Our Team

Principle Investigator

Jeannine M. Coburn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Dr. Jeannine M. Coburn is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering with a collaborative appointment in Chemical Engineering. She completed her doctoral degree in Prof. Jennifer Elisseeff’s lab at Johns Hopkins University and postdoctoral training in Prof. David L. Kaplan’s lab at Tufts University prior to joining WPI in 2016.

Current Graduate Students

Elizabeth van Zyl, Ph.D. Candidate

M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2019)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2017)
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    Carolina Villarreal, Ph.D. Candidate

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      Katelyn Mistretta, PhD Candidate

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        Melissa Wojnowski, PhD Candidate

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          Current Undergraduate Students

          Elizabeth Hicks

            Tera Keang

              Past Graduate Students

              Alycia Abbott (Ph.D. 2021)

              B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester (2016)

                Kimberly Ornell (Ph.D. 2019)

                B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester (2012)

                  Mohammed Masrur Rahman (M.S. 2021)

                  BS in Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2018)

                    Natalia Vargas Montoya (M.S. 2018)

                    B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University (2014)

                      Nhi Phan (M. Eng. 2018)

                      B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2017)

                        Sarah Sisson (M.Eng. 2017)

                        B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2016)

                          Past Undergraduate Students

                          Coulter Ralston (B.S. 2021)

                            Stephanie Smieszek (B.S. 2019)

                              Rachel Peterson (B.S. 2018)

                                Diana Avram (B.S. 2020)

                                  Jacob Boles (B.S. 2020)

                                    Caitlin Kyaw (B.S. 2020)

                                      Danilo Lozada (B.S. 2018)

                                        Megan Sanders (REU Student, Summer 2017)

                                          Jessica Brewster (B.S. 2020)

                                            Roisin Donnelly (REU Student, Summer 2018)

                                              Collaborators

                                              Dr. Jason Shohet, UMass Chen Medical School

                                                Dr. Jianfeng (Jay) Xu, Arkansas State University

                                                  Dr. Leif Oxburgh, Maine Medical Center Research Institute

                                                    Dr. Bill Chiu, Stanford University

                                                      Dr. Xavier Keutgen, University of Illinois at Chicago

                                                        Dr. Sunder Sims-Lucas, University of Pittsburgh

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