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,

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Awards: Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (Rice University), NARSAD Young Investigator; iGEM 3rd place worldwide (Synthetic Standard Prize, Best new application, Best measurement); BMES/J&J Prize for excellence in biomedical research; Bauer fellowship; FUS Foundation poster prize; Physics Olympiad finalist

Jerzy Szablowski, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellows

Zhimin Huang, Ph.D.

Bioengineering

Ph.D. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2015)

x@rice.edu, x=zh34

Sandesh Kamdi, Ph.D.

Bioengineering

(incoming, Fall 2021)

Research staff

Shirin Nouraein, M.Sc.

Bioengineering, Research Technician

x@rice.edu, x=sn54

Joycelyn Yiu, B.Sc.

Bioengineering, Research Technician

NSF GRFP Honorable mention

x@rice.edu, x=jcy4

Cooper Lueck, B.Sc.

Bioengineering, Research Technician

x@rice.edu, x=cwl4

Sin Lee, B.Sc.

Bioengineering, Ph.D. student

x@rice.edu, x=sl120

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Kevin Gonzalez, M.Sc.

Bioengineering, M.Sc. student

x@rice.edu, x=kag17

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Jake Trippett, B.Sc.

Bioengineering, M.Sc. student

x@rice.edu, x=jst6

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James Kwon

Bioengineering, M.Sc. student

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Undergraduate students

Andrei Mitrofan

Bioengineering, undergraduate

Ryan Wang

Neuroscience and Computer Science, undergraduate

Alumni

Huckie Del Mundo, M.D. (M.Sc. 2021; Now Research Associate at MD Anderson)

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

Joycelyn Yiu, B.sc. (UG researcher, now Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Munich, DE) 

Recruitment

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

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In particular, we are now looking for people with experience in: directed evolution, neuroscience, in vivo work, and ultrasound device development.

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See possible research projects, and contact information.

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