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Alex Abramson
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
BioMy passion is to create medical devices that make a difference in quality of life for patients worldwide. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford in Prof. Zhenan Bao's lab developing flexible electronic devices for physiologic status monitoring. I received my Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT working under Profs. Robert Langer and Giovanni Traverso, where my research focused on developing ingestible robotic capsules for oral biologic drug delivery. I am passionate about mentorship as well as entrepreneurship, and I volunteer locally to support STEM innovation in my community. Check out my website in the links section for more information in my research.
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Elizabeth Corson
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
BioDr. Elizabeth Corson is a TomKat Center Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainable Energy researching electrochemical nitrate reduction. She was a NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley where she completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with Prof. Bryan McCloskey. She conducted her dissertation research on plasmon-enhanced electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Originally from Iowa, Elizabeth received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
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Leeya Engel
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
BioMy long term professional goal is to lead academic research that probes cell behavior using custom bio-microsystems and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET). In my PhD I designed, fabricated, and characterized innovative electroactive polymer micro-actuators. In the Pruitt lab at Stanford I studied metrology of cell forces and techniques to interface between silicon devices with biological cells. In the Dunn lab, I am applying microfluidic platforms to study developmental biology and using protein micropatterning to improve the throughput of cellular cryo-ET.
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Razieh Khalifehzadeh
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
BioDr. Khalifehzadeh received a dual Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Nanotechnology & Molecular Engineering from the University of Washington (UW) in 2018. During her graduate studies in Prof. Buddy Ratner’s laboratory, she obtained fundamental training in biomaterials design, polymer chemistry, tissue-implant interactions and learned about FDA regulations and clinical translation process of medical devices. Her research was focused on development of new classes of degradable polymers for cardiovascular stents. Throughout her graduate study, she received multiple prestigious awards such as Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Training (TL1) scholarship from National Center for Advancing Translational Science at NIH, Society for Biomaterials (SFB) travel award, Dean of Engineering Scholarship and Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation. She is currently a NIH K99/R00 postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Zhenan Bao’s laboratory at Stanford and her research is focused on designing bioelectronic platforms for early diagnosis of cancers, with emphasis on brain tumors. Her interdisciplinary research lies at the interface of engineering and translational medicine and focuses on the development of polymer-based, wireless, implantable or wearable bioelectronics for disease diagnosis and therapy. She is a member of Diversity Initiative center at Stanford and has been consistently involved in leading efforts to promote diversity among underrepresented and socioeconomically disadvantaged students. She serves on various diversity committees and plans to continue her efforts by creating and leading outreach programs as a future independent investigator.
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Yasser Khan
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
BioYasser Khan is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, in Prof. Zhenan Bao’s Group. Yasser completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in Prof. Ana Claudia Arias’ Group. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas, and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Yasser’s research focuses mainly on wearable medical devices, with an emphasis on flexible bioelectronic and biophotonic sensors. Additionally, he worked on projects ranging from “electrochemical etching of ultra-sharp SPM tips” to “energy harvesting in complex systems.” His job experience includes internships at UC Berkeley, Oxford University, Stanford University, and Zyvex Labs in Texas.
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Xian Kong
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
BioXian is now a postdoc researcher in the Group of Jian Qin, Department of Chemical Engineering. His research is focused on the theoretical and simulation studies of polymer in applications of battery.
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Medea Neek
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsTargeted therapy is one of the current research development in cancer treatment. While nanoparticle (NP)-based delivery agents have the potential to provide safe and effective targeted delivery, all the results to date have been disappointing. Ongoing challenges include: particle instability, rapid clearance by immune system phagocytosis, off-target toxicity, and immunogenicity. My research focuses to to design a delivery vehicle that overcomes current obstacles in the targeted therapy field.
