Principal Investigator

Jeff Tza-Huei Wang

Professor
Mechanical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering Depts.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Institute for NanoBioTechnology
Johns Hopkins University

Shaffer Hall 200A
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel: (410)516-7086
Fax: (410)516-7254
Email Address: [email protected]
Curriculum Vitae

Faculty

Dr. Thomas Pisanic
Research Scientist at INBT
Dr. Kuangwen Hsieh
Assistant Research Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Johan Melendez
Assistant Professor in Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Chrissy O'Keefe

Ph.D. Students

Andrew Li
Biomedical Engineering
Sixuan Li
Mechanical Engineering
Joon Soo Park
Biomedical Engineering
Pei Wei Lee
Mechanical Engineering
Fangchi Shao
Biomedical Engineering
Jiumei Hu
Mechanical Engineering
Alexander Hasnain
Biomedical Engineering
Yang Zhao
Biomedical Engineering
Asher Varon
Mechanical Engineering
Amelia Traylor
Mechanical Engineering
Patarajarin Akarapipad
Biomedical Engineering
Weiwen Cui
Biomedical Engineering
Lai Wei
Mechanical Engineering
Arman Mirmiran
Mechanical Engineering
Hanran Lei
Biomedical Engineering

Master Students

Dong Jin (Matthew) Park
Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate Students

David Lu, BME

Jamie Cheng, ChemBE

Sayuni Dharmasena, BME

Feiyang Hwang, BME

Jonathen Wang, MechE

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Scholars:

  • Dr. Liben Chen (Associate Research Scientist in Mechanical Engineering 2019-2023)
    Current Position: Systems Engineer, MESO SCALE DIAGNOSTICS
  • Dr. Alexander Trick (2021)
    Current Position: Co-Founder, Prompt Diagnostics
  • Dr. Alejandro Stark (2021-2022)
    Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic
  • Dr. Hui Li (2019-2022)
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • Dr. Hoan Ngo (2020-2022)
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Florida Southern College
  • Dr. Aniruddha Kaushik (2020)
  • Dr. Divya Nalayanda (2015-2018)
  • Dr. Sarah Friedrich (2018)
  • Dr. Dong-Jin Shin (2016-2018)
  • Dr. Helena Zec (2015-2016)
    Current Position: Business Associate Consultant, ZS Associates
  • Dr. Bo Chen (2017-2018), Visiting Scholar, Jiangsu Province Hospital
  • Dr. Yi-Fan Hsieh (2015-2016)
  • Dr. Wei Liu (2014-2015), Visiting Scholar, Wuhan University
  • Dr. Weihua Guan (2013-2014)
    Current Position: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • Dr. Duncan (Jen-Kuei) Wu (2013)
    Current Position: Postdoctorate Researcher at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Suneil Hosmane (2011-2012)
    Current Position: Analyst, Intercept Pharmaceuticals
  • Dr. Stephanie Fraley (2012)
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, UCSD
  • Dr. Ling Zhang (2011)
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  • Dr. Chih-Han Chiou (2010-2011)
    Current Position: Principal Investigator in Microsystems Technology Center, ITRI South, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Tainan Country, Taiwan
  • Dr. Guoxiang Cai, MD (2010-2011)
    Current Position: Associate Professor and Surgeon, Medical College of Fudan University, China
  • Dr. Seung Kyung Park (2009-2011)
    Current Position: Research Scientist at Samsung, Korea
  • Dr. Chun-Yang Zhang (2003-2005)
    Current Position: Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, China

Ph.D. Students:

  • Dr. Fan-En Chen, graduated in 2023
    Current Position: Senior Consultant, Boston Consulting
  • Dr. Pengfei Zhang, graduated in 2022
    Current Position: Postdoc Fellow, Princeton University
  • Dr. Alexander Trick, graduated in 2022
    Current Position: Postdoc Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
  • Dr. Aniruddha Kaushik, graduated in 2020
    Current Position: Senior Consultant, Navigant Consulting
  • Dr. Christine O’Keefe, graduated in 2020
    Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
  • Dr. Pornpat Athamanolap, graduated in 2019
    Current Position: Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Dr. Ye Zhang, graduated in 2019
    Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
  • Dr. Sarah Friedrich, graduated in 2018
    Current Position: Ontera, Inc.
  • Dr. Dong-Jin Shin PhD, graduated in 2016
    Current Position: Data Scientist, Well Dot, Inc.
  • Dr. Helena Zec, graduated in 2015
    Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
  • Dr. Cyrus Beh, graduated in 2014
    Current Position: Engineer, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore
  • Dr. Yunke Song, graduated in 2014
    Current Position: Investment Banker, Morgan Stanley, Japan
  • Dr. Tushar Rane, graduated in 2014
    Current Position: Viterbi Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California
  • Dr. Divya Nalayanda, graduated in 2013
    Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
  • Dr. Yi Zhang, graduated in 2013
    Current Position: Postdoctorate Researcher, The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Agency of Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
  • Dr. Vasudev Bailey, graduated in 2010
    Current Position: Consultant, McKinsey & Company
  • Dr. Kelvin Liu, graduated in 2011
    Current Position: Founder & CEO, Circulomics, Inc.
  • Dr. Chris Puleo, graduated in 2009
    Current Position: Research Scientist, GE Global Research Center
  • Dr. Hunter Chen, graduated in 2008
    Current Position: Research Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceutics Inc.
  • Dr. Yi-Ping Ho, graduated in 2008
    Current Position: Sapere Aude Young Elite Researcher / Assistant Professor, iNANO Center, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Dr. Hsin-Chih Yeh, graduated in 2008
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Texas, Austin

