Graduate Students
Nima Tamaddoni Jahromi, PhD
ntamaddo@vols.utk.edu
Dissertation: Inter-droplet Membranes for Mechanical Sensing Applications
PhD, Mechanical Engineering (2016)
Currently: CEO, T&T Scientific Corporation
Graham Taylor, PhD
gtaylor4@vols.utk.edu
Dissertation: Improving Droplet Interface Bilayers as Models for Cell Membranes
PhD, Biomedical Engineering (2016)
Currently: a) UTK/ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences Postdoctoral Research Scientist
b) President, T&T Scientific Corporation
Guru Venkatesan, PhD
gvenkate@vols.utk.edu
Dissertation: Characterization and manipulation of lipid self-assembly to construct stable, portable synthetic lipid bilayers
PhD, Biomedical Engineering (2017)
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, McAlpine Group at Univ. of Minnesota
MaryAnne Nguyen, PhD
mnguyen8@vols.utk.edu
Dissertation: High-Throughput Functional System for Encapsulated Networks of Model Cell Membranes
PhD, Biomedical Engineering (2017)
Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Lenaghan Group Univ. of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Undergraduate Students
- Meredith Niethammer BS-BME 2012
- Chase Thompson BS-ME 2012
- Clayton Greer BS-ME 2015
- Max Prigden BS-ME 2014
- Brady Bauer BS-ME 2015
- Nathan Powell BS-ME 2016
- Ashley Lipford BS-ME 2016
- Trevor Hepburn BS-BME 2015
- Jason Seinfeld BME 2016