Ankur Singh

Ankur Singh

Principal Investigator

 

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Biomedical Engineering
Affiliation: Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Cornell University
Affiliation: Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Cornell Medicine, NYC

389 Kimball Hall,
Cornell University
as2833@cornell.edu
Phone: 607-255-2194

Postdoctoral Fellow

Pamela Graney, PhD.

Pamela Graney, PhD.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University

Research: Biomaterials-based immune organoids and epigenetics

PhD Students

Shivem Bharat Shah

Shivem Bharat Shah

5th-year Biomedical Engineering Ph.D.

Presidential Life Science Fellow

Dept. of Education GAANN Fellow

Research: Immune & Lymphoma Organoids 

BS: Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Regan Stephenson

Regan Stephenson

4rd Yr Biomedical Engineering PhD
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2018-2021)
Dean’s Excellence Fellow (2016-2017)
Research: Lymphoid Tissue Engineering and Genomics
BS: Biomedical Engineering,  University of Utah
Matthew Mosquera

Matthew Mosquera

BS: Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University

4th Yr Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.
Research: Gut Microbiome, vaccines, and Immunity

Jessica Elmore

Jessica Elmore

5th yr Veterinary Medicine Ph.D.

Sloan Fellow

Co-advisor: Prof. Avery August

Research: New Inflammatory Mouse Model and
Hydrogels for inflammation
B.S: Howard University
Tibra Wheeler

Tibra Wheeler

4th yr Biomedical Engineering Ph.D.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2018-2021)

Sloan Fellow

Co-advisor: Prof. Marjolein van der Meulen

Research: Nanogels for anti-inflammatory responses

B.S: University Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Sungwoong Kim

Sungwoong Kim

4th yr Material Science and Engineering Ph.D.

Research: Dynamic Living Hydrogels for Immune Regulation

B.S and M.S: Hanyang University

Kristine Lai

Kristine Lai

4th Yr Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.

BS: Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

Research: Microfluidics for immune tissues

Zhe Monica Zhang

Zhe Monica Zhang

2nd Yr Biological Engineering Ph.D.

Research: Immunoengineering

BS: Boston University

 

MS Students

Zixing (Vincent) Fan

Zixing (Vincent) Fan

1st Yr Material Science and Engineering

Research: Ultrasmall nanomaterials

BS: Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS


Cynthia Rishi (Biomedical Engineering; Winner of  2018 Engineering learning Initiatives award)


Katie Lee (Biomedical Engineering; Winner of 2017 Engineering learning Initiatives award)


Pooja Reddy (Cell and Molecular Biology; Dean’s Fellow)


Cassandra York (Biological Engineering)


Isaac Macrae (Biomedical Engineering; Winner of  2019 Engineering learning Initiatives award)


Shreya Venkatesh (Mechanical Engineering)
John McMullen Dean’s Scholar

Nicole Felix-Velez (Biological Engineering, Winner of  2019 Engineering learning Initiatives award)

 

Lab Alumni

Dr. Alberto Purwada
PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Current Position: Analyst at CBPartners CBPartners | A Global Healthcare Consultancy

Dr. FNU Apoorva
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer OrthoFit Ergonomic Solutions

Dr. Ye Field Tian
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Research Scientist at Cleveland Clinic

Rebecca Schneider
BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
Past Position: ‎Research Scientist/Engineer II Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Current Position: PhD Student, Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Akanksha Kapoor

MEng: Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
Current Position: Research & Development Engineer Prosidyan

Gyu-Min Calvin Lee
BS  and M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
Current Position: Product Development Engineer at Career

Evelyn Haynes
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
Current Position: Developmental Engineer,Cephia Valve Technologies

Daniel Leach
BS: Human Ecology, Cornell University
Past Position: ‎Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellow@ National Institute of Health (2014-2015) )

Current Position: University of FloridaCollege of Medicine Class of 2021

Sanaya Shroff
BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University

Current Position: PhD CandidateBiomedical Engineering at Boston University

Sonja Eagle
BS in Biological Sciences, Cornell University
Current Position: MD Candidate at Drexel Medicine Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Peter Gu
BS, Physics; MEng in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
Current Position: Research Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Katrina Lastra
BS: Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
Current Position: Product Supply Engineer at Procter & Gamble.

 Elisabeth Abeles
BS: Arts and Sciences, Cornell University

Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar

Current Position: MD candidate at Johns Hopkins University

Tina Jing
BS: Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
Engineering learning initiative Award winner

Current Position: MD candidate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine