Archana Venkataraman
2026 REU Project: Explainable foundation model framework for Autism characterization from EEG signals. Professor Venkataraman’s research integrates medical imaging, artificial intelligence, and clinical neuroscience to study brain dysfunction. As PI of the Neural Systems Analysis Laboratory, she develops computational models that combine hypothesis-driven neuroscience with data-driven learning to produce interpretable, predictive insights. Her work spans […]
Irving Bigio
2026 REU Project: Polarized-light microscopic imaging of different tissues The focus of Irving Bigio’s Biomedical Optics Lab is the development of minimally-invasive research-oriented and clinical (both diagnostic and therapeutic) tools, based on optical technologies. Applications span the breadth of the human body. The lab’s projects include: Optical Biopsy: we develop tools to measure non-invasively the […]
Mayayi Izzo
Mayayi Izzo is a Research Technician in the Biomedical Engineering Department. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Targeted Therapeutic Delivery through Modified Nanocarriers (REU, 2025)
Siyi Zheng
Heather Murray
Heather Murray is a Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Characterizing Relaxin-2 as a Therapeutic Candidate for Fibrosis (REU, 2025)
Michelle Teplensky
2026 REU Project: Modifying Nanocarriers to Modulate Release From Hydrogel Research in the Teplensky Lab focuses on engineering nanotechnology to control immunological cell connectivity, processing, and communication by design. In doing so, we elucidate fundamentals about cellular events and leverage this knowledge to develop improved therapeutics and vaccines that can impact the treatment of cancer […]
Targeted Therapeutic Delivery through Modified Nanocarriers
Mentors Project Description The ability to programmably deliver immunotherapies is an emerging area of vaccine design as it enables us to manipulate molecules that stimulate the immune system (e.g. proteins, DNA) to make more potent responses. Although nanocarriers used in drug delivery research stabilize the immunogenic molecules they encapsulate and allow for their controlled release, […]
Characterizing Relaxin-2 as a Therapeutic Candidate for Fibrosis
Mentors Project Description Biomaterials are essential tools in biomedical research, providing physiologically relevant environments that support the study of disease mechanisms and the evaluation of therapeutic candidates including relaxin-2 in fibrotic conditions. Using the endogenous hormone relaxin-2, this project will evaluate its therapeutic potential for reducing fibrotic tissue within a uterus-mimicking environment. Throughout this project, […]
Developing Anchoring Methods to Generate and Mature 3D-Engineered Tissues
Mentors Project Description The field of tissue engineering commonly employs post-like 3D mechanical boundaries as a useful way to give cues to the cells for compacting and remodeling the extracellular matrix. These boundaries and anchoring play a key role since they define the shape of the tissue and report forces tissues generate through their deformations. […]
Rabia Tugce Yazicigil
Dr. Rabia Tugce Yazicigil is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boston University. She is leading the Wireless Integrated Systems and Extreme Circuits (WISE-Circuits) Laboratory since August 2018. Rabia was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the EECS Department of MIT working with Professor Anantha P. Chandrakasan from March 2016 to August 2018. Previous REU/RET […]