People

Principal Investigator

Jonathan Sachs

Jonathan N. Sachs, Ph.D.

Professor
[email protected]
7-126 Hasselmo Hall
612/624-7158

NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale University, 3/04 - 8/06
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2003
B.S., Mathematical Biochemistry, University of Michigan, 1996

Research Associates

mani

Nagamani Vunnam, Ph.D.
Researcher 6
[email protected]

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2014-2016
  • Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2010

 

 

Research Interests: Inflammation, neuroinflammation, Apoptosis, engineering of affibody molecules for therapeutics.

anthony

Anthony R. Braun, Ph.D.
Researcher 6
[email protected]

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 2014-2016
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2014
  • NIH NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 5/12 - 7/14
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2008

Research Interests: neurodegeneration, fluorescent cellular biosensor engineering, monitoring protein-protein interactions via fluorescent cellular biosensors

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-r-braun

Elly

Elly Liao, Ph.D.
Researcher 6
[email protected]

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
  • Ph.D., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, University of Michigan

 

 

Research Interests: neurodegeneration, iPSC, neurospheres and brain organoids, 3D printed cellular matrices, tissue regeneration

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellyeliao

 

Caroline

Carolyn Paulson, Ph.D.
Researcher 5
[email protected]

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
  • M.S., Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
  • B.S., Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Graduate Students

Noah

Noah Nathan Kochen 
[email protected]

  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2020

Research Interests: neurodegeneration, intrinsically disordered proteins, biomolecular condensates, molecular dynamics.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-nathan/

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current Undergraduate Students

Marguerite Murray

  • Biomedical Engineering

 

Former Graduate Students

Jane

Jane Been, M.S.

  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2015
  • M.S.,  Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2022

 

 

 

Evan Huber, M.S.

  • M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2022
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2020
Malaney Young

Malaney Young, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2021
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2015

 

 

 

Ben Brummel

Ben Brummel, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2020
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2013

 

 

 

Chih Hung Lo

 

Chih Hung Lo, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2019
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2014
  • B.B.A., Operation Management, National University of Singapore, 2014

 

 

 

Breeanne Brand

 

Breeanne Brand, M.S.

  • M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2019
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2017

 

 

Tiffany Senkow

Tiffany Senkow, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2020
  • B.S., Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2013

 

 

Andrew Lewis, Ph.D.

 

Andrew Lewis, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2016
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2007

 

 

Anthony R. Braun, Ph.D.

 

 

Anthony R. Braun, Ph.D.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 2014-2016
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2014
  • NIH NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 5/12 - 7/14
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2008

 

Deepti Mudaliar

 

 

 

Deepti Mudaliar, M.S.

  • M.S., Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2005

 

 

Chris Valley

Chris Valley, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2012
  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 2004

 

 

Jason D. Perlmutter, Ph.D.

 

Jason D. Perlmutter, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2011
  • B.S., Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2006

 

 

Will Drasler, M.S.

  • M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2011

Former Staff Scientists

Karen Smith, Ph.D.

  • Researcher 6
     

Anil K. Pandey, Ph.D.

  • Researcher 5

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Mu Yang, Ph.D.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Larry Bastidas, Ph.D.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2018-present

Ana West, Ph. D.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2015-2016

 

Former Undergraduate Students

Darren Seaney

Vivek Vasandani

James Erler

Leah Baker

Noah Nathan

Evan Huber

Colin LIm

Quynh Nguyen

Sophia Szymonski

Cecily Bezat

Kevin Hughes

Pierre Sebastian

Kiva Forsmark

Elliott Surber

Daniel Jacobsen

Shubham Debnath

Mona Majid

Steve Peery

Chris Hillesheim