Team
Principal Investigator
Asst. Professor, Bioengineering, Rice University
Core member, Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
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 (selected): ​
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NIH Director's New Innovator Award
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Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
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DARPA Young Faculty Award
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NIH NIBIB Trailblazer
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NARSAD Young Investigator
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Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield New Investigator Award for Macular Degeneration Research
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Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (Rice University)
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Bauer fellowship
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Physics Olympiad finalist
Jerzy Szablowski, Ph.D. [CV]
Postdoctoral fellows
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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
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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
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Nicolas Buitrago, B.Sc.
Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB), Ph.D. student
NSF NRT Bioelectronics Fellow
x@rice.edu, x=nsb5
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Ruoxin Wen, B.Sc.
Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB), Ph.D. student
x@rice.edu, x=rw43
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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
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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.
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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.
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See possible research projects, and contact information.
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