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
Anna Dressman
Undergraduate Researcher (08.2024 – present)
Biochemistry (Chemistry)
Daehwan Kim, MS
Visiting Scholar (09.2026 – 12.2026)
Research Scientist @ Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Kyanna Barros
PhD Student (08.2026 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Shruthika Sundar
Undergraduate Researcher (08.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Leandra Suter
Undergraduate Researcher (05.2024 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Junhong Zeng
PhD Student (08.2025 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Samiksha Mogallapalli
Undergraduate Researcher (08.2025 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Anna Zhong
Undergraduate Researcher (08.2025 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Elizabeth Hoppenrath
Undergraduate Researcher (08.2025 – present)
Biomedical Engineering
Alumni
Nora Sukkar (UG researcher, Biomedical Engineering) 01.2024 – 05.2026
Abigail Dressman (UG researcher, Biomedical Engineering) 01.2024 – 12.2025
Dominic Youn (MS, Electrical Engineering) 01.2024 – 12.2025 (Current position: ECE PhD student @ Purdue)
Rishika Aggarwal (UG researcher, Biomedical Engineering) 05.2024 – 12.2024 (Current position: Medtronic)
Tom Huynh (UG researcher, Biomedical Engineering) 01.2024 – 05.2024 (Current position: BYU Athletics)
Visiting Scholars
Jisu Park (PhD student @ KIST) 08.2025 – 12.2025
Dr. Hyojin Lee (Principal Research Scientist @ Korea Institute of Science and Technology) 09.2025 – 05.2026