Lab Personnel

Principal Investigator

Hitesh Handa, Ph.D.

Distinguished Faculty Fellow | Professor
Director | Biointerface Translation & Engineering Center
Senior Member | National Academy of Inventors
School of Chemical, Materials & Biomedical Engineering
Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Wayne State University
B.S. Polymer Science and Chemical Technology, Delhi College of Engineering

Director of Lab Operations

Margaret Sapp, M.Ed.

Research Faculty & Postdoctoral Fellows

Mark Garren, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Arpita Shome, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Doctoral Trainees

Natalie Crutchfield

B.S. Materials Science Engineering
University of Central Florida

Tia Shorter

B.S. Biological Engineering
University of Georgia

Myddie Parker

B.S. Biological Engineering
University of Georgia

Alexander Bruckmann

B.S., M.S. Bioengineering
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Anastasia Marx

B.S. Biological Engineering
University of Georgia

Elifnaz Erturen

B.E. Bioengineering
Yildiz Technical University

M. Everett Grizzle

B.S. Biological Engineering
University of Georgia

Shermane Sylvester

M.E. Biomedical Engineering
University of Singapore

Nidhi Gupta

B.T. Biotechnology
Vellore Institute of Technology

Zin Lin

B.S. Biological Engineering
University of Georgia

Sydney Nierstedt

B.S. Biomedical Engineering
SUNY Binghampton University

Prakriti Shah

B.T. Biotechnology
Vellore Institute of Technology

Lab Personnel

Principal Investigator

Hitesh Handa, Ph.D.

Director of Lab Operations

Margaret Sapp, M.Ed.

Research Faculty & Postdoctoral Fellows

Mark Garren, Ph.D.

Arpita Shome, Ph.D.

Doctoral Trainees

Natalie Crutchfield

Tia Shorter

Myddie Parker

Alexander Bruckmann

Anastasia Marx

Elifnaz Erturen

M. Everett Grizzle

Shermane Sylvester

Nidhi Gupta

Zin Lin

Sydney Nierstedt

Prakriti Shah

Undergraduate Trainees & Interns

Taylor Barbour

Sara Chagani

Catherine Cicci

Zoya Varghese