Principal Investigator Siva A. Vanapalli Assistant Professor Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan M.S., Food Science, Penn State University B. Tech., Agricultural & Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur Curriculum Vitae Zeina S. Khan Ph.D., Physics, University of Toronto M.Sc., Physics, University of Toronto B.Sc. Hon., Physics, Univ. of Toronto Research Interests: Microfluidic devices for cancer diagnostics Biddut Bhattacharjee Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia M.Sc. and B.Sc., Industrial & Production Eng., BUET, Bangladesh Research Interests: Droplet microfluidics in biomedical applications Swastika Bithi M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota, USA B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Eng. & Tech., Bangladesh Research Interests: Microfludic Droplet Arrays       Deepak Solomon B.E., Chemical Engineering, VTU, India Research Interests: Microfluidic Viscometry Jihye Kim B.E., Industrial Chemistry, Sangmyung University, South Korea Research Interests: Microfluidic Crystallization William S. Wang J.D., Southern Methodist University B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, USA Research Interests: Droplet Traffic Undergraduate Students Lab Alumni  Post Doctoral Researchers Graduate Students Researcher Level Period of Research Subsequent Activity Jeffrey Aday Undergr. 09/09 – 05/11 Univ. of New Mexico Medical School Jennifer Henry Undergr. 01/10 – 05/11 Quorum Business Solutions, Houston Rebecca McLean Undergr. 09/09 – 12/10 Ajeya Mandarapu Undergr. 07/09 – 12/10 Chad Paton Post Doc. 09/10 – 12/10 Michael Atilano Undergr. 01/10 – 05/10   Abel Cortinas Undergr. 07/09 – 05/10   Francisco Amador Undergr. 01/09 – 12/09   Emily Kostelecky Undergr. 01/09–04/09; 09/09–12/09 Dental School   Joshua Wilson Undergr. 01/09 – 08/09   Michelle Audsei Undergr. 01/09 – 08/09   Gilbert Salinas Undergr. 05/09 – 08/09   Timmy Corini Undergr. 05/09 – 08/09 Bibi Olomola Undergr. 01/09 – 04/09 Rachel Green Undergr. 01/09 – 04/09 Conoco Philips Mizanur Rahman M.S., Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, USA B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh Research Interests: Biomechanics of worms in microscale confinement Nabiollah Kamyabi M.Sc. & B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Research Interests: Cancer diagnosis using microfluidics Mehdi Nekouei M.Sc. & B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Research Interests: Microfluidic droplet coalescence, modeling and simulation