Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Medical Engineering
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Affiliations: Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Neurobiology
Miller Fellowship, UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellowship, U Chicago
Ph.D. Biological Engineering, MIT
B.Sc. Neuroscience, Brown
Awards: NIH Pioneer, Mark, IEEE Hertz, Vilcek, Saville, Tsien, Dreyfus, Van Ness, Packard, Sontag, Pew, DARPA YFA, BWF-CASI, Miller, Hertz, Soros, LSRF, TR35
x@caltech.edu, x=mikhail
Scientists, Postdoc Scholars & Graduate Students
Maria Paulene Abundo
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
M.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
A*STAR Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=mabundo
Marjorie Buss
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, MIT
NSF Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=mbuss
Yuen Man Kathy Cheung
Ph.D. Student, Neurobiology (co-advised with David Anderson)
B.S. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, HKUST
Croucher Scholar
x@caltech.edu, x=ycheung
Ernesto Criado Hidalgo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised with Mory Gharib)
Ph.D. Mech. & Aero. Eng. w/Intensification in Multi-Scale Bio, UC San Diego
B.S. M.S. Aero. Eng., Polytechnic University of Madrid
James Boswell Postdoctoral Scholar
x@caltech.edu, x=ecriadoh
Willow Coleman
Schmidt Academy Scholar
B.S. Mathematical and Computational Biology, Harvey Mudd College
x@caltech.edu, x=wcoleman
George Daghlian
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
M.D. Candidate, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
B.S. Biology, Caltech
x@caltech.edu, x=gdaghlia
Ishaan Dev
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley
BLP Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=idev
Mengtong (Tom) Duan
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle
x@caltech.edu, x=mduan
Przemysław Dutka
Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics (co-ad. w. Grant Jensen)
M.S. Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University
B.S. Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University
x@caltech.edu, x=pdutka
Abdullah Farooq
Ph.D. Student, Biology
B.Sc. (Specialization), Biochemistry, University of Alberta
NSERC Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=afarooq
Hongsun Guo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised with Doris Tsao)
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University
x@caltech.edu, x=hsguo
Robert Hurt
Ph.D. Student, Neurobiology
B.S. Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University
BLP Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=rchurt
Zhiyang Jin
Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering
B.S. Acoustics, Nanjing University
x@caltech.edu, x=zyjin
Whee-Soo Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised with Jinwoo Cheon, IBS)
Ph.D. Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University
B.S. Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University
Caltech-MIT-IBS Global Pioneer Fellow
x@gmail.com, x=wheesoo1031
Young-Joo Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised with Jinwoo Cheon, IBS)
Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Caltech-IBS Global Pioneer Fellow
x@gmail.com, x=youngchuchu
Justin Lee
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
M.D. Candidate, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
B.A. Environmental Science, Johns Hopkins University
Soros Fellow, NIH F30 Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=jlee93
Richard Hongyi Li
Ph.D. Student, Biology
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
x@caltech.edu, x=li.richard
Bill Ling
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
x@caltech.edu, x=blling
Ann Liu
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
M.D. Candidate, Keck School of Medicine of USC
B.S. Biological Engineering, MIT
x@caltech.edu, x=annliu
Kaiwen Luo
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering (co-advised with Michael Elowitz)
B.Sc. (Hons) Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences, Zhejiang University
x@caltech.edu, x=kluo
Rohit Nayak, PhD
Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Radiology, Mayo Clinic
Ph.D., M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester
B.E. Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Manipal University
x@caltech.edu, x=rnayak
Nivin N. Nyström, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D Biophysics (Imaging), University of Western Ontario
B.S. Genetics, minor in Physics, University of Western Ontario
Life Sciences Research Foundation / Amgen Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=nnystrom
