People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Moo-Yeal Lee

Standing: Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 1999
                    M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 1995
                    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Gyeong Sang National University, 1993
                    JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2001
                     Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004
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Senior Scientist

Dr. Pranav Joshi

Standing: Senior Scientist at Bioprinting Laboratories Inc.
Education: Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2019
                   B.E. EE (Biomedical Instrumentation), Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, 2010
Research Interest: High content imaging, assay development, toxicity screenings, drug discovery

Research Associate

Manav Goud Vanga

Standing: Technician at Bioprinting Laboratories Inc.
Education: M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas, 2021
                   B.TECH. Biotechnology, KL University, 2017
Research Interest: Stem cell engineering, tissue engineering, liver organoid, 3D bioprinting


Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Minseong Lee

Standing: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: Ph.D.Stem Cell Biology, Konkuk University (2015-2021)
                   B.S. Life Science, Soonchunhyang University (2009-2015)
Research Interest: Human induced pluripotent stem cells, CRISPR, 3D bioprinting for disease modeling

Dr. NaYoung Choi

Standing: Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: Ph.D. Stem Cell Biology, KonKuk University (2018)
                   B.S. Life Science, WonKwang University (2011)
Research Interest: Pluripotent stem cells, DNA methylation, gene discovery


Student

Prabha Acharya

Standing: Ph.D. Student
Education:  B.E. Biomedical engineering, Purbanchal University, 2016
Research Interest: 3D bioprinting, Tissue engineering

Sunil Shrestha

Standing: Ph.D. Student
Education:  B.E. Biomedical engineering, Purbanchal University, 2016
Research Interest: Stem cell culture, Cancer and tissue engineering, Liver organoid

Mona Zolfaghar

Standing: Ph.D. Student
Education:  M.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology-Stem Cell Biology, Islamic Azad University of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Royan Institute, 2017
                    B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology-Genetics, Islamic Azad University, 2013
Research Interest: Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells Biology, Drug Discovery


Intern student

Jocelyn Moreno, Psychology, UNT
Jack Belcher, Biochemistry, UNT
Abida Raheem, Biology, UNT
Alexis Thonethao, Biomedical engineering, UNT

Current TAMS student

Dongwook Koo
Arjun Baweja
Harini Rajmohan

Past TAMS student

Arham Kundi 
Bhanu Prakash Kunam 
Gautam Narayan 
Nikhil Damera
Paarth Jamdagneya
Sean Lee
Isaac Choi
Zachary Li
Tanvee Patil
Kevin Zheng
Jiyeon “Jennifer” Baek
Jane Zhao
Gabriel Ni
Anvitha Tharakesh

Alumni

Dr. Kyeong Youl Jung

Standing: Visiting Scholar
Education: Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2001
                   M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 1997
                   B.S. Chemical Engineering, Gyeong-sang National University, 1995
 

Dr. Kwang Soup Song

Standing: Visiting Scholar
Education: Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Waseda University, Japan, 2005
                   M.S. Electrical Engineering, Hongik University, Korea 2000
                   B.S. Electrical Engineering, Hongik University, Korea 1998

Dr. Kyeong-Nam Yu

Standing: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: Ph.D. Toxicology, Seoul National University, 2015

Dr. Sangjoon Lee

Standing: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: Ph.D. Biomedical Science, Chonnam National University, 2015

Dr. Vinod K.R. Lekkala

Standing: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: Ph.D. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), 2019
                   M.Sc. Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS University), 2013
                   B.Sc. Sri Venkateswara University, 2011

Soo-Yeon Kang

Standing: Ph.D. Student
Education:  M.S. Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2018
                    B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gachon University, 2016
Graduation Year: 2024

Gautam Mahajan

Standing: Ph.D. Student
Education: B.S. BioTech Engineering, Panjab University, 2013
Graduation Year: 2019

Alexander Roth

Standing: Ph.D. Student
Education: Ph.D. Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2018
                   M.S. Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University, 2013
                   M.E. Bioengineering, Cornell University, 2009
                   B.S. Bioengineering, Cornell University, 2009
Graduation Year: 2018

Parnian Bigdelou

Standing: M.S. Student 
Education: M.S. Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2018
                   B.S. Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2015

Graduation Year: 2018

Akshata Datar

Standing: M.S. Student 
Thesis: High content imaging assays on microarray chip-based platform
Graduation Year: 2016

Kenan Armani Omar

Standing: Research Associate

Stephen Hong

Standing: Research Associate
Education: M.S. Secondary Education, University of Nevada, 2015
                   B.S. Biological Engineering, Cornell University, 2013

Sean Yu

Standing: Research Associate
Project: Developing image analysis algorithm and deconvolution
Graduation Year: 2016

Nicholas Lesh

Standing: Undergraduate Student
Education: B.S. Premed Biology and Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2019
Graduation Year: 2019

Emily Serbinowski

Standing: Undergraduate Honors Student 
Project: Neural progenitor cell-based microarray biochip platforms for high-throughput ion channel assays
Graduation Year: 2017

Mujeeb Wafa

Standing: Undergraduate Student 
Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2017
Graduation Year: 2018

Rushabh Patel

Standing: Undergraduate Student 
Education: B.S. Health Science & Pre-Med, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Honors College, Cleveland State University, 2019
Graduation Year: 2018

Noor Janto

Standing: Undergraduate Student 
Education: B.S. Premed Biology and Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2019
Graduation Year: 2019

Stephen Dunn

Standing: Undergraduate Honors Student
Project: Simulating drug-induced liver injury (DILI) using hepatic cell microarrays
Graduation Year: 2016

Yana Sichkar

Standing: Undergraduate Summer Research Student
Project: 3D bioprinting for tumor tissue engineering
Graduation Year: 2015

Pratap Lama

Standing: Undergraduate Summer Research Student
Project: High content 3D cell culture assays for mechanistic toxicology
Graduation Year: 2014

Dara Fadeyibi

Standing: Technician at Bioprinting Laboratories Inc.
Education: M.S. Biomedical Science, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX
                   B.S. Biology, Lee University, Cleveland, TN

Oscar Acosta
Nicole Javor
Hamilton Nascimento

Standing: Visiting Scholar at UNT from Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil
Education:  M.S. Biotechnology, Federal University of Pará-Brazil, 2014
                    B.S. Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará-Brazil, 2001