Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD
Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and 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: Fulbright-Tocqueville, NIH Pioneer, Mark, IEEE Hertz, Vilcek, Saville, Tsien, Dreyfus, Van Ness, Packard, Sontag, Pew, DARPA YFA, BWF-CASI, Miller, Hertz, Soros, LSRF, TR35, WMIS Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=mikhail
Scientists, Postdoc Scholars & Graduate Students
Pierina Barturen-Larrea
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
B.S. Biology, Cayetano Heredia University
x@caltech.edu, x=bartuap
Josh Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Rice University
B.S. Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
Schmidt Science Fellow, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=jclchen
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
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
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
Elizabeth Hughes
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
BLP Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=ehughes2
Ahyoung Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC
B.S. Energy Engineering, UNIST, Korea
Schmidt Science Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=ahyoungk
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
Sunho Lee
Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering (co-advised with Richard Andersen)
B.S. Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
x@caltech.edu, x=slee10
Hengyu Li
Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
B.S. Chemical Biology, Peking University
x@caltech.edu, x=hengyuli
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
Anh (Anthony) Phung
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
B.A. Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Cambridge
BLP Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=aphung
Erik Schrunk
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
x@caltech.edu, x=eschrunk
Hao Shen
Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
B.E., M.E. Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Tokyo
x@caltech.edu, x=hao.k.shen
Cameron Ashley Brandon Smith, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (Co-advised with Mengxing Tang, Imperial)
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
Daniel Tang
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
M.D. Candidate, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
M.S. Computer Science, B.S. Bioengineering, Stanford
x@caltech.edu, x=ddtang
Stefan Wan
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, MIT
x@caltech.edu, x=swan
Akanksha Yadav
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering
M.Sc. Molecular biology, MPI-NAT, Goettingen
B.S. Chemistry, IIT Bombay
x@caltech.edu, x=ayadav
Jee Won Yang
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University
BLP Fellow
x@caltech.edu, x=jy4ng
Research Staff
Trevor Fochtman
Research Technician
B.S. Biological Sciences, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
x@caltech.edu, x=fochtman
Julio Revilla
Research Technician
M.Sci. Biochemistry, University College London
x@caltech.edu (x=jrevilla)
Grace Shin
Laboratory Manager
B.S. Biotechnology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
x@caltech.edu (x=gshin)
Rosie Zedan
Research Technician
x@vis.caltech.edu, x=rosie
Undergraduate Students
Noor Ibrahim
B.S. Chemical Engineering, expected 2027
SURF Scholar 2024-
x@caltech.edu, x=nibrahim
Andrea Li
B.S. Computer Science, expected 2028
SURF Scholar 2024-
x@caltech.edu, x=ali3
Michelle Lu
B.S. Bioengineering, expected 2029
Undergraduate Researcher 2025-
x@caltech.edu, x=mzlu
Neev Mangal
B.S. Chemical Engineering, expected 2027
Undergraduate Researcher 2024-
x@caltech.edu, x=nmangal
Tanish Rao
B.S. Bioengineering, expected 2027
Undergraduate Researcher 2023-
x@caltech.edu, x=trao2
Amina Tajammal
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry Track), expected 2027
Undergraduate Researcher, 2024-
x@caltech.edu, x=amina
April Wen
B.S. Math & Neurobiology, expected 2028
Undergraduate Researcher 2025-
x@caltech.edu, x=aywen
Alumni
Dr. Shirin Shivaei
Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, Defended 2025
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute of Protein Design, University of Washington
Dr. Di Wu
PhD Student, Research Scientist, Center Director 2016-2025
Currently: Member of Technical Staff
Merge Labs
Dr. Mengtong (Tom) Duan
PhD Student, Postdoctoral Scholar, Research Scientist 2019-2025
Currently: Member of Technical Staff
Merge Labs
Dr. Hongyi Richard Li
Ph.D. Student, Biology, Defended 2025
Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar
MIT
Dr. William Benman
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023-2024
Currently: Member of Technical Staff
Merge Labs
Dr. Alen Pavlič
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023-2025
Currently: Member of Technical Staff
Merge Labs
Dr. Baptiste Heiles
Postdoctoral Scholar 2024-2025
Currently: Member of Technical Staff
Merge Labs
Dr. Brian Zhong
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2024-2025
Currently: Member of Technical Staff
