Huate Li

Dr. Huate Li was a graduate student in the Bifano Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Using Adaptive Optics to Calibrate Extended Field of Depth Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope (EDOF-ASOM) with a MEMS Deformable Mirror (2018)

Wenqiang Zhang

Dr. Wenqiang Zhang was a graduate student in the Laboratory for Microsystems Technology. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Mesoporous Titanium Oxide Coating on Diatom Frustules Towards Dye-synthesized Solar Cell Applications (2015)  

Pu-Ting Dong

Dr. Pu-Ting Dong was a graduate student in the Ji-Xin Cheng Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Phototherapy of Drug-Resistant Bacteria (2019)

Christos Michas

Dr. Christos Michas was a graduate student in the Tissue Microfabrication Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Exploratory Study of Contractile Force in Cardiomyocytes (2018)

Alicia Zollinger

Dr. Alicia Zollinger was a graduate student in the Matrix Mechanotransduction Laboratory. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Tensional Homeostasis of smooth muscle (2016)

Seemantini Nadkarni

Seemantini Nadkarni is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and a Founder at Coalesenz Inc. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: iCoagLab Platform (2024)  

Mark Grinstaff

2026 REU Project: Coming Soon Dr. Mark Grinstaff is a professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME), Chemistry (CHEM), Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), and Medicine (MED) at Boston University. He is also the Director of the NIH T32 Program in Translational Research in Biomaterials (TRB) and the Nanotechnology Innovation Center (BUnano) at Boston University. The Grinstaff Group studies polymers, biomaterials, nanomaterials, […]

Michelle Sander

2026 REU Project: Label-free Imaging of Cells and Tissues The Sander group explores optical material interactions to develop novel laser sources in the infrared and mid-infrared wavelength regime. Our research focuses on novel ultrafast devices and how ultrafast and photothermal light interactions can fuel new applications in biomedical imaging and material characterization. We study femtosecond […]

Elise Morgan

Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Bone Quantity and Bone Quality in Osteoarthritis (2016)

Helen Fawcett

Previous REU/RET Projects Include: IRIS Microchip Process Validation (2017) Evaluation of Automated Incubation of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (2016) Development of NGSS-MA Curriculum (2016)