People

Chien-Chi Lin, PhD.
Principal Investigator

​Thuy Duong, PhD.
​Postdoctoral associate

​Yee Yee Khine, PhD. 
Postdoctoral associate

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Chun-Yi (Wilbert) Chang, MS
PhD Student,
​Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering,
​Purdue University

Han Nguyen, MS
​PhD Student, 
​Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering,
​Purdue University

Nathan DImmitt, BS
PhD student,
​IUPUI University Fellowship,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI

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Favour Afolabi, BS
PhD student,
​IU Adam W. Herbert Graduate Fellowship,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI

Ellen Frahm, BS
PhD student,
​Department of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI

Hudie Li, BS
Visiting MS student,
​Department of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI

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Alumni

Postdoctoral Associates

​MinHee Kim, PhD  (2019-2022)
Fang-Yi Lin, PhD (2019-2021)
Zhongliang Jiang, PhD (2020-2021)
Hung-Yi (Gino) Liu, PhD (2019)
Tsai-Yu Lin, Ph.D. (Postdoc: 2013-2015; Research Assistant Professor: 2015-2016)
Chang Seok Ki, Ph.D. (2012-2014)

Research Assistant

Kun Jiang (2020-2021)
Tanja Greene, MS (2015-2016)

Graduate Students

Matthew R. Arkenberg, PhD (2018-2022)
  Thesis: Orthogonal click chemistry hydrogels for culture and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells
Hunter Johnson, MS (2018-2020)
  Thesis: Integrative click chemistries for tuning physicochemical properties of cancer cell-laden hydrogels
Hung-Yi (Gino) Liu, PhD (2016-2019)
  Thesis: Dynamic hydrogels for studying tumor-stroma interactions in pancreatic cancer
Han Nguyen, MS (2017-2019)
  Thesis: Thiol-norbornene hydrogels withtunable mechanical properties for engineered extracellular matrices
Kevin Peuler, MS (2017-2019)
  Thesis: Modular nanoparticle scaffolds for selective cell targeting
Dustin Moore, MS (2017-2019)
  Thesis: Dynamic control of hydrogel properties via enzymatic reactions
Matthew Arkenberg, MS (2016-2018)
  Thesis: Enzymatic crosslinking of dynamic hydrogels for in vitro cell culture
Camron Dawes, MS (2015-2017)
  Thesis: Enzyme-immobilized hydrogels to create hypoxia for in vitro cancer cell culture
John Bragg, MS (2015-2016)
  Thesis: Silk fibroin-reinforced hydrogels for growth factor delivery and in vitro cell culture
Han Shih, Ph.D. (2013-2016)
  Thesis: Development of orthogonally crosslinked thiol-ene hydrogels for encapsulation of pancreatic β-cells
Tanja Greene, MS (2013-2015)
  Thesis: Modular crosslinking of genatin based thiol-norbornene hydrogels for in vitro 3D culture of hepatic cells
Yiting Hao, MS (2012-2014) 
  Thesis: Visible light cured thiol-vinyl hydrogels with tunable gelation and degradation
Han Shih, MS (2011-2013)
  Thesis: Step-growth thiol-ene photopolymerization to form degradable, cytocompatible and multi-structural hydrogels 
Asad Raza, MS (2011-2013)
  Thesis: Tunable hydrogels for pancreatic tissue engineering   

Postbaccalaureate Student

Britney Hudson (2017-2018)

Undergraduate Students

Yasser Sammour (2022 Summer IMPRS program)
Nicholas Gasbarro (2022 Summer REU program)
Jade Miller (2021 Summer REU program)
Andrew Clouse (2021 Spring) 
Rishi Das (2019 Summer REU program)
Jon Stoller (2016-2017)
John Bragg (2014-2015)
Krista Hokola (2014-2015)
Timothy Emmel (2014-2015)
Zachary Muňoz (2013-2014)
Andrew Fraser (2012-2013)
Arika Kemp (2012-2013)
Kurtis Lowery (2011-2012)        
Han Shih (2010-2011)                
Asad Raza (2010-2011)

High School Students

Emmanuella Sodunke (Summer 2022 Indianapolis Project SEED/STEM)
Anthony Tam​ (Summer 2019 Indianapolis Project SEED/STEM)
Nathan Dimmitt (Spring 2017 Indianapolis Project SEED/STEM) 
Haley Gill  (Spring 2017 Indianapolis Project SEED/STEM)
​​Haley Davis (Spring 2017 Indianapolis Project SEED/STEM)
​Alison Lindsay (Summer 2015 IU Simon Cancer Center Summer Research Program)