Former Graduate Students
Alumni
Anley Tefera, Ph.D.
Anley (goes by T) was a graduate student in Biological Engineering & Small-scale Technologies (BEST). T's project involves studying the development of a cell stretching device for cardiac tissue slices as an in vitro model of cardiac tissue. He has been funded as an NSF-Diversity Fellow, as well as, a Fellow under UCM 's Faculty Mentor Program.
Samuel Reyes, PhD
Using a cone-and-plate shear stress device (designed by Dr. Hanjoong Jo), Sam researched the role of shear stress in directing stem cell fate. He is now at UCLA Rare Epilepsies & Brain Disease Tissue Bank