Meet Our Team
We are a team of scientists and engineers who seek to lead the next generation of work in tissue engineering, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicine. Our mission is to develop tools for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications and make a profound clinical impact on advancing how we study human diseases, discover novel therapeutic targets, and pioneer regenerative medicine for the translation of tissue engineering methods into clinical settings.
Jong-Keun Sim
PhD Candidate (08.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Jiafei Zhu
PhD Candidate (08.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Dominic (Hoi Joong) Youn
MS Student (01.2024 – present)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abigail Dressman
Undergraduate Researcher (01.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Nora Sukkar
Undergraduate Researcher (01.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Shruthika Sundar
Undergraduate Researcher (08.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Leandra Suter
Undergraduate Researcher (05.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Anna Dressman
Undergraduate Researcher (08.2024 – present)
Biochemistry (Chemistry)
Junhong Zeng
PhD Student (08.2025 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Jisu Park
Visiting Scholar (08.2025 – 12.2025)
PhD student @ Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Hyojin Lee, PhD
Visiting Scholar (09.2025 – 08.2026)
Principal Research Scientist @ Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Alumni
Rishika Aggarwal (UG researcher, Biomedical Engineering) 05.2024 – 12.2024
Tom Huynh (UG researcher, Biomedical Engineering) 01.2024 – 05.2024