
Prof. Alan J. Grodzinsky
Principal Investigator
Department of Biological Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Current Lab Members

Linda Bragman | Administrative Assistant
lbragman@mit.edu | NE47-377

Eliot Frank, Ph.D. | Senior Research Engineer
ehfrank@mit.edu | NE47-381

Han-Hwa Hung | Research Specialist / Lab Manager
hkhung@mit.edu | NE47-382

Cristina Florea | Postdoctoral Fellow
Mechanisms of progression of cartilage damage at the cellular and tissue levels
cflorea@mit.edu | NE47-388

Rebecca Black | PhD Candidate, Department of Biological Engineering
Systems analysis of drug effects on cartilage metabolism and homeostasis in osteoarthritis

Hannah Szapary | M.D. Candidate, Harvard Medical School (HST)
Visiting Scientists and Research Affiliates

Mojtaba Azadi | Visiting Scientist
Assisstant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, San Fransisco State University

Rachel E. Miller, Ph.D. | Visiting Scientist
Rush University Medical Center

Hadi Takavoli Nia | Visiting Scientist
Assisstant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

Bernd Rolauffs, M.D. | Visiting Scientist
Eberhard Karls Universität Tuübingen, Department of Orthopaedics

Ambika Goel Bajpayee | Research Affiliate
Assisstant Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University

Emily Florine, Ph.D. | Research Affiliate
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

Paul Kopesky, Ph.D. | Research Affiliate
Magenta Therapeutics
Recent Alumni

Lisa Flaman | Technical Associate, 2017-2021
Inozyme Pharma
Garima Dwivedi | Postdoctoral Associate, 2017-2021

Brianne Connizzo | Postdoctoral Associate, 2016-2020
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

Ramin Oftadeh | Postdoctoral Associate, 2016-2019
Lead Applied Scientist, Best Buy

Mojtaba Azadi | Postdoctoral Associate, 2011-2014
Assisstant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, San Fransisco State University

Yamini Krishnan | Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2020
Corteva Agriscience
Brett Geiger | Ph.D., Biological Engineering, 2018
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Yang Wang | Ph.D., Biological Engineering, 2016
McKinsey & Company

Paul Liebesny | Ph.D., Biological Engineering, 2016
Decibel Therapeutics

Ambika Goel Bajpayee | Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2015
Assisstant Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University

Chelsey Wallace | M.S., Medical Science, 2018 (Boston University)
Indiana University School of Medicine

Jennifer Ibañez | M.Eng., Biological Engineering, 2017
ClearView Healthcare Partners

Whitney Young | M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2016
Ball Aerospace
Divya Ravinder | B.S., Biological Engineering, 2020
McKinsey & Company
Cecilia Padilla | B.S., Biological Engineering, 2020
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Christina Rossitto | B.S., Biological Engineering, 2019
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sarah DiIorio | B.S., Biological Engineering, 2019
Fulbright Scholar, Eindhoven University of Technology

Hannah Zlotnik | B.S., Biological Engineering, 2017
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

John Drago | B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Harvard Medical School

Nathan Varady | B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Harvard Medical School

Sherry Wan | B.S., Biology, 2016
DMD/MSE Candidate, University of Pennsylvania