Former Graduate Students, Research Associates, Post-Docs and Research Faculty Members:

• David W. Britt, PhD in Bioengineering and Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, currently Professor at the Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
• Jos Buijs, PhD, Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Bioengineering, Project: INTEREFACIAL BEHAVIOR OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE, currently Senior Scientist, Biocore R&D, GE Heathcare, Uppsala, Sweden.
• Lindsey E. Corum, PhD in Bioengineering, Dissertation: EVALUATING SURFACE INDUCED PLATELET ADHESION AND ACTIVATION WITH SURFACE PATTERNING AND PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUES.
• Vikrant Deshmukh, MS in Bioengineering, Project: TEMPLATING MIXED LIPID MONOLAYERS WITH LARGE PROTEINS AND VIRAL PARTICLES
• Yongxue Ding, PhD, Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Bioengineering, Project: SCREENING PLATELET SURFACE INTERACTION USING SURFACE GRADIENTS.
• Paul Dryden, Research Associate, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Project: MODELLING OF PROTEIN ADSORPTION
• Xuezhong Du, PhD in Chemistry, Research Associate Scientist, Dept. of Bioengineering, Project: TEMPLATING MIXED LIPID MONOLAYERS WITH LARGE PROTEINS AND VIRAL PARTICLES, currently Professor at Nanjing University, Nanjing, PRC.
• Colin D. Eichinger, Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Dissertation: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FUNCTIONAL WHOLE BLOOD ASSAY TO ASSESS THE PRIMING OF PLATELETS BY SURFACE BOUND AGONISTS.
• Chris Eixenberger, MS in Bioengineering, Project: SURFACE TENSION OF OIL MICRODROPLETS.
• Darin Y. Furgeson, ME in Chemical and Fuels Engineering, Project: MIXED LIPID MONOLAYERS.
• Nathan Gooch, PhD in Bioengineering, Project: SCREENING PLATELET SURFACE INTERACTION USING SURFACE GRADIENTS.
• Chih-Hu Ho, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Dissertation: ADSORPTION OF HUMAN LIPOPROTEIN ONTO THE HYDROPHOBIC-HYDROPHILIC GRADIENT SURFACES
• Gerald N. Hodgkinson, PhD in Bioengineering, Dissertation: INTERFACIAL BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING: CONTROLLING MATERIAL-PROTEIN-CELL INTERACTIONS THROUGH MICROPATTERNING.
• Tony W. Hsiao, PhD in Bioengineering, Dissertation: DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE PROTEIN PATTERNS TO MODIFY ASTROCYTE RESPONSE AND REACTIVITY.
• Harish Jairam, grad. student, Department of Bioengineering, Project: NEURONAL PATHFINDING
• Kathleen M. Job, PhD in Bioengineering, Dissertation: ROLE OF HEPARAN SULFATE AND HYALURONAN IN MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE LUNG MICROVASCULAR GLYCOCALYX.
• Gangadhar Jogikalmath, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Dissertation: STUDY OF POLYSTYRENE-POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) DIBLOCK COPOLYMER MONOLAYERS AS BARRIERS TO PROTEIN ADSORPTION.
• Dwight Lane, PhD in Bioengineering, Project: SUPRESSING UPSTREAM PLATELET ACTIVATION BY DOWNSTREAM IMMOBILIZED HEPARIN.
• Alan S. Lea, PhD in Bioengineering, Dissertation: STERIC EXCLUSION FORCES AND PROTEIN IMAGING USING THE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE
• Yeong-Shang Lin, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Dissertation: PROTEIN ADSORPTION TO SURFACES WITH VARYING CHARACTERISTICS
• Jie Liu, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Dissertation: THE ROLE OF SURFACE HETEROGENITY IN PROTEIN-BIOMATERIAL INTERACTIONS AND PLATELET ADHESION
• Antonio Martin-Rodriguez, PhD in Physics, Post-Doctoral Associate, Dept. of Bioengineering, Project: ADSORPTION OF FIBRINOGEN TO C-18 MODIFIED SILICA SURFACES, currently at Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
• Hannah M. Northrup, graduate student, Department of Bioengineering, Project: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND PLATELETS IN FLOWING BLOOD.
• Ryan O'Callaghan, MS in Bioengineering, Project: BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELL GLYCOCALYX.
• Emma Patterson, MS in Bioengineering, Thesis: PLATLET ROLLING ON IMMOBILIZED AGONISTS.
• Lydia Potekhina, undergraduate student, Department of Bioengineering, Project: SCREENING PROTEIN ADSORPTION USING NOVEM SURFACE GRADIENTS.
• Elizabeth Pumford, MS in Bioengineering, Thesis: COMBINED EFFECTS OF UPSTREAM PRIMING AND HEMATOCRIT ON DOWNSTREAM PLATELET- MATERIAL INTERACTIONS.
• Andras Pungor, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Project: The VhladyGroup's Electronics Guru and The Master of All SFM techniques, Ex Officio.
• Seth Streitmatter, undergraduate student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Project: BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELL GLYCOCALYX.
• Andrew Stevens, MS in Bioengeneering, Thesis: FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSIS OF ALBUMIN DIFFUSION WITHIN HYDROGELS AND THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX.
• Nathan Strong, MS in Bioengineering, Thesis: IMAGING HYDROGEL ELASTICITY DURING ITS ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION.
• Eric W. Stroup, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Project: CONSTANT COMPLIANCE FORCE MODULATION METHOD FOR POLYMER SURAFCE ELASTICITY MAPPING.
• Joan K. Stuart, PhD in Bioengineering, Dissertation: FEASIBILITY OF MEASURING PROTEIN INTERACTION FORCES USING A MODIFIED SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPE
• Vimal P. Swarup, PhD in Bioengineering, Dissertation: THE ROLE OF GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN MOTIFS IN REGULATING NEURONAL GROWTH, GUIDANCE AND INHIBITIONS.
• Sandhya Raghuraman, MS in Bioengineering, Thesis: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ADHESION MAPPING SFM SYSTEM.
• Shekh M. Rahman, PhD in Chemical Engineering, also Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Bioengineering, Dissertation: INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF TRANSIENTLY ELEVATED UPSTREAM SHEAR FORCES ON PRIMING OF PLATELETS FOR DOWNSTREAM ADHESION AND ACTIVATION.
• Nicholas Turner, PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Bioengineering, Project: IMPRINTING PROTEINS IN MIXED MONOLAYES AND THIN POLYMER FILMS.
• Bryon Wright, PhD in Bioengineering, also Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Bioengineering, Dissertation: FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY FOR BIOENGINEERING APPLICATIONS.
• Yi Zhang, MS in Bioengineering, Thesis: DIGITALLY CONTROLLED ADHESION IMAGING MODE USING A SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPE.
• Alexandra Zudova, MS in Bioengineering, Project: PLATLET ROLLING ON IMMOBILIZED AGONISTS IN WHOLE BLOOD. >