Grodzinsky Lab

Grodzinsky Lab

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PI:
Prof. Alan Grodzinsky Department of Biological Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Mechanical Engineering Link to Full CV
Administrative Assistant:
Linda Bragman NE47-377
Research Engineer:
Eliot Frank, Ph.D. NE47-381
Research Specialist:
Han-Hwa Hung NE47-382
Graduate Students:
Yang Li Department of Biological Engineering Project: Effects of injury, cytokines, growth factors and compression on cartilage in vitro.
Yang Wang Department of Biological Engineering Project: Mechanisms underlying cartilage response to traumatic injury.
Hadi Tavakoli Nia Department of Mechanical Engineering Project: Nanomechanics of Cartilage
Ambika Goel Department of Mechanical Engineering Project: Drug delivery for osteoarthritis.
Paul Liebesny Department of Biological Engineering Project: Tissue engineering for cartilage repair.
Keri Mroszczyk Department of Mechanical Engineering Project: Tissue engineering for cartilage repair.
Undergraduate Students:
Alex Jelicich Department of Biology Project: Intracellular nanomechanics.
Karinna Vivanco Department of Biological Engineering Project: Tissue Engineering for Cartilage Repair.
Visiting Scientists:
Emily Florine, Ph.D. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Rachel E. Miller, Ph.D. Rush University Medical Center
Paul Kopesky, Ph.D. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Bernd Rolauffs, M.D. Orthopaedics, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Research Affiliates:
Eric Vanderploeg, Ph.D.
Sangwon Byun, Ph.D.
Hsu-Yi Lee, Ph.D.
Recent Alumni :
Lin Han, Ph.D.
Emily Florine, Ph.D. Department of Biological Engineering Project: Effect of hormones on bone marrow-derived stromal cells in the context of cartilage tissue engineering.
Sangwon Byun, Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Project: Transport of proteins or therapeutic agents into normal or injured cartilage.
Shuodan Chen, Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Project: Effects of mechanical injury of cartilage on lubricin synthesis.
Hsu-Yi Lee, Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Co-Supervised by Prof. Christine Ortiz Project: Atomic force microscopy imaging of proteoglycan components.
Rachel Miller, Ph.D. Department of Biological Engineering Project: Delivery of growth factors to chondrocytes and bone marrow-derived stromal cells to aid in cartilage tissue engineering.
Yihong Sui, Ph.D. Department of Biological Engineering Project: Effect of injury and cytokines on cartilage explants.