We are an interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers who are developing novel platforms of next-generation therapeutics and diagnostics to improve the treatment of human diseases.
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Omid Veiseh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research omid.veiseh@rice.eduDr. Omid Veiseh, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Director of the Biotech Launch Pad at Rice University, where he leads a research program aimed at engineering next-generation treatments for a wide range of human diseases by leveraging the latest techniques in synthetic biology, immunoengineering, and materials science to develop innovative cell-based platforms for real-time production of biologics. He is also a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded Sigilon Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SGTX), Avenge Bio, Sentinel Bio, and Curada Bio. These companies collectively have attracted ~ $500M in private and public investment capital.
Dr. Veiseh received a dual Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering and Nanotechnology from the University of Washington. He completed his postdoctoral research with Prof. Robert Langer and Daniel G. Anderson at MIT and Harvard Medical School. Throughout his career, he has authored or co-authored more than 75 peer-reviewed publications, including those in Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Materials, Nature Medicine, and Nature Biomedical Engineering. He is an inventor of more than 40 pending or awarded patents.
Principal Investigator
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Christian Schreib
Assistant Research Professor christian.c.schreib@rice.eduB.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Trinity University, Class of 2018
Ph.D Bioengineering, Rice University, Class of 2023
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B.S. Biology, B.S. Psychology; Prairie View A&M University, 2016
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Alejandra Cobos Perez
Research Technician II ac256@rice.eduB.S. Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M Universiry, 2017 M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2022
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Zeshi (Curry) Wang
Research Technician II zw68@rice.eduB.S. Bioengineering, Southwest Jiaotong University 2021.
B.S. Biology, Georgia State University, 2021.
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Bichtien Thach
Lab Research Administrator bt53@rice.eduBachelor of Arts degree in American Ethnic Studies from the University of Washington.
Bichtien had a two-decade-long career at the University of Washington.
Staff
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Shalini Pandey
Post Doctoral Fellow sp156@rice.eduIntegrated PhD: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research- Pune, India
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Sajedeh Nasr Esfahani
Post Doctoral Fellow Sn81@rice.eduPh.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2023
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Boram Kim
Ph.D. Candidate bk30@rice.eduB.S. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2013
M.S. Medical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, South Korea, 2015 -
Samira Aghlara-Fotovat
Ph.D. Candidate sa80@rice.eduBA Psychology & Minor in Neuroscience, 2018
University of Guelph, Geulph, ON N1G2W1 Canada -
Samantha Fleury
Ph.D. Candidate Samantha.T.Fleury@rice.eduB.S. Biology, University of Virginia, 2018
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Cody Fell
Ph.D. Student cf35@rice.eduB.S. Microbiology, Texas Tech University, 2016
M.Sc. Biomedical Science – Biofabrication, Utrecht University, 2020
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Chris Wright
Ph.D Student chris.wright@rice.eduB.S. Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Class of 2019
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Martha Fowler
Ph.D Candidate mf50@rice.eduB.S. Biomedical Science, Northern Arizona University, 2016
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B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Class of 2019
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Anthony Davis
Ph.D Student aed15@rice.eduB.S. Biochemistry, Idaho State University, 2022
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Dilrasbonu Vohidova
Ph.D Student bv15@rice.eduB.S. Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2022
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Alvaro Moreno Lozano
Ph.D Student am256@rice.eduB.S. Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Class of 2022
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Fangheng Hu
Ph.D Student fh18@rice.eduB.S. Pharmaceutical Engineering, Central South University, China
M. Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2020
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Han Wang
Ph.D Student hw77@rice.eduB.S. Viticulture and Oenology (Hon), University of Adelaide, 2020M. Res. Molecular Plants and Microbial Science, Imperial College London, 2021 -
Nathan Brown
Ph.D Student nb53@rice.eduB.S. Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Class of 2019
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Gillian Audia
Ph.D Student ga33@rice.eduB.S. Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 2023.
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Grace May
Ph.D Student gm52@rice.eduB.S. Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
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Kailyn Nunez
Ph.D Student kailyn.nunez@rice.eduB.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, 2023
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Jacob Cabler
Ph.D Student jc258@rice.eduB.S. Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2021
Graduate Students
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Patrick Bednarz
Undergraduate Researcher ptb3@rice.eduMentor: Shalini Pandey
Bioengineering
Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77030
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Michael Gill
Undergraduate Researcher mjg15@rice.eduMentor: Martha Fowler
Bioengineering, Baker College
Rice University, Houston, TX 77030
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Yeonju Kim
Undergraduate Researcher yk59@rice.eduMentor: Cody Fell
Bioengineering, Rice University, Class of 2025
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Kat Rosner
Undergraduate Researcher ker10@rice.eduIntegrative Biology Major, Duncan College, class of 2024
Mentor: Samira Aghlara-Fotovat
Undergraduates
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Julian Krause
MD. Student Julian.Krause@rice.eduIntermediate Medical Examination 2021, University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
Visiting Students
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Amanda Nash, Current Position: Associate at McKinsey
Sudip Mukherjee, Current Position: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)
Siavash Parkhideh, Current Position: R&D Engineer II at Boston Scientific
Mishal Ahmed, Current Position: Research and Development Technician II at NuProbe, Inc.
Michael Doerfert, Current Position: Bioengineer at Systemic Bio
Bertha Castillo, Current Position: Research Technician at Bristol Myers Squibb
Rohan Palanki, Current Position: MD/Ph.D. student at U Penn
Andrea Hernandez, Current Position: Ph.D. student at UT MD Anderson
Emmery Hammond, Current Position: Student Duke
Shirin Nouraein, Current Position: Ph.D. student at Rice University
Trisha Ray, Current Position: Student at Cornell
Nicholas Stevens, Current Position: Student at Texas A&M
Cynthia Chen, Current Position: Student at Rice
Isuru Somawardana, Current Position: MD student at UT Southwestern
Keeler Gonzales, Current Position: Engineer at Biotex
Maria Ruocco (Jarvis), PhD, Current Position: Scientist at Lonza
Manuela Sushnitha, Ph.D., Current Position: Scientist Astellas Pharma
Nancy Cui, Current Position: Ph.D. student at MIT
Lily Liang, Current Position: Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins
Rebecca Franklin, Current Position: Scientists at Dascena
Jared Lee, Current Position: Student at Rice
Irene Kwon, Current Position: Masters student at UC Berkley
Zhuoran Yao, Current Position: MD student at UT Southwestern
Esperanza Vazquez, Current Position: Student at U of Houston
Yujin Kim, Current Position: Student at Rice
Alex Lu, Current Position: MD student at Baylor
Kerou Zhang Ph.D., Current position: Postdoc at University of Washington
Nina Xie Ph.D., Current Position: Scientist at Cephied
Gavin Li Ph.D., Current Position: Postdoc at University of Washington
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