Principal Investigator
Dr. Abhishek Jain
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering
Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences (Adjunct), Houston Methodist Hospital
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Lopamudra Das Ghosh
Ph.D., Medical Science & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2014)
M.Sc., Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Kalyani (2009)
B.Sc., Microbiology, University of Calcutta, University of Calcutta (2007)
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Lopamudra is a postdoctoral researcher in Bioinsyst Lab since Summer 2021. She did her PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and was awarded DST Young Scientist Fellowship by the Department of Science & Technology, India for research at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Her research interest encompasses modeling the tumor microenvironment using organ-chips to add new mechanistic knowledge and therapeutics. She aspires to join industrial R&D and lead a team of researchers towards successful development of products with biological and/or biomedical applications. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music and traveling.
Doctoral Students
Stuti Maheshwari
M.Sc., Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, 2019
B.E., Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, 2019
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Stuti joined Bioinsyst in Fall 2021 as a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. Her undergraduate degree is in Chemical Engineering and her master’s degree is in Biological Sciences, both from BITS Pilani, India. Her research interests lie in engineering elliptical vessel chips and studying the role of mural cells in vasculature. Her long-term goal is to practice translational research in the biomedical devices industry. Besides research, Stuti enjoys dancing, origami, cooking and playing badminton.
Tanmay Mathur
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2017
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2017
TAMU AFS Distinguished Graduate Student Award
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Tanmay joined BioinSyst in Fall of 2017 as a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. Prior to joining the lab, he was pursuing his bachelors and masters of technology in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. His research interests include developing patient-specific models of blood vessels to study patient-to-patient variations within different vascular disorders. He has successfully amalgamated next-generation RNA sequencing techniques with patient blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells and organ-chip technology. Tanmay aspires to become an independent researcher while mentoring and leading a team of budding scientists. Apart from academics, he likes singing, listening to music and sketching.
Amirali Selahi
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2015
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, 2012
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Amirali joined BioinSyst in Spring 2018 as a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. His BSc and MSc degrees are both in Mechanical Engineering (biofluid mechanics) from Shiraz University, and Sharif University of Technology, Iran, respectively. He has always been interested in medical devices, microenvironment, and fluid mechanics with more than 10 years of experience working in microfluidics and organ-on-chip devices. His long-term career plan is to manage a team of engineers and scientists to design, prototype, test, and manufacture in large-scale high-throughput microfluidics and organoid platforms for biomedical and biological applications. In his spare time, Amirali likes to hike, road-trip, and watch movies.
James Tronolone
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University, 2019
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University, 2018
AHA Predoctoral Fellow, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, & TAMU BMEN National Excellence Fellow
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Jim joined BioinSyst in 2019 as a PhD student in BME, after research experience in microfabrication and biomedical device design. Previously, he worked at the FDA while also pursuing M.S. in BME at George Washington University. His research interests lie in designing vascularized microfluidic organ-chips advised by machine and deep learning methods. Jim’s long-term goal is to lead teams that develop translational, xeno-free platforms and tissue-engineered products. He enjoys playing guitar and posting on his dog’s Instagram page when not in the lab.
Jason Eades
M.S., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, 2021
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 2016
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Jason joined BioinSyst in July 2021 after completing a Master’s degree in Biological Engineering at Louisiana State University. Prior to that, he completed undergraduate education in Chemical Engineering and also worked as a Process Engineering Specialist. As a joint PhD student with Dr. Jain and Dr. John Cooke at Houston Methodist, he is creating the Vein-Chip and integrating it with next-gen transcriptomic and proteomic analysis to elucidate the mechanisms by which COVID-19 causes endotheliopathy and thrombosis, and follow-up with the discovery of treatment options. After PhD, Jason plans to continue his career in academic research. Outside the lab, he plays soccer and sand volleyball.
Ankit Kumar
B.Tech., Engineering Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2020
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Ankit joined BioinSyst in August 2021 after completing his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, and thesis project at EPFL, Switzerland. He is interested in combining deep learning approaches with organ chips to develop patient-specific models for predicting the risk of cardiovascular disorders. His long-term goal is to work at the intersection of academia, industry, and medicine to facilitate the development and translation of technologies to support global health. Ankit likes to run, bike, explore trails, and believes that most of our problems can be solved by a good nap.
Masters Students
Sanjeevani Sahu
B.Tech., Biomedical Engineering, NIT Rourkela, 2019
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Sanjeevani joined Bioinsyst in Fall 2021 as an MS candidate in Biomedical Engineering. Her undergraduate degree is in BME from NIT Rourkela, India. Her research interests lie in creating new tools to introduce complex biological flow patterns within microfluidic devices and discovering endothelial-flow interactions. Sanjeevani’s longer-term goal is to earn a PhD degree. Other than research, she enjoys painting and reading books.
Alumni
Postdocs/PhD/MS
Navaneeth Pandian (PhD, 2021)
Postdoc at Chris Chen Lab, Wyss Institute at Harvard
TAMU AFS Distinguished Graduate Student Award
Brandon Walther (PhD, 2021)
MD Student at TAMHSC
Biswajit Saha (Postdoc 2018-2020)
postdoc at TAMHSC
Karli Gold (PhD, 2020)
in industry
TAMU Engineering Diversity Fellow
David Luna (M.S., 2019)
in industry
Undergraduate
Christopher Chaftari
Teshan Fernando
Daniel Prasca-Chamorro
Ecem Simay Kilic
Uyen Tieu
Piyashi Biswas
Justin Bui
Travis Pyle
Priyanka Ambati
Rishi Suresh
Pranav Gadangi
Katherine Nguyen
Carlos Reyes
Sakshi Kulkarni
Richa Patel