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

Sho Watanabe, Ph.D.

Bioengineering

Ph.D. University of Tokyo (2023)

x@rice.edu, x=ws57

Research staff

Zachary Lane, Ph.D.

Bioengineering, Research Technician

x@rice.edu, x=zl155

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, B.Sc.

Bioengineering, Ph.D. student

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

Undergraduate students

Andrei Mitrofan

Bioengineering,

undergraduate

Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering Award, James S. Waters Creativity Award, and Excellence in Capstone Engineering Award

Ryan Wang

Neuroscience and Computer Science undergraduate

Sigma-Xi Grant in the aid of research awardee (2022)

Goldwater Scholar (2023)

Oriana Tang

Neuroscience

undergraduate

Vidal Saenz

undergraduate

Olivia Kemper

Neuroscience and Kinesiology

undergraduate

Yuna Choi

Neuroscience

undergraduate

Clark Horak

Major: Computer Science
Louis Stokes Alliance For Minority Participation - Community of Research

Alumni (last seen)

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 Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Munich, DE)

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

Kevin Gonzalez, M.Sc. (industry)

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)

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.