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.

byrne

James Byrne, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
jianling

Jianling Bi, PhD

Research Scientist and Collaborator
ian

Ian Sutton, BS

MD/PhD Candidate, G2
colin

Colin Reis, BS

Post-Baccalaureate Research Intern
jacob

Jacob Spreng, BS

Post-Baccalaureate Research Intern
erin

Erin Elizalde, BS

Post-Baccalaureate Research Intern

ICARE Post-Baccalaureate fellow

thi

Thi Phan

Undergraduate Researcher

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major

Julio

Julio Abreu Miranda, PhD

Post-Doctoral Researcher
asia

Asia Klingenborg, BS

Post-Baccalaureate Research Intern
jojo

JoJo Peplinski, BS

First Year PhD Student, BME
pascal

Pascal Cuhat

Undergraduate Researcher

Biomedical Engineering Major

vidit

Vidit Singh, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
g

Guillermo Ng Yi, BSE

First Year PhD Student, Cancer Biology
David Chang

David Chang, BS

MD/PhD Student, G1
avishma

Avishma Muthyapu

Undergraduate Researcher

Biomedical Engineering Major, Pre-Med Track

ICRU Fellow

arib

Arib Mahmud

Undergraduate Researcher

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major, Pre-Med Track

ISA Science Alliance Intern

cory

Cory Fines, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

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

Ashley Rhodes

Undergraduate Researcher

BME Major with Biomaterials & Biomechanics Concentrations 

(Class of Spring 2024)

Human Anatomy Minor, Pre-Law

megan

Megan McGovern

Undergraduate Researcher

Biomedical Sciences Major

(Class of Spring 2024)

Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Program Participant

Pre-Medicine

swetha

Swetha Tunuguntla

Undergraduate Researcher

Business Management Major

(Class of Spring 2024)

Pre-Medicine

lauren

Lauren Rosenstock

Undergraduate Researcher

Biomedical Sciences Major, Chemistry and Art Minors

(Class of Spring 2024)

Pre-Medicine

byrne

Uwajah Uzomah, MD, MPH

byrne

Mackenzie Richardson

Undergraduate Researcher

BME Major with Cellular Engineering Concentration

Math Minor

lilly

Lilly Boge

Undergraduate Researcher

Biology Major, Wartburg College

CROI Program Participant

kyle

Kyle Balk

Undergraduate Researcher

BME with Computational Bioengineering Concentration

FLASH Program Participant

Pre-Medicine

jeongwon

Jeongwon Lee, MD, PhD

Visiting Scholar
ikenna

Ikenna Nwosu, MS

MD Candidate

MS, Medical Physiology

BS, Chemical Engineering

byrne

Lucas Absler

Undergraduate Researcher

Human Physiology Major

lindsey

Lindsey Culver, BS

BME Graduate Student
Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn McClintic

Undergraduate Researcher

Biomedical Engineering Major, Cellular Engineering Focus

ryan

Ryan Courtney, BA

MD Candidate

Second Year Medical Student, UIowa

Summer Researcher

Austin

Austin Cook

Undergraduate Researcher

BME Major with Biomaterials & Biomechanics Concentrations

Human Physiology & Math Minors

Arielle

Arielle Cafi, BS

Research Assistant
sam

Sam Hatfield

Second Year MD/PhD Student

Biotechnology, BS

Iowa Innovations Fellow
1stGen@Iowa Student Advisory Board

aaron

Aaron Smith

Undergraduate Researcher

Biochemistry and Neuroscience Majors

Pre-Medicine

byrne

Alexander Leach

First Year Medical Student, UIowa

Summer Researcher

claire

Claire Graham

BSURP Summer Student, 2023
analy

Analy Phonephakdy, BS

Post-baccalaureate Research Intern

Biochemistry, BS

ICARE Fellow

emily

Emily Witt, MS

Lab Manager