Merge Labs
Goar Ayrapetyan
Research Technician, 2023-2025
Dr. Abdullah Farooq
Ph.D. Student, Biology (co-advised with Matt Thomson), Defended 2025
Dr. Marjorie Buss
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, Defended 2024
Currently: Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Dr. Zhiyang Jin
Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering, Defended 2024
Currently: Member of Technical Staff
Merge Labs
Prof. Yuxing Yao
Postdoctoral Scholar 2019-2024
Currently: Assistant Professor
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Rosmelle Melgar
Research Technician, 2023-2024
Reid Vassallo
Visiting PhD Student 2023-2024
Currently: MD/PhD Student
University of British Columbia
Dr. Hongsun Guo
Postdoctoral Scholar 2021-2024
Currently: Firmware Engineer
EnChannel Medical
Dina Malounda
Research Technician, 2016-2024
Currently: Lab Manager, Voorhies Lab
Caltech
Margaret Swift
In Vivo Research Manager, 2019-2024
Currently: AcuraStem
Dr. Claire Rabut
Postdoctoral Scholar 2020-2024
Currently: Ultrasound Neurophysiology Lead
Forest Neurotech
Dr. Bill Ling
Ph.D. Student Chemical Engineering, Defended 2023
Currently: Analyst
Leerink Partners
Prof. (Amir) Hossein Salahshoor
Postdoctoral Scholar 2019-2023
Currently: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Duke University
Ruby Zhang
Research Technician 2021-23
Currently: PhD Student
University of Washington
Dr. Justin Lee
M.D. Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering, Defended 2023
Currently: M.D. Candidate
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dr. Joseph Wekselblatt
Postdoctoral Scholar 2021-2023
Currently: Research Faculty
UCLA
Dr. Przemysław Dutka
Ph.D. Student Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Defended 2023
Currently: Senior Systems Specialist
Genentech
Dr. Maria Paulene Abundo
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, Defended 2023
Currently: Research Staff
A*STAR, Singapore
Dr. Liang She
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised with Richard Andersen), 2021-2022
Currently: Senior Postdoctoral Scholar
Caltech
Dr. Young-Joo Kim
Caltech-IBS@Yonsei Postdoctoral Scholar 2022-2023
Currently: Scientist
Samsung Research
Dr. Robert Hurt
Ph.D. Student, Neurobiology, Defended 2023
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow
The Scripps Research Institute
Dr. Sangjin Yoo
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-2023
Currently: Principal Researcher
Neuracle Science
Willow Coleman
Schmidt Academy Scholar, 2022-2023
Currently: Research Technologist
Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA
Dr. Lealia Xiong
Ph.D. Student, Medical Engineering, Defended 2022
Currently: Scientific Developer
Emerald Cloud Lab
Prof. Avinoam Bar-Zion
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2017-2021
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
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 Resident
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: Chief Scientific Officer
Cradle
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: Senior Scientist
Stealth Mode Biotech, 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: Associate 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: Consulting Manager
ZS Associates
Undergraduate and Visiting Student Alumni
Arul Goel, SURF Scholar 2024-5 – BS Biology & Statistics and Data Science, UCSB 2027 (exp)
Patrick Bednarz, SURF Scholar 2024-5 – BS Bioengineering, Rice University 2026 (exp)
x@caltech.edu, x = patrick.bednarz
Aaban Syed, SURF Scholar 2022-2023 – BS Electrical Engineering, Caltech 2026 (exp)
Minho (Jimmy) Kim, SURF Scholar 2024 – PhD Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Sophie Dalfonzo, SURF Scholar 2022 – BS Bioengineering, Caltech 2025
Marama Diaz-Asper, SURF Scholar 2022 – BS Bioengineering, Caltech 2025
Tiba Hamza, SURF Scholar 2022-2024 (Schuster Prize) – Fulbright Scholar
Emma Isella, Undergraduate Researcher 2022-23 – BS Biology, Caltech 2025
Rohan Kolhe, SURF Scholar 2022 – BS Computational and Neural Systems, Caltech 2025
Tigist Tifrere, SURF Scholar 2023 – BS Bioengineering, Caltech 2026 (exp)
Bella Hurvitz, SURF Scholar 2022-2023 – MD-PhD at Harvard
Anh (Anthony) Phuoc Nguyen Phung, CamSURF Scholar 2023 – PhD at Caltech
Kyle McGraw, SURF Scholar 2022-2023 – ML Engineer & BCI Data Scientist, AE Studio
Bilge Gungoren, SURF Scholar 2019-2022 – Computational Biologist, Barrier Biosciences
Mohamed Soufi, SURF Scholar 2020-2022 – Laboratory Technician, Stanford
Andrea Torres, SURF Scholar 2022 – BS Computation and Neural Systems, Caltech 2025 (exp)
Rohit Kantipudi, SURF Scholar 2019-2023 – Research Assistant, Caltech
Sophie Polidoro, SURF Scholar 2022 – BS Mechanical Engineering, Caltech 2025 (exp)
Rucheng Pan, SURF Scholar 2022 – BS Computation and Neural Systems, Caltech 2025 (exp)
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 – Research Assistant, Stanford
Ellen Min, SURF Scholar 2021 – Software Engineer, Microsoft
Ann Zhu, SURF Scholar 2021 – BS Chemical Engineering, Caltech 2024
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 – PhD at UIUC
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
