Principal Investigator
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
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 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 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
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 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 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, Ph.D.
- Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2021
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2015
Ben Brummel, Ph.D.
- Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2020
- B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2013
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, M.S.
- M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2019
- B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2017
Tiffany Senkow, Ph.D.
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2020
- B.S., Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2013
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.
- 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, M.S.
- M.S., Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2005
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.
- 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