Claire Rabut, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. Acoustic Physics, Physics for Medicine Lab and Sorbonne University
M.S. Waves and Matter Interaction, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan
Human Frontier Science Program Cross-Disciplinary Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=crabut
(Amir)Hossein Salahshoor, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised with Michael Ortiz)
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech
M.S. Mathematics, Georgia Tech
M.S. WPI, B.S. University of Tehran
x@caltech.edu, x=hsp
Erik Schrunk
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
x@caltech.edu, x=eschrunk
Liang She, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised with Richard Andersen)
Ph.D. Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai
B.S. Biology, Sichuan University
x@caltech.edu, x=liangshe
Hao Shen
Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
B.E., M.E. Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Tokyo
x@caltech.edu, x=hao.k.shen
Shirin Shivaei
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
M.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
B.S. Electrical Engineering, MIT
NSF Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=sshivaei
Cameron Ashley Brandon Smith, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. Engineering Science, University of Oxford
M.Eng Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London
Human Frontier Science Program Cross-Disciplinary Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=csmith3
Stefan Wan
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, MIT
x@caltech.edu, x=swan
Joseph Wekselblatt, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. Neurobiology, University of Oregon
B.Sc. Cognitive Neuroscience, Brown University
Riva Foundation Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=jwekselb
Di Wu, PhD
Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Ph.D. Medical Engineering, Caltech
B.A.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
x@caltech.edu, x=dwwu
Jee Won Yang
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University
BLP Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=jy4ng
Yuxing Yao, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. Chemistry, Harvard University
B.S. Chemistry, Tsinghua University
x@caltech.edu, x=yxyao
Sangjin Yoo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. Brain & Bio Engineering, Korea Adv. Institute of Science and Technology
B.S. Biology, Dongguk University
NARSAD Young Investigator
x@caltech.edu, x=syoo1984
Research Staff
Pierina Barturen-Larrea
Research Technician
B.S. Biology, Cayetano Heredia University
x@caltech.edu, x=bartuap
Dina Malounda
Research Technician
B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
x@caltech.edu, x=malounda
Mohamed Soufi
Research Technician
B.S. Bioengineering (CS minor), Caltech
x@caltech.edu, x=msoufi
Margaret Swift
Laboratory Research Manager
B.S. Biology, Gettysburg College
M.S. Animal Biology, UC Davis
x@caltech.edu, x=mswift
Rosie Zedan
Research Technician
x@vis.caltech.edu, x=rosie
Ruby Zhang
Research Technician
B.S. Pharmacological Chemistry, UC San Diego
x@caltech.edu, x=rzhang5
Undergraduate Students
Sophie Dalfonzo
B.S. Bioengineering, expected 2025
SURF scholar, 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=sdalfonz
Marama Diaz-Asper
B. S. Bioengineering and Business, Economics & Management, expected 2025
SURF Scholar 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=mdiazasp
Bulge Gungoren
B.S. Chemistry, expected 2023
Undergraduate Researcher 2019-
x@caltech.edu, x=bgungoren
Tiba Hamza
B.S. Chemical Engineering (BM), expected 2023
SURF Scholar 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=thamza
Bella Hurvitz
B.S. Bioengineering, expected 2023
SURF Scholar 2021-
x@caltech.edu, x=ihurvitz
Emma Isella
B.S. Biology & Geobiology, expected 2025
Undergraduate Researcher 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=emmaisella
Rohit Kantipudi
B.S. Physics, expected 2023
SURF Scholar 2019-
x@caltech.edu, x=rohitk
Rohan Kolhe
B.S. Computation and Neural Systems, expected 2025
SURF Scholar 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=rkolhe
Kyle McGraw
B.S. Computation and Neural Systems & Computer Science, expected 2023
SURF Scholar 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=kmcgraw
Rucheng Pan
B.S. Computation and Neural Systems, expected 2025
SURF Scholar 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=rpan2
Sophie Polidoro
B.S Mechanical Engineering, expected 2025
SURF Scholar 2022 –
x@caltech.edu, x=spolidor
Andrea Torres
B.S. Computation and Neural Systems, expected 2025
SURF Scholar 2022-
x@caltech.edu, x=ltorress
Alumni
Dr. Lealia Xiong
Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering, Defended 2022
Currently: Scientific Developer
