PI

Beth L. Pruitt

Professor and Chair of Biological Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, BioMolecular Science and Engineering, and (by courtesy) Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Email: blp@ucsb.edu

Lab Manager

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Samuel Feinstein

Lab Manager
Email: sdfeinstein@ucsb.edu

Postdocs

Marissa Gionet-Gonzales

Email: mgionetgonzales@ucsb.edu

PhD Students

Orlando Chirikian

My research focuses include genome engineering, tissue engineering and disease modeling utilizing induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC) technology.
Email: Ochirikian@ucsb.edu

Liam Dow

PhD candidate in the Biomolecular Science and Engineering program
Email: ldow@ucsb.edu
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Sam Feinstein

Email: sdfeinstein@ucsb.edu

Kerry Lane

PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Email: klane@engineering.ucsb.edu

Miguel Sanchez-Lozano

PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering
Email: msanchezlozano@ucsb.edu
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Gabriela Villalpando Torres

PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Email: gvillalpandotorres@ucsb.edu

Rotation Students/Visiting Researchers

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Astrid Olivefors

Visiting PhD student from Uppsala University, Sweden 2023 spring semester.
Email: astrid_olivefors@ucsb.edu

Undergraduate Researchers

Janae Gayle

Email: janaegayle@umail.ucsb.edu

Chris Muray

Email: cmuray@ucsb.edu

Akhil Prabhavalkar

Email: akhilprabhavalkar@umail.ucsb.edu

Zach Singh

Email: zacharysingh@umail.ucsb.edu

Stacey Surace

Email: ssurace@ucsb.edu

Senior Researchers

Matthew Hopcroft

Email: hopcroft@ucsb.edu

Yair Kaufman

Email: yairkauf@ucsb.edu

Visiting Professor

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Maria Tenje

Visiting Professor from Uppsala University, Sweden 22-23 academic year.

Email: marte323@ucsb.edu