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Prof. Alan J. Grodzinsky Principal Investigator Department of Biological Engineering |
Current Lab Members:
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Linda Bragman | Administrative Assistant lbragman@mit.edu | NE47-377 |
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Eliot Frank, Ph.D. | Senior Research Engineer ehfrank@mit.edu | NE47-381 |
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Han-Hwa Hung | Research Specialist / Lab Manager hkhung@mit.edu | NE47-382 |
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Lisa Flaman | Technical Associate lflaman@mit.edu | NE47-385 |
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Brianne Connizzo | Postdoctoral Fellow Models of tendon aging, mechanical injury, and inflammation connizzo@mit.edu | NE47-390 |
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Ramin Oftadeh | Postdoctoral Associate AFM-based tissue nanomechanics for mouse models of OA roftadeh@mit.edu | NE47-388 |
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Garima Dwivedi | Postdoctoral Associate Cartilage-bone-synovium co-culture model for PTOA pathogenesis and treatment on gdwivedi@mit.edu | NE47-390 |
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Cristina Florea | Postdoctoral Fellow Mechanisms of progression of cartilage damage at the cellular and tissue levels cflorea@mit.edu | NE47-388 |
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Yamini Krishnan | PhD Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering Charged nanocarriers for PTOA drug delivery |
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Rebecca Black | PhD Candidate, Department of Biological Engineering Systems analysis of drug effects on cartilage metabolism and homeostasis in osteoarthritis |
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Christina Rossitto | Undergraduate Senior Drug delivery for post-traumatic osteoarthritis |
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Sarah DiIorio | Undergraduate Senior Drug delivery for post-traumatic osteoarthritis |
Visiting Scientists and Research Affiliates:
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Mojtaba Azadi | Visiting Scientist Assisstant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, San Fransisco State University |
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Rachel E. Miller, Ph.D. | Visiting Scientist Rush University Medical Center |
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Hadi Takavoli Nia | Visiting Scientist Assisstant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University |
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Bernd Rolauffs, M.D. | Visiting Scientist Eberhard Karls Universität Tuübingen, Department of Orthopaedics |
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Ambika Goel Bajpayee | Research Affiliate Assisstant Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University |
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Emily Florine, Ph.D. | Research Affiliate Ironwood Pharmaceuticals |
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Paul Kopesky, Ph.D. | Research Affiliate Magenta Therapeutics |
Recent Alumni:
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Brett Geiger | Ph.D., Biological Engineering, 2018 |
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Mojtaba Azadi | Postdoctoral Associate, 2011-2014 Assisstant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, San Fransisco State University |
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Lin Han | Postdoctoral Associate, 2009-2012 Assisstant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University |
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Yang Wang | Ph.D., Biological Engineering, 2016 McKinsey & Company |
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Paul Liebesny | Ph.D., Biological Engineering, 2016 Decibel Therapeutics |
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Ambika Goel Bajpayee | Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2015 Assisstant Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University |
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Hadi Takavoli Nia | Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2013 Assisstant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University |
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Chelsey Wallace | M.S., Medical Science, 2018 (Boston University) Indiana University School of Medicine |
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Jennifer Ibañez | M.Eng., Biological Engineering, 2017 ClearView Healthcare Partners |
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Whitney Young | M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2016 Ball Aerospace |
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Hannah Zlotnik | B.S., Biological Engineering, 2017 Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania |
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John Drago | B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2017 Harvard Medical School |
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Nathan Varady | B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2017 Harvard Medical School |
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Sherry Wan | B.S., Biology, 2016 DMD/MSE Candidate, University of Pennsylvania |