Participating Faculty


Andrews, Lauren, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Chemical Engineering (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Synthetic Biology in Health and Biotechnology
 Babbitt, Courtney, PhD
Appointment: Biology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Comparative genomics, functional noncoding DNA
Butler, Caitlyn, PhD
Appointment: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Microbial Dynamics and Design Considerations for Decentralized Microbial Fuel Cells
Chien, Peter, PhD
Appointment: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Regulated protein degradation in bacteria
Chase Cornelison
Appointment: Chemical Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Biomaterial scaffolds and approaches to neural tissue repair
DeAngelis, Kristen, PhD
Appointment: Microbiology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Bacterial degradation of complex biopolymers
Emrick, Todd, PhD, DVM
Primary Appointment(s): Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Synthetic organic/polymer chemistry, functionalization of nanoscale and 2-D materials, aqueous polymer assembly and the preparation of polymer-based therapeutics
Fissore, Rafael, PhD, DVM
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Veterinary & Animal Sciences (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Mechanisms of Ca2+ homeostasis in mammalian eggs
 Fritz-Laylin, Lillian, PhD
Appointment: Biology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest:Quantitative cell biology and genetic tool development
Hardy, Jeanne, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Chemistry (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty, Program Director & Executive Committee
Research Interest: Engineering allostery in caspases for selective cell killing
Hazen, Sam, PhD
Appointment: Biology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Regulatory genomics of plant growth
 Jimenez, Juan PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Fluid Flow in Biology
Kearney, Cathal, PhD
Appointment: Biomedical Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Aim to engineer tools to understand and mimic natural biological cue timing to enhance tissue repair and regeneration. We develop technologies to deliver therapeutics at specific time-points and use them to probe the role of timing in repair processes. We also think about timing in terms of age, and the effects of aging on tissue, cells, and repair.
Kulkarni, Ashish, PhD
Appointment: Chemical Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Immunoengineering
Lee, Jungwoo, PhD
Appointment: Chemical Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Bone marrow tissue engineering
Ma, Li-Jun, PhD
Appointment: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation
Mafu, Sibongile, PhD
Appointment: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Cellular dynamics and the kinetochore
Mager, Jesse, PhD
Appointment: Veterinary & Animal Sciences
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Developmental Biology, Epigenetics
 Maresca, Thomas, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Biology (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Biological chemistry of plant natural products
 ChangHui Pak, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Utilizing human pluripotent stem cell derived neural cells to study synaptic dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders
 Pobezinsky, Leonid, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s):  Veterinary & Animal Sciences (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Non-coding RNAs in the immune system
 Rothchild, Alissa PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s):  Veterinary & Animal Sciences (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Pulmonary immunology and macrophage biology
 Rauch, Jennifer PhD
Primary Appointment(s): Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Mechanisms of protein misfolding, aggregation, and spread in neurodegenerative disease
Santore, Maria, PHD
Appointment: Polymer Science and Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Biomaterials for Devices and Regenerative Medicine (BDRM) and Membranes in Biology & Medicine
Schiffman, Jessica, PhD
Appointment: Chemical Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Bionanotechnology, electrospinning, hydrogels
Srimathveeravalli, Govind, PhD
Appointment: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Adjunct Biomedical Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Research and develop technology for the delivery of non-ionizing energy that enables ablation or drug delivery to both tumors and healthy living tissue. Mathematical models guide the design of novel medical devices to deliver energy to different locations in the body.
thayumanavan Thayumanavan, Sankaran, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Chemistry (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Designing polymeric nanomaterials for biomedical applications
 Alicia-Timme-LaragyTimme-Laragy, Alicia, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Environmental Health Sciences, SPHHS (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Developmental toxicology, oxidative stress, Nrf and Ahr, transcription factors, glutathione
Tremblay, Kimberly, PhD
Appointment: Veterinary & Animal Sciences
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Development Organogenesis, liver and pancreas formation
Visconti, Pablo, PhD
Primary (and Secondary) Appointment(s): Veterinary & Animal Sciences (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Improved reproductive techniques, novel contraceptive targets
X. Frank Zhang, PhD
Primary Appointment(s): Biomedical Engineering
Role in BTP: Training Faculty
Research Interest: Focuses on using single-molecule detection techniques to study the mechanosensing and activation mechanisms in blood clotting, viral infection, tissue repair.