Principal Investigator

Megan L. McCain, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Chonette Early Career Chair
Postdoc, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
PhD, Engineering Sciences, Harvard University
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St Louis

Postdoctoral Researchers

Megan L. Rexius-Hall
NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Awardee
AHA Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Anastasia Svetlova
Dr.rer.nat., Biophysics, RWTH Aachen University/Forschungszentrum Jülich Institute of Bioelectronics
MS, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Antonina (Nina) Maxey
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
NSF GRFP Awardee
​BS, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
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Graduate Students

Riya Verma
PhD Candidate, Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine (PIBBS)
MS, BS, Biology, University of California, San Diego
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Stephanie Do
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
CIRM Fellow
​BS, Biology, College of William and Mary
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James Eichenbaum
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
​BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Alisa Peshina
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
Cleo Caldwell
PhD Student, Development, Stem Cells, and Regenerative Medicine (PIBBS)
Co-mentored with Prof. Leonardo Morsut
NSF GRFP Awardee
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Brennan Kandalaft
PhD student, Biomedical Engineering
MS, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Southern California
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St Louis

Undergraduate Students

Aava Abedinpour
Angel Prado Calderon
Anjali Bose
Jessica Mai
Maya Semaan
Megan Lee
Samhita Suripeddi
Shenglan (Ivy) Zhang
Tiana Nejatpoor

Alumni

PhD Students:
Antonina Maxey, Postdoc, USC
Natalie Khalil
Mher Garibyan
Jeffrey Santoso, Field Applications Specialist, Mitenyi Biotec
Joycelyn Yip, Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company
Andrew Petersen, Data Engineer, Amgen
Nathan Cho, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Biola University
Davi Lyra-Leite, Principal Investigator, Clever Carnivore
Nethika Ariyasinghe, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Postdocs:
Patrick Vigneault, Research Scientist, Broad Insitute/Bayer