Sean Palecek Email: sppalecek@wisc.edu
Education - Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware.
Post-doctoral Research Associates
Hope Holt Research Interests: Human pluripotent stem cells, blood brain barrier
Email: hholt@wisc.edu
Education - Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University
Graduate Students
Benjamin Gastfriend Research Interests: Human pluripotent stem cells, blood brain barrier
Email: gastfriend@wisc.edu
Education - B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Aaron D. Simmons Research Interests: hPSC-derived cardiomyocyte differentiation/maturation; metabolism; mitochondria
Email: adsimmons2@wisc.edu
Education - M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK
Koji Foreman Research Interests: Human pluripotent stem cells, blood-brain barrier modeling, small molecule signaling, shear mimicry
Email: klforeman@wisc.edu
Education - B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
Bill Ding Research Interests: Induced pluripotent stem cells, blood brain barrier
Email: ding52@wisc.edu
Education - B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Feifan Du Research Interests: Human pluripotent stem cells, blood-brain barrier
Email: fdu3@wisc.edu
Education - B.Ch.E. (Bachelor of Chemical Engineering), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- B.S. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Sarah Boutom Research Interests: blood-brain barrier modeling with human pluripotent stem cells; brain vascularization/BBB development
Email: boutom@wisc.edu
Education - B.S. in Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Fathima Shabnam Research Interests: cardiomyocyte differentiation, metabolomics
Email: shabnam@wisc.edu
Education - B.S. in Chemical Engineering, minor in Bioengineering - University of Pittsburgh
Douglas Chang Research Interests: Antifungal α/β-peptides, polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings
Email: dhchang2@wisc.edu
Education - B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Soniya Tamhankar Research Interests: Human pluripotent stem cells, blood-brain barrier
Email: soniya.tamhankar@wisc.edu
Education - M.S. in Biotechnology, Pennsylvania State University
- B.Tech in Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
Austin Feeney Research Interests: Human pluripotent stem cells, cardiomyocyte differentiation, metabolism
Email: afeeney@wisc.edu
Education - M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
