People
Principal Investigator
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Brian Diekman (he/him/his): bdiekman@email.unc.edu
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Staff
Jacqueline Shine (she/her/hers): yalins@med.unc.edu
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Elena Filippova: Elena_Filippova@med.unc.edu
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PhD Students
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Garrett Sessions: gasessio@email.unc.edu
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Samantha (Sam) Stuppy (she/her/hers): srstuppy@ncsu.edu
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Mingqian (Michelle) He: mingqian.he@unc.edu
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Medical Students and Undergraduates
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John (Jack) Felkner
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Ishani Deliwala
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Carson Shepler
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William (Andrew) Cowan
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Stefano Braho
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Miguel Martinez Leal
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Antony Shaju Ponmany
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Stephanie Haro
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Former Members
Full time / PhD students
Susan D’Costa: Lab manager (2017-2021)
Michaela Copp: PhD student, Biomedical Engineering (2018-2023)
Matthew Rich: PhD student, Biomedical Engineering (2017 – 2023) ; collaborator (2023 – )
Short-term / Medical Students and Undergraduates
Xinyi (Melissa) Li: BME undergraduate student, Lucas Scholar, November 2022 – May 2024
Will Frickhoeffer: BME undergraduate student, June 2023 – May 2024
Hannon Brown: BME undergraduate student, Abrams Scholar, August 2022 – May 2024
Oliver Hansen: UNC Medical student, MSTAR scholar, Summer 2023
Rohan Krishnan: BME undergraduate student, Abrams Scholar, January 2021 – May 2023
Helen Tran: BME undergraduate student, Lucas Scholar, January 2021 – May 2023
Kirti Nimmala: BME undergraduate student, Lucas Scholar, August 2021 – May 2023
Savannah Muron: BBSP rotation student (Fall 2023)
Alyssa Edwards: BBSP rotation student (Fall 2021)
Tanner Orders: UNC Medical student (Summer 2020)
Alex Roupas: Part-time post-bac (2020)
Taylor Abele: BBSP rotation student (Fall 2019)
Chase Binion: NCSU-based BME undergraduate student, Lucas scholar (2019)
Kayla Darris: University of Arizona medical student, MSTAR (Summer 2019)
Svetlana Griego: UNC-based BME undergraduate student (2019)
Maggie Sinkler: Medical College of Georgia student, MSTAR (Summer 2018)
Xiangxiang (Allen) Hu: BBSP rotation student (Spring 2018).
Karthik Kaundinya: UNC-based BME undergraduate student (2018, 2019)
Maggie Flanders: NCSU undergraduate student: (2017 – 2019)
Noah Pieper: UNC-based BME Undergraduate student (2017 –2018)