Brian Koker

Brian Koker was a graduate student in the Coalesenz Inc. Previous REU/RET Projects include: iCoaglab Platform (2024)  

Chuan Li

Previous REU/RET Projects include: Imaging Cardiac Organoids with Laser Speckle (2024)  

Favian Liu

Favian Liu is a graduate student in the Kamenetska Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Develop a PCR Protocol for Preparing “sticky end” DNA Handles for Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy Measurements (2024)

Sean Lubner

Professor Lubner specializes in nano-to-macro energy transport and conversion, and has worked on a variety of energy-related systems including biomedical devices, electrochemical and thermal energy storage systems, solid state energy conversion devices, machine learning models, and water desalination. Lubner works extensively with both industry and academia, and holds numerous joint patents and publications. Previous REU/RET […]

Monan Ma

Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Hardware Programming for Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS) (REU, 2025)

Jerome Mertz

2026 REU Project: Coming Soon Dr. Mertz and team work on the development of new microscopy techniques for biomedical imaging in their lab. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Imaging Cardiac Organoids with Laser Speckle (REU, 2024) Imaging Gas Vesicle Dynamics (REU, 2023) Imaging Neuromelanin With Darkfield Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy (REU, 2021)

Siddharth Ramachandran

Professor Ramachandran and team focus their research around nonlinear, ultrafast and quantum photonics,, fundamentals of light-matter interactions, fibers and guided-wave devices, super-resolution & brain imaging, classical & quantum networks. Previous REU/RET Projects: Generation, Transmission and Manipulation of Optical Skyrmions (2025, REU) Machine Learning Optimization of OAM-mediated Nonlinear Fiber Optics (2024, REU) Sculpting Light in Space […]

Tommaso Ranzani

2026 REU Project: Coming Soon Professor Tommaso Ranzani leads the Morphable Biorobotics Lab whose focus is robotic technologies for medicine, surgery, rehabilitation, and exploration. Dr. Ranzani has extensive experience in the development of medical robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). He explored different technologies and developed a number of manufacturing paradigms to design and manufacture […]

Darren Roblyer

2026 REU Project: Coming Soon Dr. Roblyer’s research group develops new label free imaging modalities to diagnose disease and monitor therapies. A main thrust of the lab is development of new wearable and handheld technologies that can provide earlier assessments of therapy effectiveness for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, kidney disease, and others. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: […]