Team

Principal Investigator

Asst. Professor, Bioengineering, Rice University

x@rice.edu, x=jszab

Training:

B.Sc. Biological Engineering, MIT
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Dervan lab, Caltech,

Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, Shapiro lab, Caltech,

Awards: DP2, Packard Fellowship, DARPA YFA, NIH NIBIB Trailblazer, NARSAD Young Investigator; Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (Rice University), iGEM 3rd place worldwide (Synthetic Standard Prize, Best new application, Best measurement); BMES/J&J Prize for excellence in biomedical research; Bauer fellowship; Physics Olympiad finalist

Jerzy Szablowski, Ph.D. [CV]

Postdoctoral fellows

Zhimin Huang, Ph.D.

Bioengineering

Ph.D. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2015)

x@rice.edu, x=zh34

Incoming Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at University of Pittsburgh [lab website]

Sho Watanabe, Ph.D.

Bioengineering

Ph.D. University of Tokyo (2023)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellow

x@rice.edu, x=ws57

Research staff

Yerim Kim, M.Sc.

Bioengineering, Research Technician

x@rice.edu, x=yk75

Graduate students

Boao Xia, M.Sc..

Bioengineering, Ph.D. student

x@rice.edu, x=bx8

Manwal Harb, B.Sc.

Bioengineering, Ph.D. student

NSF GRFP fellow (2021); NSF NRT Bioelectronics Fellow

NIH BRAIN Initiative Trainee Highlight Award (2021)

x@rice.edu, x=mmh10

Joon Pyung Seo B.Sc.

Applied Physics, Ph.D. student

x@rice.edu, x=js164

Sin Lee, Ph.D.

Bioengineering, recent Ph.D. graduate

NIH BRAIN Initiative Trainee Highlight Award (2023)

x@rice.edu, x=sl120

Nicolas Buitrago, B.Sc.

Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB), Ph.D. student

NSF NRT Bioelectronics Fellow

x@rice.edu, x=nsb5

Ruoxin Wen, B.Sc.

Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB), Ph.D. student

x@rice.edu, x=rw43

Shirin Nouraein, M.Sc.

Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB), Ph.D. student

x@rice.edu, x=sn54

Schuyler Link, B.Sc.

BCM/Rice University Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), MD/Ph.D. student

x@rice.edu, x=sl210

Emma Raisley, B.Sc.

Rice University Bioengineering, Ph.D. student

NSF GRFP Fellow (2023)

x@rice.edu, x=er66

Honghao Li, B.Sc.

Rice University Bioengineering, Ph.D. student

x@rice.edu, x=hl156

Undergraduate students

Kara Fan

Bioengineering,

undergraduate

Akshara Sankar

Natural Sciences Division

Undergraduate

Leanne Long

Bioengineering

Undergraduate

Oriana Tang

Neuroscience

undergraduate

Alumni (last seen)

Ryan Wang B.Sc. (UG researcher, now Ph.D in Bioengineering, Knight-Hennessy scholar, Stanford University

Zachary Lane Ph.D. (researcher / lab manager, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, Postdoctoral fellow)

Andrei Mitrofan (UG researcher, B.Sc. 2023, 8fold Mfg)

James S. Trippett (M.Sc., 2022; Research Tech 2022-2023; McGovern School of Medicine)

Huckie Del Mundo, M.D. (M.Sc. 2021; Research Scientist, Biolife4D)

Mina Ghayour (UG researcher, now Bioengineering, Rice University)

Joycelyn Yiu, B.sc. (UG researcher, now Bioengineering, Ph.D., UCSD )

Vishnu Rangachari, B.Sc. (M.Sc. student, Rice Bioengineering)

Kevin Gonzalez, (M.Sc., 2021, Tecnologico De Monterrey, Adjunct Professor)

Cooper Lueck, B.Sc. (Texas A&M School of Medicine; ENMED program)

James Kwon, M.Sc. (Texas A&M School of Medicine)

Paula Gonzalez (Wellesley College)

Richard Gao (Rice University)

Joseph Pham (Rice University)

Clark Horak (HCCC, LSAMP)

Yuna Choi (Rice University)

Vidal Saenz (Rice University)

Olivia Kemper (Rice University)

Recruitment

We are recruiting research scientists, graduate students, postdocs, and technicians. Write me an email if you are interested in joining the group or doing a research rotation.

In particular, we are now looking for people with experience in: protein engineering, neuroscience, in vivo work, and ultrasound device development, but willingness to learn new things is the most important.

See possible research projects, and contact information.