A multidisciplinary faculty mentor team has been formed to train REU students. Faculty mentors will engage and assist REU students in developing research plans and in designing and conducting experiments to achieve the goals established by the program. Faculty mentors will also assist students in their career development by advising students of career opportunities and helping them identify career paths in biomedical science and engineering. The below table lists a group of faculty mentors for the REU program.
Kaiming Ye
Professor/Department Chair
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: 3D tissue biofabrication and human organoid development
Gretchen Mahler
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Endothelial cell mechanobiology
Sha Jin
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Bioinformatics, bioimaging, and pancreatic tissue engineering
Tracy Hookway
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Stem cell differentiation and cardiac tissue engineering
Guy German
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Characterizing progression of age, bacterial skin disease,
and solar damage related skin mechanical properties
L. Nathan Tumey
Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Projects for REU Training: Studying the stability of antibody-drug-conjugates for
the treatment of cancer and/or autoimmune disorders
Changhong Ke
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Characterization of DNA-inspired boron nitride nano-tube
hybrids
Xin Yong
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Characterizing the interactions of signaling molecules
with outer membranes
Fake Lu
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Capturing biomolecular dynamics through live cell imaging
using a multi-modality multiphoton microscope
Ahyeon Koh
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Developing biosensors (e.g., the glucose sensor); Evaluating
of sensor performance in various biological media; Investigation of interface materials
for wearable devices
Yuan Wan
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: isolation of extracellular vesicles, cargo extraction,
and downstream molecular analyses
Ying Wang
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Projects for REU Training: Neural and Neurovascular Tissue Engineering