Emerald Cloud Lab
Dr. Avinoam Bar-Zion
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2017-2021
Currently: Research Engineer
Insightec
Teresa Tran
Research Technician, 2019-2021
Currently: Clinical Research Assistant
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dr. Mohamad Abedi
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, Defended 2020
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Washington
Dr. Danny Sawyer
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, Defended 2020
Currently: Research Scientist
DeepMind
Dr. Arash Farhadi
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, Defended 2020
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
MIT
Dr. David Mittelstein
M.D. Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering, Defended 2020
Currently: Interventional Radiology Residency
UCSD
Prof. George Lu
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2014-19
Currently: Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Rice University
Prof. Jerzy Szablowski
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-19
Currently: Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Rice University
Dr. Hunter Davis
Ph.D. Student, Chemistry, Defended 2019
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard University
Dr. Anupama Lakshmanan
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, Defended 2019
Milton and Francis Clauser Doctoral Prize Winner (top PhD thesis at Caltech)
Currently: Senior Scientist at Shape Therapeutics
Prof. David Maresca
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-19
Currently: Assistant Professor of Imaging Physics
Delft University of Technology
Dr. Pradeep Ramesh
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, Defended 2019
Currently: Associate Director of ML/AI
Tessera Therapeutics
Dr. Dan Piraner
Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Defended 2019
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
Gabrielle Ho
Research Technician, 2016-2019
Currently: PhD Student
University of Pennsylvania
Audrey Lee-Gosselin
Research Technician, 2015-2019
Currently: Research Analyst
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Atousa Nourmahnad
Research Technician, 2017-18; Amgen Fellow, 2016
Currently: Orthopedic Surgery Resident
UCLA
Prof. Arnab Mukherjee
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2014-17
Currently: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Raymond Bourdeau
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2014-16
Currently: Director
Tome Biosciences
Prof. Jérôme Lacroix
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2014-16
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Western University of Health Sciences
Dr. Brittany Moser
Research Technician, 2014
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
Jordan Dykes
M.S., Chemical Engineering, 2015
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Nikita Reznik
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2014-15
Currently: Consultant
ZS Associates
Undergraduate and Visiting Student Alumni
Mei Yi You, SURF Scholar 2018-2022 – PhD at MIT
Anna Tifrea, SURF Scholar 2019-2022 – MD-PhD at UC San Diego
Elin Kang, SURF Scholar 2021 – BS Chemistry, Caltech 2023 (exp)
Ellen Min, SURF Scholar 2021 – BS Computer Science, Caltech 2024 (exp)
Ann Zhu, SURF Scholar 2021 – BS Chemical Engineering, Caltech 2024 (exp)
Michael Yao, SURF Scholar 2017-21 (Housner Prize) – MD-PhD at University of Pennsylvania
Katie Wong, SURF Scholar 2019-21 – Associate at ZS Associates
John Heath, SURF Scholar 2018-20 – PhD at Stanford
Ramya Deshpande, SURF Scholar 2019-20 – PhD at Harvard
Sirisha Gudavalli, SURF Scholar 2018 – BS Bioengineering, Caltech 2021
Albert Zhai, Research Assistant 2018 – BS CS, Caltech 2021
Michael Garrett, MBRS-RISE Fellow 2019 – PACE Diagnostics
Yaxin Xu, Research Assistant 2016-2019 – PhD at UCSB
Aris Taychameekiatchai, SURF Scholar 2016-19 – PhD at UCSF
Brian Lue, SURF Scholar 2016-19 – MD at UT Southwestern
Junedh Amrute, Senior Thesis 2017-18 – MD-PhD at Washington University St. Louis
Jonathan Clements, SURF Scholar 2015-18 – PhD at UC Irvine
Suchita Nety, SURF Scholar 2013-17 (Housner Prize) – MD-PhD at Harvard-MIT
Max Atticus English, CamSURF Scholar 2016 – PhD at MIT
Vasant Iyer, SURF Scholar 2015 – PhD at University of Pennsylvania
Jenny Sheng, SUFR Scholar 2014-15 – PhD at Columbia
Gloria Ha, SURF Scholar 2015 – PhD at Harvard
Sasha Zemsky, SURF Scholar 2014 – PhD at Stanford
Ryan Rezvani, Amgen Scholar 2014 – PhD at UC Irvine
Alison Lui, SURF Scholar 2014 – PhD at UC Berkeley
Yiwei Jiang, SURF Scholar 2015 – JD at University of Chicago
Brenda Wu, SURF Scholar 2016 – BS Chemistry, Caltech 2019
Aadyot Bhatnagar, SURF Scholar 2016 – Salesforce
Vivek Bharadwaj, Ph11 Scholar 2017 – PhD at UC Berkeley
