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

RESEARCH STAFF

Sydney Bone

M.S.E. in Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH (2025)

B.S. in Biological Engineering, Utah State University

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Jacob Rollin

Ph.D. student in Biotechnology Science and Engineering

B.S. in Biological Science, UAH (2024)

Patience Sagboye

Ph.D. student in Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH

B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (2022)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Anna Bell

B.S. student in Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH

Summer Laboratory Intern

Honors Capstone Project Mentee

Rileigh Gifford

B.S. student in Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH

Natalia Ceciliano

B.S. student in Chemical and Materials Engineering, UAH

LAB ALUMNI

Postdoc Trainees

Pearlson Prashanth, 2021-2024, Currently a Lead Research Engineer at the Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

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

Ananta Kumar, Fa 2024, Currently a Senior Research Assistant at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Thesis: 3D co-culture of human B lymphocytes with CD40L-expressing fibroblasts using an ultra-hydrophilic surface for in-vitro mimicry of secondary lymphoid organs

Sydney Bone, Sp 2025, Currently a Research Associate at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

Thesis: Liposomes as a platform for CD40 ligand presentation for the purpose of feeder-free B cell activation

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

Jacob Rolin (2023, 2024), UAH RCEU student

Akshat Katoch (2024), Summer Laboratory Internship

High School Students

Priya Chennupati (2019), REAP summer research program

Page updated

Report abuse