Principal Investigator
Nisarg J. Shah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of NanoEngineering
Chemical Engineering Program
Faculty Affiliate, Department of Bioengineering
Program in Immunology
Member, Center for Nano-enabled Immune Engineering
Member, Altman Clinical & Translational Research Institute
University of California, San Diego
Postdoc, Bioengineering/Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M. Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Maksim Dolmat
Education
B.S. Chemistry, Belarusian State University
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Wade Johnson
Education
B.S. Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
UCSD T32 Rheumatic Disease NRSA Fellow
ARCS Scholar
Melissa Gillis
Education
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Education
M.S.E. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University
Neha Iyer
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Education
B.S. Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Ryan Jones
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2024)
UCSD Chancellor’s Scholar
Alumni
Matthew Kerr
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2023)
David McBride
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2023)
James Wang
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2023)
Last known position: NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Columbia University
Martina Zoccheddu
Staff Research Associate, University of California, San Diego
Last known position: NGS Core Director at the Immunology Center of Georgia
Arun Chumber
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Last known position: Staff Research Associate, University of California, San Francisco
Nicholas Dorn
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Last known position: NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Stanford University
Dora Ogbonna
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Last known position: MD/PhD student, University of California, San Francisco
Shinya Wai
B.S. NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego
Last known position: NDSEG Fellow, University of Chicago
Yvonne Yee
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Last known position: Ph.D. student, Northeastern University