Who we are
Chase Cornelison, Ph.D. Principle Investigator Ph.D., ChE, UT Austin (2015) B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT-Knoxville (2011) |
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
Sherly Fadel, B.S.
Ph.D. student Biomedical Engineering Joined: Spring 2021 Sherly is originally from Egypt and earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Arkansas. Her prior work focused on characterizing stem cell properties and developing stem cell bioprocessing strategies for regenerative medicine. She now studies the anti-inflammatory effects of glioblastoma stem cells for glyco-materials engineering. Outside the lab, Sherly likes dancing, watching movies, and shopping.
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Natsai Prisca Nyabadza, B.S.
Ph.D. student Biomedical Engineering Joinied: Fall 2021 Natsai Prisca is from Zimbabwe. She studied Engineering and Neuroscience at Smith College, and has worked in protein engineering and drug discovery for pharmaceutical company Merck. Now Natsai works to identify matrix molecules responsible for promoting anti-inflammatory glial cell phenotypes by studying the interactions between patient-derived cancer cells and glial cells. Natsai enjoys dancing, knitting, Rubik's cube, & collecting pretty rocks.
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Interested in graduate education? This could be you! See the Contact page to learn more.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Kimia Abedi
Major: Biomedical Engineering Project: Microfluidic neural models Honors thesis 
Rebecca Louisthelmy
Major: Biomedical Engineering Project: Brain tumor matrices 
Christopher Streilein
Major: Biomedical Engineering Project: Neural cell flow response |
Brycen Burke
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project: Glial cell signaling Honors thesis 
Shane Priester
Major: Biomedical Engineering Project: Semi-synthetic materials |
Interested in undergraduate research? Please fill out this application and email to rcornelison@umass.edu
ALUMNI
Aleeza Zilberman, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering Currently: Graduate school at RPI
