Stem Cell Bioengineering Laboratory

Principal Investigator: Dr. Raj R. Rao

Principal Investigator:

Raj Rao
Ph.D., Biological Engineering; University of Georgia, Athens, 2001
M.S., Biotechnology; University of Texas, San Antonio, 1996
M.Sc (Hons)., Biological Sciences; Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani, 1993
B.E. (Hons)., Chemical Engineering; Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani, 1993

 

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow:

Srikanth Sivaraman
Ph.D., Bioengineering; Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 2015
B.Tech., Bioengineering; SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India, 2008

 

 

Graduate Student:

Christofer Baldwin
B.S., Biomedical Engineering; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 2018

 

 

 

Undergraduate Students:

  • Jackson Hedrick, BS- Biomedical Engineering
  • Yeeun Park, BS- Biomedical Engineering

Select Alumni:

  • Patrick Galdun, MS-Physiology and Biophysics, VCU (08/2015- 08/2016)
  • Venkat Gadepalli, PhD-Integrated Life Sciences, VCU (08/2009-12/2014). Database Scientist, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, VCU.
  • Marion Joe Riggs, PhD-Integrated Life Sciences, VCU (08/2006-05/2014). Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School.
  • Khaled Alsayegh, PhD-Human and Molecular Genetics, VCU (08/2009-08/2013). Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (Tokyo Women’s Medical University), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC-WR) – King Abdulaziz Medical City.
  • Kelsey Albert Biology, MS-Biology, VCU (08/2006-07/2007). Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine Medical Center.
  • Sheena Abraham, PhD-Chemical and Life Science Engineering, VCU (08/2005-05/2010). Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford.
  • Nikolai Eroshenko, BS-Biomedical Engineering, VCU (05/2006-07/2008). Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard Medical School.
  • Virgie Fields, BS-Biomedical Engineering, VCU (05/2010-05/2013). CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow, Arkansas Department of Health.

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