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Lab Members

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Deepak Vashishth, Ph.D.
Yamada Corporation Professor

Director of Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Associate Director of Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine

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PhD, University of London, 1997

MSME, West Virginia University, 1992

BE, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, 1988

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Grażyna E. Sroga, Ph.D.

Research Associate

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Bowen Wang, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Research Associate 

OptumLabs Visiting Fellow

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Exploring the Association of Glycemic Control and Tissue Functionality in Diabetes: A Mechanistic and Data Analytic Approach

 

PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2023

MS, Case Western Reserve University, 2018

BE, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2016

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Sabrina E. Kosnik

Ph.D. Student

NIGMS T32 Fellow, Rensselaer Fellow

Bone-Brain-Gut Axis In Alzheimer's Disease

BE, Gannon University, 2020

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Sony Varghese

Research Specialist, Sr.

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Joan E. LLabre

Post-doctoral Research Associate 

NIGMS T32 Fellow, Rensselaer Fellow

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Associations Of Cognitive Dysfunction And Sleep Disturbances With Diabetes And Bone Fracture Risk

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PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

BS, University of Hartford, 2017

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Samuel J. Stephen

Ph.D. Candidate

NSF Fellow, Rensselaer Fellow

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The Role Of Glycoxidation On Bone Mineralization And Matrix Quality

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BE, City College of New York, 2018

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Runkang Chen

Ph.D. Student

Effects of Nmp4 and Parathyroid Treatment on Bone Health

MS, University of California, Berkeley, 2019

BE, Northeastern Univerity, 2018

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Shuangzhe Lin

Ph.D. Student

MB, University of Pennsylvania, 2023

BS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2021

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Junxu Peng

Ph.D. Student

BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2023

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Jesse Yebouet

Ph.D. Student

BS, Columbia University, 2023


Matthew Tice Ph.D.: Loss and modulation of bone matrix and fragility during diabetes mellitus. Graduated May 2022.
Liink: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjtice/
Marta Carvalho Ph.D.: Nanostructured Bioengineered Graft for Bone Tissue Regeneration (Shared with IST Lisbon). Graduated November 2018 (Currently employed as Junior Scientist, IST Lisbon).
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marta-carvalho-609b3548/?originalSubdomain=pt
Zehai Wang Ph.D. (Co-advisor with C. Picu, MANE): Multiscale Modeling of Self-Healing Mechanism in Bone. Graduated September 2018 (Currently employed as Data and Software Engineer, Wayfair, Boston MA)
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zehai-wang/
Corinne Thomas Ph.D.: A Proteomics-Based Analysis of Bone Quality and Osteoporotic Bone Fractures. Graduated May 2017 (Currently employed as Research Engineer, Merck, Boston MA)
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnejthomas/
Stacyann Bailey Ph.D.: Effects of Non-Collagenous Proteins and Fatigue Fracture of Bones. Graduated August 2016
(Currently Employed as Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Link: https://www.umass.edu/m2m/people/stacyann-bailey
Brian Bradke Ph.D.: Treatment modalities and mechanistic basis for reversing the effects of non-enzymatically mediated bone fragility. Graduated May 2014 (COO and Executive Vice President, Spotlight Labs, Montpelier VA).
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbradke/
Ondrej Nickels Ph.D.: The role of organic-inorganic interactions on bone fracture. Graduated October 2013 (Currently employed New Product Development Manager, Boehringer Laboratories LLC, Phoenixville, PA).
Atharva Poundarik Ph.D.: Effects of osteocalcin and osteopontin on bone fragility. Graduated May 2013 (Currently employed as Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar India).
Link: https://www.iitrpr.ac.in/mme/atharva
Lamya Karim Ph.D.: Biomolecular bases of bone fragility. Graduated December 2011 (Currently employed as a Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth).
Link: https://www.umassd.edu/directory/lkarim/
Colleen Janeiro Ph.D.: Effects of bone quality and damage morphology on bone resorption.  Graduated May 2010 (Currently employed as Tenured Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, East Carolina University).
Link: https://cet.ecu.edu/engineering/faculty-and-staff/colleen-janeiro/
Simon Tang Ph.D.: The effects of non-enzymatic glycation on cancellous bone Fragility. Graduated November 2007 (Currently employed as a Tenured Associate  Professor at the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Mechanical Engineering at the Washington University at St. Louis).
Link: https://orthopaedicresearch.wustl.edu/labs/simon-tang/
Tamim Diab Ph.D.: Effects of damage morphology on fatigue of bone.  Graduated December 2006 (Currently employed as a Senior Manager, Johnson and Johnson, Boston MA).
Link: https://jnjinnovation.com/jlabs/jpals/tamim-diab
Nelson Tacy Ph.D.: The Role of Biophysical Stimuli in Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation.  Graduated Feb. 2006 (Currently employed as a Process Engineer, Arthur Engineering, Sylvania GA).
Link: https://arthur-engineering.com/our-team/
Winson George MD, Ph.D.: Multiaxial fracture characteristics of aging bone.  Graduated May 2005 (Currently employed as a Physician at Main Line Health System, Philadelphia PA).
Link: https://www.mainlinehealth.org/find-a-doctor/winson-t-george

Lab Alumni

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