I am a postdoctoral fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT with a background in biomedical engineering.
My career goal is to become an independent principal investigator at an academic institution, where I can use principles of tissue engineering and microphysiological systems to develop models of cardiovascular biology and disease.
Education and Training
2010-2018: Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
I completed my doctoral thesis, “Engineered Heart Slices for Studies of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes” in the Cardiac Bioelectric Systems Laboratory led by Dr. Leslie Tung.
2018 – Present: Postdoctoral Training
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I am working on microfluidics-based models of cardiac vasculature and the application of flow in these systems in the Mechanobiology Lab led by Dr. Roger Kamm.
2018 – Present: Postdoctoral Training
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
I am working on cardiac organoids and vascular models with flow-sensitive reporters in the laboratory of Dr. Guillermo García-Cardeña.
Funding
NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering T32 Organ Design and Engineering Post-doctoral Training Program
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships
Whitaker International Program Summer Grant