Trainees
CELL-MET trainees span 7 institutions: Boston University, Brown University, Columbia University, Florida International University, Harvard University and Medical School, MIT, and University of Michigan.
Trainees are carefully selected and rigorously trained. The Student Leadership Council plays a pivotal role by strategizing with their peers and the Senior Leadership Team to (a) identify trainee and community needs and (b) implement relevant offerings.
Click the drop down menus below to learn more about CELL-MET’s exceptional team of trainees. Click the images to be redirected to additional information about their research.
Student Leadership Council
Postdoctoral Trainees
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Dan Delaughter
Postdoc, Seidman Lab
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Mustafa Cagatay Karakan
Postdoc, Chen Lab & White Lab
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Michael McCLellan
Postdoc, Chen Lab
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Oliver McRae
Postdoc, White Lab
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Kacey Ronaldson
Postdoc, Vunjak-Novakovic Lab
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Gabriela Silva Venturini
Postdoc, Seidman Lab
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Eric Smith
Postdoc Fellow, Helms Lab
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Kazuya Suzuki
Postdoc, Chen Lab
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Claudia Varela
Postdoc – Chen
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Vibhavari Vempala
Postdoc, Mondisa Engineering Education Research (MEER) Group
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Eric Wei
Clinical Fellow – Seidman Lab
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Seong Won Kim
Postdoc – Seidman Lab
Graduate Trainees
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Abeer Al Barghouthi
Graduate Student, Dickerson
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Arya Bhadrakumar Nair
Undergraduate Student – Agarwal Lab
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Ian Bouche
Graduate Student, Bishop Lab
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Arianna Cooper
Graduate Student, Fletcher Lab
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Micaha Dean Hughes
Graduate Student – McGowen
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Xining Gao
PhD Candidate, Chen Lab
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Jeongho Ha
Graduate Student, Ndao Lab
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Saeed Hemayat
Graduate Student, Ndao Lab
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Ruifeng Hu
Graduate Student, Bifano Lab
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Fatama Huda
Graduate Student, Dickerson Lab
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Maggie Jewett
PhD Candidate, Baker Lab
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Youngbin Kim
Graduate Student, Vunjak-Novakovic Lab
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Hiba Kobeissi
Graduate Student, LeJeune Lab
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Alex Lammers
Graduate Student, Chen Lab
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Jarrod Moore
Graduate Student, Chen Lab
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Trevor Nash
Graduate Student, Vunjak-Novakovic Lab
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Hawa Ndiaye
Undergraduate Student – Chen Lab
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Israel Oladejo
Science Communications Fellow
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Noelle Pierce
Graduate Student, Bishop Lab
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Aaron Renberg
Graduate Student, Helms Lab
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Francisco Sanchez-Morales
Graduate Student, Bifano Lab
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John Sayut
Graduate student – Nordsletten Lab
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Matty Sey
Undergraduate Student, Agarwal Lab
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Paul Stankey
Graduate Student, Lewis Lab
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Abhilash Suresh
Graduate Student, Seidman Lab
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Miranda Wang
Graduate Student, Chen Lab
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Susan Xi
Undergraduate Student – Baker Lab
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Bingying Zhao
Graduate Student, Mertz Lab
Alumni
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John Ahrens
Graduate Student, Lewis Lab
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Nicole Bacca
Research Experience Mentor, Agarwal Lab
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Hwangbo Bae
Postdoc, Mondisa Lab
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Rita Chen
Graduate Student & Senior Technologist, Densmore Lab
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Ying Chen
Science Communications Fellow
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Shoshana Das
Postdoc, Chen Lab
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Samuel DePalma
PhD Candidate, Baker Lab
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Jourdan Ewoldt
Graduate Student, Chen Lab
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Sharon Fleischer
Postdoc, Vunjak-Novakovic Lab
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Paria Hashemian
Graduate Student, White Lab
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Jeffrey Horowitz
Graduate Student, Forrest Lab
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Joshua Javor
Postdoc Fellow, Bishop Lab
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Rachael Jayne
Graduate Student, White Lab
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Javiera Jilberto Vallejos
Graduate Student, Nordsletten Lab
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Huate Li
Graduate Student, Bifano Lab
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Lihua Lou
Postdoc, Agarwal Lab
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Marshall Ma
Graduate Student, Bifano Lab
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Maedeh Mozneb
Graduate Student, Agarwal Lab
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Ayse Muniz
Graduate Student, Lahann Lab
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Madiha Qasim
Graduate Student – McGowen
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Mukesh Roy
Postdoc, Dickerson Lab
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Sarah Schaible
Graduate Student, McGowen Lab
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Medha Shekhar
Undergraduate Student, Chen Lab
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Jingyi (Jenny) Sun
Graduate Student, Mertz Lab
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Subramanian Sundaram
Postdoc, Chen Lab
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Jonathan Tabares
Graduate Student, He Lab
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Geoffrey Van Dover
Graduate Student, Bishop Lab
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Courtney Wade
Graduate Student, McGowen Lab
