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

Ashley Rhodes
BME Major with Biomaterials & Biomechanics Concentrations
Human Anatomy Minor, Pre-Law

Megan McGovern
Biomedical Sciences Major
Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Program Participant
Pre-Medicine

Arielle Cafi
Human Physiology Major, Chemistry Minor
Pre-Medicine

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

Lauren Rosenstock
Biomedical Sciences Major, Chemistry and Art Minors
Pre-Medicine

Alexander Leach
Summer Researcher

Aaron Smith
Biochemistry and Neuroscience Majors
Pre-Medicine
Claire Graham

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

Analy Phonephakdy, BS
Biochemistry, BS
ICARE Fellow

Noah Hahn
BME Major, Cellular Engineering Concentration
Pre-Dentistry
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

Mackenzie Richardson
BME Major with Cellular Engineering Concentration
Math Minor

Lucas Absler
Human Physiology Major

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