M.S. Students:

  • Hanran Lei, MS graduated in 2023
    Current Position: Ph.D. student, Johns Hopkins University
  • Preston Zimprich, MS graduated in 2023
    Current Position: Senior Scientist, Prompt Diagnostics
  • Mei Jin, MS graduated in 2023
    Current Position: Senior Scientist, Prompt Diagnostics
  • Parker Treadway, MS graduated in 2022
    Current Position: Product Engineer, Prompt Diagnostics
  • Julie Hwang, MS graduated in 2020
    Current Position: Ph.D. student, Johns Hopkins University
  • Yang Zhao, MS graduated in 2020
    Current Position: Ph.D. student, Johns Hopkins University
  • Anju Nambiar, MS graduated in 2021
    Current Position: Engineer in industry
  • Kushagra Shah, MS graduated in 2021
    Current Position: Engineer in industry
  • Meet Pastakia, MS graduated in 2018
  • Brant Axt, MS graduated in 2017
    Current Position: Engineer at Medtronic
  • Tony Zheng, MS graduated in 2017
    Current Position: M.D./Ph.D. Student, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Lily Liu, MS graduated in 2015
    Current Position: M.D. Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Pornpat Athamanolap, MS graduated in 2013
    Current Position: BME, Ph.D. Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
  • Alejandro Stark Quiroz, MS graduated in 2012
    Current Position: ME, Ph.D. Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
  • Kent Murray, MS graduated in 2007
    Current Position: Engineer, U.S. DoD
  • Shu-Yi Chao, MS graduated in 2005
    Current Position: Engineer in industry

Undergraduate Students:

  • Thomas DiSorbo, BME
  • Daniel Giammanco, BME
  • Arik Slepyan, BME
  • Emily Chang, BME
  • Tiffany Hu, BME
  • Yuncong Mao, BME
  • Vincent Wu (BME, 2014-2018)
  • Rachel Bang (ME, 2015-2018)
  • David Mai (UC Berkeley, INBT REU Summer 2018)
  • Mohammed Munim (University of Illinois, INBT REU Summer 2017)
  • Catherine Tang (Harvard College, INBT REU Summer 2016)
  • Polly Ma (JHU CBID)
  • Eric Simone (BME, 2003-2004)
    Current status: Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceutics Inc.
  • Matthew Kung (BME, 2003-2005)
    Current status: Medical student at Tufts University
  • Marcos Kuorki (BME, 2004-2005)
    Current status: M.D/Ph.D. student at University of Minnesota
  • Jeff Johnson (EE, 2004)
    Current status: Industry
  • Annys Santoso (BME, 2004)
    Current status: Industry
  • Caroline Chen (ChemE, 2006-2007)
  • Karen Liu (BME, undergraduate from University of California, Irvine; 2006)
  • Jennifer Ferrigan (BME, 2007)
  • Paxson Trautman(BME, 2006-2007)
  • Lok Man Chu (BME, 2006-2007)
  • Alic Chen (ME, 2006-2007)
  • Teck Chun Lim (BME, 2005-2007)
    Current status: PhD student at MIT
  • Peter Lillehoj (ME, 2007)
    Current status: Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
  • Jennifer Petsche (BME, 2006-2007)
  • Chao Yin (Duke University , NSF REU Summer 2009, winner Pratt Fellowship)
  • Sean Virgile (U. of Rochester , NSF REU Summer 2008, winner Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship)
  • Benjamin Rho (BME, 2008)
  • Joe Chung (BME, 2008)
  • Jasper Chen (2007-2008)
  • Katrin Passlack (University of Oklahoma, NSF REU Summer 2010)
  • Ye Zhang (Tsinghua University, JHU-Tsinghua BME student exchange program 2010)
  • Alex Lo (Materials Sciences, 2009-2010)
  • Brian Keeley (ChemE, 2008-2011)
  • Weizhuang (BME, 2008-2011)
  • Chris Razavi (Biophysics, 2009-)
  • Jennifer Tsuan (BME, 2010)
  • Taehong Min (BME, 2010)
  • Allatah Mekile (Biotechnology, East Stroudsburg University, NSF REU Summer 2011)
  • Thanapoom Boonipat (BME, 2011)
  • Frank Qin (BME, 2011-2012)
  • Joseph Shin (BME, 2011-2012)
  • Jeffery Knox (BME, 2011-)
  • Melissa Gosse (ChemBioE, 2011-)
  • Justin Lee (ME, 2010-2011)