kumar, and P. … [Read More...] about We have a new publication in Nature Communications!

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!