graduate students

Bonnie Huang, PhD 2013

postgraduation: Postdoc at NIH

Peter DeMuth, PhD 2013

postgraduation: Vedantra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Adrienne Li, PhD 2012

Thesis: Immunization with Synthetic Nanoparticles to Generate Mucosal CD8

Biological Engineering

MEng Johns Hopkins University

BS Johns Hopkins Univ.

postgraduation: Vedantra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Brandon Kwong, PhD 2012

Thesis: Liposome-anchored local delivery of immunomodulatory agents for tumor therapy

Biological Engineering

B.A.Sc Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

postgraduation: Postdoc at NIH

Xingfang Su, PhD 2012

Thesis: Degradable polymeric nano-films and particles as delivery platforms for vaccines and immunotherapeutics

Materials Science & Engineering

BA and MSci Materials Science & Metallurgy

postgraduation: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, Singapore

Maria Foley, PhD 2012

Thesis: Visualizing the dynamics of HIV-specific cytotoxic T-cells in extracellular matrix

Biological Engineering

BS Biology, Emory University

postgraduation:

Yana Wang, PhD 2011

Thesis: Engineering chemoattractant gradients using controlled releasing polysaccharide microspheres

Chemical Engineering/PPST

MS Chemical Engineering, U. Minnesota

BS Tsinghua University

postgraduation: Millennium Pharmaceuticals

Anna Bershteyn, PhD 2010

Thesis: Lipid-Coated micro- and nano-particles as a biomimetic vaccine platform

Materials Science & Engineering

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, MIT

postgraduation: Intellectual Ventures Lab

Yuki Hori, PhD 2009

Thesis: Injectable hydrogels as matrices for immunization and immunotherapy of cancer

Materials Science & Engineering

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, MIT

postgraduation: Medtronic

Vinay Mahajan, PhD 2009

Thesis: Intrinsic heterogeneity in the survival and proliferation capacities of naive CD8+ T-cells

Biological Engineering

MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

postgraduation: Pathology Residency Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Andrew Miller, PhD 2008

Thesis: Amphiphilic block copolymer micelles: Creation of functional nanocavities and their use as nanocontainers for controlled release

Chemical Engineering

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign

postgraduation: Associate, PureTech Ventures

Yuhua Hu, PhD 2008
Thesis: pH-Sensitive core-shell nanoparticles for intracellular drug delivery

Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, M.S. Biochemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
postgraduation: postdoctoral associate, Stanford University.  Currently: Genentech

Agnieszka Stachowiak, PhD 2007
Thesis: Inverse opal hydrogel scaffolds as lymphoid microenvironments for the study of immune cell migration and immunotherapy

Materials Science & Engineering/PPST
B.S. Chemical Engineering, MIT
postgraduation: Research/Teaching staff, Biological Engineering MIT.

Junsang Doh, PhD 2006
Thesis: Immunological synapse arrays: Patterned protein surfaces that modulate immunological synapse structure formation in T cells

Chemical Engineering/PPST
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
postgraduation: postdoctoral associate with Matthew Krummel, UCSF.  Currently: Assistant Prof. POSTECH, Korea.

Siddhartha Jain, PhD 2006
Thesis: Synthesis of a hydrogel-based vaccine to mimic dendritic cell responses to pathogens

Biological Engineering Division
B.S. Chemical Engineering, India Institute of Technology

postgraduation: research associate, Bristol-Myers Squibb.  Currently: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

Heejae Kim, PhD 2005

Thesis: New Polymeric Biomaterial Interfaces for Biosensor Applications

Chemical Engineering/PPST

M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Seoul National University

B.S. Fiber and Polymer Science, Seoul National University

postgraduation: Cheil Industries (subsidiary of Samsung)

postdoctoral associates

Haipeng Liu, 2013

PhD. Chemistry, Purdue University
Post-Irvinelab: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University

Sharon Golan-Paz, 2013

PhD. Chemical Engineering, Technion
Post-Irvinelab: Postdoc, Univ. of Washington

Sharmila Pejawar-Gaddy, 2013

PhD. Microbiology & Immunology, Wake Forest Univ.
Post-Irvinelab: Consultant, Jounce Therapeutics

Christopher Jewell, 2012

PhD. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Post-Irvinelab: Assistant Professor, The Fischell Dept. of Bioengineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

Matthias Stephan, 2012

Post-Irvinelab: Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

James Moon, 2012

PhD. Biomedical Engineering, Rice University
Post-Irvinelab: Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan