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Kara E. McCloskey, PhD

Associate and Founding Professor, School of Engineering

Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering (MBSE)

 

Address:
5200 N Lake Rd
Merced, CA 95343
Office:
Science and Engineering Building, Rm 344
Contact Info:
Email: kmccloskey@ucmerced.edu
Phone: (209) 228 - 7885
Education:
B.S. ChE, Ohio State University, 1996 
M.S. ChE, Ohio State University,  1999
Ph.D. ChE & BME, Joint Program with Ohio State University and Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2001
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-2005

Maria Mendoza mmendoza65@ucmerced.edu

Maria is a PhD student in the Quantitative and Systems Biology program. She is interested in identifying how the most common cancers as well as the cancers with the lowest 5-year survival rates induce angiogenesis. She will be using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) and a microfluidic platform to answer this question.

Jose Zamora jzamora@ucmerced.edu

Jose is a PhD student in Biological Engineering & Small-scale Technologies (BEST) and NSF-CREST Fellow. He studies the emergence of spatial patterning between endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells during vasculogenesis, with an interest in how mechanotransduction influences the formation of these co-populations.

Underaduate Researchers

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We are proud to have such great undergraduate student researchers. In the McCloskey lab, we focus on training, mentoring, and advancing the next generation of Scientists.

- Jessalyn Arteta
- Tyler Guedry
- Jasmine Aguirre
- Minh Nguyen
- Vanessa Cruz Garcia
- Jose Avila-Garcia