“Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist…” – Carl Sagan
Director | |||
Mariana Kersh, PhD Lab Director Favorite spot on campus: North Quad Sundial | |||
Coordinator of Research Programs | |||
Mary Power Favorite spot on campus: | |||
Graduate Researchers | |||
Kellie Halloran PhD ME Candidate Wheelchair biomechanics Favorite spot on campus: | Michael Focht PhD ME Candidate Tendon biomechanics Favorite spot on campus: |
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Samantha Hammack DVM/PhD Candidate Bone and Muscle Crosstalk Favorite spot on campus: | Mikayla Hoyle PhD ME Student Bone biomechanics Favorite spot on campus: |
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Melany Opolz PhD ChemE Student Bone biomechanics Favorite spot on campus: | Griffin Sipes PhD ME Student Shoulder biomechanics Favorite spot on campus: |
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Zuzanna Graczyk, DVM Surgical Resident Equine bone biomechanics Favorite spot on campus: | |||
Med Students | |||
Sam Mircoff MD Candidate (Carle-Illinois College of Medicine) Favorite spot on campus: | John Lupu | ||
Naeem Patel | |||
Undergraduate Researchers | |||
Ayush Banerjee Mechanical Engineering Favorite spot on campus: | Daniel Chun Mechanical Engineering Favorite spot on campus: |
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Ethan Park Mechanical Engineering Favorite spot on campus: | Jonah Cassens Mechanical Engineering Favorite spot on campus: |
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Alumni | |||
Post-doctoral Fellows | |||
Munsur Rahman, PhD | Elahe Ganji, PhD | Amir Ostadi Moghaddam, PhD | |
Graduate Researchers | |||
2023 | Roberto Pineda Guzman PhD ME Ligament biomechanics | Sara Moshage PhD ME Equine biomechanics | Josh Craggette MS ME Student Bone biomechanics |
2021 | Chenxi Yan PhD ME Bone Mechanics | Sony Manandhar MS ME Bone Mechanics | Michael Rogalski MS ME Bone Mechanics |
2020 | Hyunggwi Song PhD ME Muscle and bone mechanics | ||
2019 | Jason Kim MS ME Shoulder biomechanics during driving | Elizabeth Livingston MS ME Computational bone mechanics | Vineeth Bodapati MS ME Shoulder modeling |
2018 | Hafizur Rahman PhD ME Shoulder biomechanics | John Shanley MS ME Rotator cuff injury mechanics | Sameer Muckatira MS ME Bone mechanics |
2017 | Lydia Bakalova MS ME Bone mechanobiology | ||
2016 | Eric Currier MS ME Time-lapsed bone strain | ||
2015 | Xianhan Liu MS ME Bone strain in mice | ||
Med Students | |||
2024 | Alex Teague | ||
2021 | Bailey MacInnis | ||
Undergraduate Researchers | |||
2022/2023 | Anjali Goel | ||
2021/22: | Leejun Kim | ||
2020/21: | Berat Gulecyuz Taylor Wills | Alejandro Martinez Daria Wendell | Teagan Mathur |
2019/20: | Sterling Stanley | Kellie Halloran | |
2018/19: | Clara Duarte Michael Adams Ida Ang | Shreyas Chandrashekaran Jamies Nie Xiaoxi Du | Harikrishnan Kumar Aisha Kamran |
2016/17: | Kevin Brenner Ben Slotarski | Nick Runge | Marshall Johnson |
2014/15: | Melissa Munanto Megan Fritz Varun Jain Blase Horn | Mohammad Kotob Jae Lee Brian Abarbanel | Andrew Kim Amanda Maher Sam Goldsmith |