We are a community that supports curiosity, scientific questioning, and collaboration. We believe that supporting each other intellectually and psychologically makes us better scientists and a better team. We strive to be a leader in the biomedical engineering community, pushing the boundaries of drug delivery with creative approaches to difficult fundamental and applied challenges.
Through practicing scientific excellence, our members gain technical expertise and graduate with strong leadership and communication skills that will be vital to success in their future careers.

James Byrne, MD, PhD

Jianling Bi, PhD

Emily Witt, MS

Analy Phonephakdy, BS
Biochemistry, BS
ICARE Fellow

Kaitlyn McClintic
Biomedical Engineering Major, Cellular Engineering Focus

Arielle Cafi
Human Physiology Major, Chemistry Minor
Pre-Medicine

Lindsey Culver, BS

Uwajachukwumma Uzomah, MD, MPH

Jeongwon Lee, MD, PhD

Kyle Balk
BME with Computational Bioengineering Concentration
FLASH Program Participant
Pre-Medicine
Juan Du, Ph.D.

Sam Hatfield
Biotechnology, BS
Iowa Innovations Fellow
1stGen@Iowa Student Advisory Board

Colin Reis
We welcome any and all individuals, regardless of identity, to join our group.
We embrace each other’s identities as we celebrate our differences and our similarities. We vow to advocate for ourselves and our labmates in our science and beyond the bench as individuals. We pledge to continue to educate ourselves and colleagues in order to better cultivate a collaborative work experience for all.
Previous Lab Members

Ashley Rhodes
BME Major with Biomaterials & Biomechanics Concentrations
(Class of Spring 2024)
Human Anatomy Minor, Pre-Law

Megan McGovern
Biomedical Sciences Major
(Class of Spring 2024)
Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Program Participant
Pre-Medicine
Swetha Tunuguntla
Business Management Major
(Class of Spring 2024)
Pre-Medicine

Lauren Rosenstock
Biomedical Sciences Major, Chemistry and Art Minors
(Class of Spring 2024)
Pre-Medicine

Mackenzie Richardson
BME Major with Cellular Engineering Concentration
Math Minor

Lilly Boge
Biology Major, Wartburg College
CROI Program Participant

Ikenna Nwosu, MS
MS, Medical Physiology
BS, Chemical Engineering

Lucas Absler
Human Physiology Major

Ryan Courtney, BA
Second Year Medical Student, UIowa
Summer Researcher

Austin Cook
BME Major with Biomaterials & Biomechanics Concentrations
Human Physiology & Math Minors

Aaron Smith
Biochemistry and Neuroscience Majors
Pre-Medicine

Alexander Leach
Summer Researcher