People | Shikanov Lab

Principal Investigator

Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.

Congratulations to Dr. Shikanov for being named an Outstanding Research Mentor for 2013-2014. Dr. Shikanov was nominated by Malika Malik.

UROP students Kavinmozhi Caldwell and Steven Niedzielski present at the 2013 UROP symposium with their research project titled Synthetic Hydrogel Design.

Graduate students Hong Zhou and Jiwon Kim present their research at the annul BMES meeting in Seattle, Washington.

Research Assistant Malika Malik presents at the ABRCMS 2013 conference at Nashville, TN with her research project, Optimization of 3D Hydrogel for Ovarian Follicle Culture.

Summer UROP students Angelica Okorom and Malika Malik present at the 2013 summer UROP symposium with their research projects titled Design and Optimization of 3D Hydrogel System for Ovarian Follicle Culture.

Congratulations to Hadrian Kinnear and his co-authors, for receiving the SRI Poster Award at the SRI conference in Paris!

Ph.D. Students

Claire Tomaszewski, Ph.D.Candidate

Hadrian Kinnear, Ph.D.Candidate

Andrea Jones, Ph.D.Candidate

Margaret Brunette Ph.D.Candidate

Monica Wall,

pre-Candidate

Despina Pavlidis,

pre-Candidate

Postdoctoral Fellows

Cynthia Dela Cruz, Pharm, Ph.D

Research Scientists

Colleen Flanagan

Prianka Hashim, Research Technician

Masters and Undergraduate Students

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Rigoberto Vazquez, Second Year Masters

Faith Chang, Sophomore

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Brendan Flannagan,

Senior

Sridula Kallakuri, Freshman

Likitha Nimmagadda, Senior

Gillian Rubenstein,

Senior

Alumni

Ph.D. Alumni

James R. Day, PhD Biomedical Engineering, 2014-2019; MSE Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan , BS Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh; present: Abbvie Pharmaceuticals,Boston, USA

Hong Zhou, PhD Biomedical Engineering, 2013-2017; postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, 2017-2018, present: Abbvie Pharmaceuticals, Boston, USA .

Jiwon Kim, PhD Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2012-2016; present: P&G, Cincinnati, OH

Postdoctoral Alumni

Yuting (Fanny) Fan, M.D. Ph.D. University of Michigan, Urology & BME 2016-2018 Visiting Scholar, Page Lab, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, USA; 2013-2019 Ph.D, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, OB/GYN, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; 2008-2013 M.D, Clinical Medicine, Zhongshan Medical School, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Elizabeth Constance, M.D. Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellow, University of Michigan, 2015-2017
OBGYN Residency, University of Kansas Medical Center, MD University of Kansas School of Medicine

Lisa Green, M.D. Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellow, University of Michigan, 2015-2017
OBGYN Residency, Howard University Hospital, MD and MPH, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Present: attending OBGYN physician at the University of South Carolina

Sudipta Dutta, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan 2016-2018

PhD: Syracuse University, NY; MS: University of Calcutta, India

Yi Li, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan 2016-2019; 2012 PhD in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering (MBE), City University of Hong Kong; 2010 PhD in Material Processing (Biomaterial and Surface Treatment), Huazhong University of Science and Technology; 2007 MPhil. Materials Science and Engineering (Metallography), Wuhan University of Technology.

Anu David, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan 2013-2019
PhD, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) 2007-2012
MS, Biochemistry, University of Mumbai (India) 2003 Present: Research Associate-4 with CHU Sainte Justine, Montreal.

Hong Zhou, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2013-2017; postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, 2017-2018, present: Abbvie Pharmaceuticals, Boston, USA .

Medical Students Summer Research

Anne Marie Opipari, Univerity of Michigan Medical School, summer 2016

Jennifer Park, University of Connecticut Medical School, summer 2017

Former Master and Undergraduate Students

Aarthi Arab; BSE, MSE Biomedical Engineering, UM (’13; ’14). Currently: Regulatory Engineer at FDA.

Tanay Kulkarni; BSE, MSE (’14, ’15) Biomedical Engineering, UM.

Rachel Ferguson; BS Cellular and Molecular Biology & Biomedical Engineering (’14); MSE (’15) Biomedical Engineering, UM.

Ashley Shipley; BSE Mechanical Engineering (2013); MSE (2014) Biomedical Engineering, UM.Currently: Mechanical Design Engineer at Stryker

Nicolas Espinosa (UROP)

Angelica Okorom (UROP)

Eric Waselewski; BSE Biomedical Engineering, UM (’15)

Matthew Hill, BSE Biomedical Engineering, UM (’14)

Yuxin Shi,BSE Biomedical Engineering, UM (’14)

Johanna Buschhaus

Olivia Nelson (UROP)

Aurelia Busse (UROP)

Ellen Stewart, UM (’16 )

Amanda Barnes (UROP)

Steven Niedzielski (UROP);BSE Chemical Engineering, UM (’15) Currently: Engineer at Air Liquide;

Jake Claflin, BSE Biomedical Engineering, UM (’16)

Alexa Cichon (UROP)

Rachel Forsyth (UROP)

Malika Malik (UROP) BS Environmental Sciences, UM (’16)

Kavinmozhi Caldwell, (UROP), BSE Electrical Engineering, UM (’16)

Shaina Martin (Summer ’16), BME University of Toledo

Cara Young (UROP)

Saloni Jaikamal (Winter, Summer and Fall 2017, MCubed)

Catherine Long BSE Biomedical Engineering (’17); MSE Biomedical Engineering (’18)

Irina Kopyeva, BSE Chemical Engineering (’19)

Leah Marks, MSE

Christian Duvall, BME (19-20)

High School Students

Henry Vandermark, summer 2016

Eve Shikanov, summer 2015-16

Madeline Parks, summer 2016

Kevin Santoro, summer 2015-16

Alex Schwenderman, summer 2018