People

• Principal Investigator
• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University, 2008
• B.S., Food Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2002

Email: carla.lacerda@ttu.edu

Biography

	Mir Ali B.S. Chemical Engineering - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Research Interests: Valvular cell mechanobiology; cell physiology in 3D environments, biomaterials for tissue engineering
	Xinmei Wang B.S. Chemical Engineering - Dalian University of Technology Research Interests: Valvular degeneration signaling mechanisms, protein-protein interactions, siRNA transfection, proteomics
	Leila Lesanpezeshki B.S. Chemical Engineering - Sharif University of Technology Research Interests: Proteomics and force generation in C. elegans

Current M.S. Students

• George Mendiola, M.S. Bioengeneering expected 2018: Integrin patterning for enhanced cellularization.

• Mai Dinh, M.S. ChE expected 2017: Collective cell migration driven by differentiated endothelial cells.

• Caleb Shaw, M.S. Bioengineering expected 2017: Biological scaffold preparation for mechanobiology studies.

• Oscar Sias, M.S. Biotechnology (TTUHSC) expected 2017: Effect of selenium supplementation on stem cell differentiation.

Former Students 

• Stephanie Lopez (M.S. Chemical Engeneering, 2014)

• Thomas Fitzgerald (Summer 2016, Fall 2016)

• Sarah Crawford (Summer, Fall 2015, Fall 2016)

• Stephanie Yanez (Summer 2016)

• Nick Sebasco (Spring, Fall 2015)

• Mai Dinh (Summer 2015)

• Wardleison Martins (Fall 2014)

• Arlene Soto Maldonado (Summer 2014)

• Tim Kim (Summer 2014)

• Brenna Lumongsud (Fall 2013)

• Danielle Zulaica (Fall 2013)