People

Principal Investigator

Melikhan Tanyeri, PhD

Bio
Dr. Melikhan Tanyeri received his B.S. degree from Bogazici University in 1999, and his Ph.D. degree from University of California, Davis in 2006. During 2006-2012, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Charles Schroeder at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Between 2013-2016, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Istanbul Sehir University. After a brief research scientist position at University of Chicago, he joined Department of Engineering as an assistant professor of biomedical engineering.

His research interests include microfluidics, chemical and biomolecular sensors, and high-resolution imaging. His research accomplishments include the first demonstration of lasing spherical microdroplets in a microfabricated device. He developed chemical and biological sensor platforms based on micro and nanoscale optofluidic systems. More recently, he established a new class of microfluidic tools for single particle and cell manipulation towards applications in nano- and biotechnology.

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Graduate Students

Amanda Trusiak, M.S. Biomedical Engineering

Project: Single Cell bacteria Adhesion Studies Under Shear Stress
Hobbies: Drawing.

Madison Burchfield, M. S. Biomedical Engineering

Project: Studying Aquaporin Response to Osmotic Stress at Single Cell Level.
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Undergraduate Students

Selvin Hernandez, U.G. Research Assistant

Project: Studying Aquaporin Response to Osmotic Stress at Single Cell Level, Brain Spheroids.
Hobbies: Working out, Running, Playing soccer.

Raegan Gouker, U.G. Student Researcher

Project: Studying Aquaporin Response to Osmotic Stress at Single Cell Level.
Hobbies: Spending time outside, Working out, Making smoothies.

Matthew Nestler, U.G. Student Researcher

Project: Bacteria Culturing
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Maxwell Ujhazy, U.G. Student Researcher

Project: Hydrodynamic Trap
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William Miller, U.G. Student Researcher

Project: Stem Cell Mechanobiology.
Hobbies:  Camping, Fishing, and Skiing

Anelise McGee, U.G. Student Researcher

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Alumni

Alexander Evans, BME undergraduate student (May 2018-May2020)

Karli Sutton, BME undergraduate student (May 2018-May2020)

Adriana Del Pino Herrera, BME undergraduate student (May 2018-May2020)

Emily Frederick, BME graduate student (Sep 2019 – May 2020)

Dr. Merve Ertas, Visiting scholar (Sep 2019 – Mar 2020)

Shay Kent, BME undergraduate student (Sep 2019 – May 2020)

Fernanda Souza Dalmolin, BME undergraduate student (Sep 2019 – Dec 2019)

William Gibson, BME graduate student (Sep 2018 – Sep 2019)

Benjamin Bernarding, BME undergraduate (Feb 2019 – Aug 2019)

Kayla Davis, BME undergraduate student (Jan – May 2019)

Ryan McIlhinney, BME undergraduate student (Aug 2018 – May 2019)

Eric Linder, BME undergraduate (Aug 2018 – May 2019)

Ethan Heltz, BME undergraduate student (Aug 2018 – Mar 2019)