People
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 BiologyEmail: blp@ucsb.edu
Lab Manager
Postdocs
Anna A. Kim
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mechanical EngineeringSwedish Research Council International Postdoc grant no. 2017-06156
Joint with the O'Brien lab at Stanford University (http://www.stemdynamics.org)
Email: anna_kim@ucsb.edu
PhD Students
Erica Castillo
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, admitted Spring 2016Email: erica_castillo@ucsb.edu
Orlando Chirikian
My research focuses include genome engineering, tissue engineering and disease modeling utilizing induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC) technology.Email: Ochirikian@ucsb.edu
MS Students
Undergraduate Researchers
Lan-Chi Ho
Email: l_ho@ucsb.edu
Reagan Kennedy
Developing quantitative analysis methods for epithelial cell migration and cardiac hiPSC contraction.Email: rkennedy@ucsb.edu
Amanda Nguyen
Email: nguyen11@ucsb.edu
Jeffrey Pham
My research investigates cardiomyocyte maturation using induced pluripotent stem cell technology and engineering techniques.Email: jeffreyvpham@ucsb.edu
Senior Researchers