PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
James Dahlman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University Dr. James Dahlman completed his BS in Biomedical Engineering from Wright State University in 2009. He went on to complete his PhD under Dr. Robert Langer at MIT in 2015. Dr. Dahlman conducted post-doctoral work at the Zhang Lab at the Broad Institute in 2016 before going on to become a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Fun Fact: "Whenever I publish a paper, I celebrate with ribs from Community Q." Email: james.dahlman@bme.gatech.edu |
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Cory Sago, PhD Student, T32 Fellow
Education: BS in Biology, RPI, 2016 Master in Chemistry, RPI, 2016 Research Interests: Non-liver functional LNP delivery Fun Fact: "My personality is a series of vine compilations." |
Melissa Lokugamage, PhD Student, T32 Fellow
Education: BS in Bioengineering, University of Missouri, 2017 Research Interests: Non-liver delivery, novel DNA-barcoded screening systems, RNA biology Fun Fact: "The last 10k I ran was for a Lululemon discount." |
Kalina Paunovska, PhD Student, T32 Fellow
Education: BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami. 2016 Research Interests: The role that cholesterol plays in LNP trafficking & delivery Fun Fact: "I'm a true North Macedonian, and apparently I don't understand any pop-culture references." |
Alejandro Da Silva Sanchez, PhD Student
Education: BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018 Research Interests: Lipid signaling, non-liver functional LNP delivery, therapeutic RNA delivery Fun Fact: "I have eaten live worms bathed in fish sauce and drank snake wine during my 6-week trip to Southeast Asia." |
Jack Feldman, Masters Student, GRA Fellow
Education: BS in Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Research Interests: Bioinformatics, automation Fun Fact: "I biked from NYC to San Francisco during the summer of 2015" |
Ada Del Cid, Masters Student
Education: BA in CBE, Oglethorpe University, 2018 BS in CBE from Florida State University, 2018 Research Interests: Nanoparticle drug delivery Fun Fact: "I put 🌶️🌶️ on everything I can." |
POST-DOCS
Zubao Gan, PhD
Education: BS in Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2010 MS and PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, Sichuan University, 2016 Senior Research at Hitgen, 2018 Research Interests: DNA barcode technology, Nanoparticle delivery, genetic therapeutics and precise medicine Fun Fact: "I enjoy swimming, singing, and football." |
Kun Zhao, PhD
Education: BS in Chinese Materia Medica, MS in Medicinal Chemistry, PhD in Dieter Enders Lab at RWTH Aachen University Research Interests: DNA barcoded nanoparticles and genetic therapies Fun Fact: "I like playing and watching soccer." |
David Loughrey, PhD
Education: BE at University College Dublin PhD in Julius Lucks Lab, Cornell University, 2016. Postdoctoral fellowship in Alan Lambowitz Lab, University of Texas, Austin, 2017-2018 Research Interests: Exploit the power of Next Generation Sequencing technologies to answer questions about nanomedicine Fun Fact: "I once came last out of 350+ people in the swimming portion of an Olympic-length triathlon - Athlete!" |
Marine Hatit, PhD
Education: BS at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France), 2012 MS in Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France), 2014 PhD in Chemical Biology at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK), 2018 Research Interests: Bioconjugation, genetic therapies and DNA barcoded technology for nanoparticle delivery Fun Fact: "I have been chased out of France and UK for saying that the best mac and cheese are made with Velveeta cheese." |
Huanzhen Ni, PhD
Education: BS in Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 2014
PhD in Chemistry at Yixin Lu Lab, National University of Singapore, 2018
Research Interests: DNA barcoding technology and gene therapies
Fun Fact: "I am crazy about dogs/cats that are fluffy, and my dream pet is a Corgi."
Education: BS in Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 2014
PhD in Chemistry at Yixin Lu Lab, National University of Singapore, 2018
Research Interests: DNA barcoding technology and gene therapies
Fun Fact: "I am crazy about dogs/cats that are fluffy, and my dream pet is a Corgi."
LAB STAFF
Joel Levin, Lab Manager
Education: BS in Biology and Chemistry, Emory University, 2015
Research Interests: Delivery and Transcriptomics
Fun Fact: "I want to own a farm one day."
Education: BS in Biology and Chemistry, Emory University, 2015
Research Interests: Delivery and Transcriptomics
Fun Fact: "I want to own a farm one day."
Sujay Kalathoor, Lab Tech
Education: BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2018 Research Interests: Functional tumor delivery, CRISPR, robotics Fun Fact: "I have self-diagnosed narcolepsy." |
Fatima Islam, Lab Tech
Education: BS in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2018 Research Interests: Cas9 Optimization, inflammation pathways, translational application of nanoparticles Fun Fact: "I can and will flip you over with my sick jujitsu skills." |
UNDERGRADUATES
Brandon Krupczak
Research Interests: T-Cells, Immunotherapy, CRISPR, siRNA Fun Fact: "I'm too tall to be an astronaut." Medha Acharya
Research Interests: Drug delivery, cancer, gene therapies Fun Fact: "I am on Tech’s Indian classical dance team, GT Pulse. In my spare time, I like to read political, legal, and military thriller novels." Ana Cristian
Research Interests: Immunotherapy, Gene Editing, T-Cells, Cell Systems Fun Fact: "I was born in Transylvania and lived there until I was eight. No, vampires aren't real. What is real is my love for garlic." Max Rivera
Research Interests: Nanoparticle-cell interactions, DNA barcoding, gene therapy Fun Fact: "I’m an engineering student by day and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor by night." |
Manaka Sato
Research Interests: Helping my favorite graduate students Fun Fact: "I am on the dance team at GT and a 4-year student athlete." Adeline Wagner
Research Interests: Biomaterials, Nanoparticles, Gene Therapy, and Immunotherapy Fun Fact: "I was a pescatarian for over 11 years." Gwyn Lando
Research Interests: Targeted drug delivery and whatever the PhD students want me to do Fun Fact: "I did the highest bungy jump in New Zealand (134m)." Jordan Fitzgerald
Research Interests: CRISPR, Gene Therapy, Immunotherapy, Drug Design Fun Fact: "I am prone to take acting advice too seriously: I've broken my leg 6 times." |