People
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Prof. Kyung-Ho Roh
Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH (2022 - present)
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH (2016-2022)
Research Faculty, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech (2013-2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow, HHMI, Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford Univ (2008-2013)
Ph.D. University of Michigan
M.S. Seoul National University
B.S. Seoul National University
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Dr. Pearlson Prashanth
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, St. Joseph's College of Engineering
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Ananta Kumar
Ph.D. student in Biotechnology Science and Engineering, UAH
B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka
Sydney Bone
M.S. student in Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH
B.S. in Biological Engineering, Utah State University
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Jacob Rollin
B.S. student in Biological Science, UAH
UAH RCEU 2023
Anna Bell
B.S. student in Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH
Summer Laboratory Intern
LAB ALUMNI
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Abhinav Ayyadevara, Fa 2021, Currently a Postdoc at Temple University
Thesis: Engineering and functional modification strategies for T lymphocytes using therapeutic macromolecules, polymers, micro and nanoparticles.
Armin Ahmadi, Su 2023, Currently a Postdoc at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
Co-advisor: Dr. Jerome Baudry
Thesis: Molecular interactions in engineering: Peptide-driven T-cell activation and accelerated drug discovery applications.
Master of Science (M.S.)
Héctor Sánchez Moran, Sp 2019, Currently in PhD Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Thesis: Oxime cross-linked alginate hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation for immune cell encapsulation
R. Lauren Stokes, Sp 2019, Currently at CFDRC Inc.
Thesis: Migration of artificially activated B cells in a microfluidic device-induced CXCL-12 gradient
Veena Vinod, Sm 2019, Currently at CytomX
Thesis: Isolation and activation of B lymphocytes using magnetic microbeads-assisted reversible bioconjugation
Rotation Trainees
Kristiana Josifi, Fall 2021
Jeyashree Nathan Elango, Fall 2021
Savannah Gracie Knight, Fall 2022
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Aaron Sears, Currently at Epic Systems Corp. (2016)
Joowon Lee (2017)
Kennedy Miller (2017)
Jet Tan (2018), Currently at Tokyo Electron Limited, Ltd
Bruna Mendonca (2019), Currently at BASF
"Alginate microgels created by electrohydrodynamic jetting" Perpetua, vol. 5 (1), 9-14 (2020).
Jania Williams (2019), COE URP student
Tien My Chau (2021), Honors College
Honors Capstone Project: Protein diffusion profiles studied for collagen-alginate composite hydrogels (2021).
Lauren Grumbles (2021), REU student
Elizabeth Choe (2021), Summer Laboratory Internship, Currently at the University of Michigan
Eva Barck (2020, 2021), COE URP student
Michael Deines (2021, 2022), UAH RCEU student
Su-Min Cho (2022), Summer Laboratory Internship
Anders Kinney (2022), Summer Laboratory Internship
High School Students
Priya Chennupati (2019), REAP summer research program