People

Students and staff working across engineering, biology and computation.

Abhinav Bhushan

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

I received my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University, and postdoctoral training from the University of California, Davis and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School/Shriners Boston. As an NIH K30 scholar at UC Davis, I obtained a second MS in Advanced Clinical Research.

My lab's research is at the intersection of microfluidics (polymer and metal), cell and molecular biology, and medical devices. I participated in the NSF I-Corps program to assess the market fit of a technology under development in my lab. I teach courses in biofluid mechanics, medical devices and synthetic biology.

I have been fortunate to receive several awards, including the NIH K99/R00, the NSF CAREER Award and the CMBE Young Innovator Award.

I am passionate about student success and love to develop out-of-the-box learning opportunities (the first Sustainability Hackathon at Harvard) and fun ways of communicating science.

Research staff

Yixiao Ma

Research Associate

I support the cell and molecular biology aspects of the projects in the Bhushan Lab.

Graduate students

Ishita Dasgupta

PhD student

My graduate research is focused on leveraging microfluidics to establish an organoid model of colorectal cancer.

Durga Prasad Rangineni

Graduate student

I am studying how bacteria grow and colonize under different environments.

Elena Castro Lafuente

Graduate student

I am a student in a joint program with my university in Spain. I am carrying out research to use additive manufacturing techniques to make microfluidic devices.

Alejandro Hidalgo

Graduate student

I earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas, San Antonio. My graduate research is focused on developing a point-of-care device for periodontitis.

Julia Kaczmarek

MS student

I am an MS student building a molecular dynamics model of neurodegenerative disorders.

Dhanush Rao Balmuri

MS student

I am an MS student building a CFD model for oxygen transport.

Undergraduate researchers

Hasan Abdelsaid

Undergraduate researcher

I am pursuing the Cell and Tissue Track. I am passionate about biological and physiological systems. My goal is to one day work in cancer therapy.

Haarshni Gunalan

Undergraduate researcher

I am learning how to make the next generation of microfluidic devices for organ-on-chips.

David Cooper

Undergraduate researcher

I am a senior in Chemistry carrying out research in developing pharmacokinetic models.

Nethmi Bopearatchy

Undergraduate researcher

I am a second-year Biomedical Engineering student working with Ishita on development of microfluidic devices for the colon.

Katana Jade Taylor

Undergraduate researcher

I am a second-year Biology major working with Yixiao on quantifying bacteria in mixed populations.

Saloni Patel

Undergraduate researcher

I am a Biology student researching new methods for quickly quantifying oral bacteria.

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