Living Devices & Biosensors Lab

Principal investigator

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E(Sarah) Du, PhD

Associate Professor, OME

Email: edu@fau.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yuhao Qiang

PhD, Mechanical Engineering

Email:  yqiang2015@fau.edu

Research topics: Sickle cell disease, Microfluidic neurochip for virtual neuroprosthesis (BioRobotics Lab)

Graduate Students

Jia Liu PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering Email: jliu2015@fau.edu Research topics: Impedance sensing of erythrocytes and cytoadhesion	Darryl Dieujuste  PhD student, Mechanical Engineering Email: ddieujus@my.fau.edu Research topics: Smart biosensors, Sickle cell disease Neurostimulation algorithm for DRG post-axotomy regeneration (BioRobotics Lab)
Babak Mosavati PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering Email: bmosavati2017@fau.edu Research topics: Organ-on-a-chip, placental nutrient transport, placental malaria	Mustafa Ayanoglu PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering Email: mayanoglu2012@fau.edu Research topics: Coupling of structural defects, moisture absorption and mechanics of composite materials
Kalpani Nisansala Udeni  PhD candidate, Physics Email: gudeni2014@fau.edu Co-advised with Dr. Andy W.C. Lau Research topics: Biophysics of endothelial cell barrier function

High School Students

Kofi Meighan Pine Crest School Research interests: Biomedical engineering, Sickle Cell Disease

Eeshani Behara American Heritage School Research interests: Bioengineering, Microfluidic sensors for platelet hyperaggregation

Collaborators

Prof. Ofelia Alvarez, M.D., Professor of Clinical; Director, Pediatric Sickle Cell Program, University of Miami

Prof. Leif A. Carlsson, Ph.D., J.M. Rubin Foundation Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Ming Dao, Ph.D., Principal Investigator & Director, Nanomechanics Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prof. Erik Engeberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Xuejin Li, Ph.D., ZJU-100 Young Professor, Zhejiang Universitty

Prof. Andrew V. Oleinikov, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Claudia O Rodrigues, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, University of Miami

Prof. Subra Suresh, Ph.D., Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering Emeritus, MIT; NTU President and Distinguished University Professor

Prof. Jianning Wei, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D., Research Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Doug Hutchinson, M.D., Professor, University of Utah

Visiting Professors & Scholars

Shaofeng Wu, Lecturer, Hangzhou Dianzi University

Alumni

Lyndsey Mandelare, Mechanical Engineering, FAU

Katrina Ramsamooj, Chemistry, FAU

Michael Mian, Mechanical Engineering, FAU

Rachel Zhuang, Biomedical Engineering, USC

Sara Zima, Biology, FAU

Visiting Professors & Scholars

Jinrong Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China

Fan Yang, Ph.D., Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China