NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Training Program

Graduate Trainees

NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program at The University of Texas at Austin


*Date Entered: 9/98*
	Doug Martin - Graduated Department of Physics Areas of Study: Nonlinear Dynamics & Biophysics Email : dmartin@chaos.ph.utexas.edu Advisors: Christine Schmidt, Chemical Engineering, Josef Kas, Physics Post-doc at Brandeis, Waltham, MA
*Date Entered: 6/99*
	Leah Eller - Graduated Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Areas of Study: Organic Chemistry leller@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Jonathan Sessler, Chemistry, Martin Poenie, Biology Sciences Post-doc position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
*Date Entered: 9/99*
	Andy Bowling - Graduated Department of Biological Sciences Areas of Study: High-resolution Light and Electron Microscopy of Biological Membranes and Organic LEDs abowling@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Malcolm Brown, Biological Sciences, David Vanden Bout, Chemistry and Biochemistry Lecturer, Department of Botany, UT Austin
	Josh Fox - Graduated Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program Areas of Study: Imaging and Spectroscopy foxjc@hotmail.com Advisors: Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Biomedical Engineering, Jonathan Sessler, Chemistry
	Mike Hixson - Graduated Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program Areas of Study: Spectroscopy hixsonmm@hotmail.com Advisors: Christine Schmidt, Chemical Engineering and Josef Kas, Physics
	Marc Rodriguez - Graduated Department of Chemistry Areas of Study: Research on the Electronic Tongue including immunofluorescence techniques and FRET applications possumo@freewwweb.com Advisors: Eric Anslyn, Chemistry, John McDevitt, Chemistry Assay Development Scientist QTL Biosystems, Santa Fe, NM
	Joe Villard - Graduated Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Areas of Study: Biomedical Engineering VillardJW@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: AJ Welch, Biomedical Engineering, Martin Poenie, Biological Sciences St. Louis Medical School
	Jessica Winter - Graduated Department of Chemical Engineering Areas of Study: Nerve Regeneration jwinter@pobox.com Advisors: Christine Schmidt, Chemical Engineering, Malcolm Brown, Biological Sciences Post-doc at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Faculty Position, Chemical Engineering Department, Ohio State University
*Date Entered: 9/00*
	Jay Hesselberth - Graduated Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Areas of Study: Development of nucleic acid-based biosensor components jhessel@mail.cm.utexas.edu Advisors: Andy Ellington, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, John McDevitt, Chemistry and Biochemistry
	Betsy Hsu - Graduated Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Biomedical Engineering Program Areas of Study: Contrast Agents and Spectroscopy betshsu@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Biomedical Engineering, Eric Anslyn, Chemistry and Biochemistry Pursuing MPH at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
	Nate Kemp Department of Biomedical Engineering Areas of Study: Retinal imaging with polarization sensitive OCT natekemp@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Tom Milner, Biomedical Engineering, Malcolm Brown, Biological Sciences - Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Working for CardioSpectra
	Samantha Moore - Graduated Department of Physics Areas of Study: Guiding neuronal growth with laser light sam@chaos.ph.utexas.edu Advisors: Josef Kas, Physics, Su Dharmawardhane, Biological Sciences - Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
	Christopher Rylander - Graduated Department of Mechanical Engineering Areas of Study: Imaging using low-coherence reflectometry chrisr@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Ken Diller, Biomedical Engineering, Tom Milner, Biomedical Engineering
*Date Entered: 9/01*
	Curt Deister Department of Chemical Engineering Areas of Study: Nerve regeneration cdeister@hotmail.com Advisors: Christine Schmidt, Biomedical Engineering, Krish Roy, Biomedical Engineering
	Michaela Hoffmeyer - Graduated Molecular Biology Areas of Study: Molecular biology of cancer metastasis mrhoffmeyer@hotmail.com Advisors: Su Dharmawardhane, Biological Sciences - Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Biomedical Engineering Working for Ambion
	Alicia Lacy - Graduated Department of Biomedical Engineering Areas of Study: Imaging (confocal microscopy) and spectroscopy a.lacy@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Biomedical Engineering, Su Dharmawardhane, Biological Sciences - Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
	Bobbi Rubin - Graduated Department of Chemistry Areas of Study: Expanded porphyrins bobbirubin@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Jonathan Sessler, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jenny Brodbelt, Chemistry and Biochemistry
	Courtney Sherman - Graduated Department of Chemistry Areas of Study: Probing photochemistry with mass spectrometry courtneysherman@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Jenny Brodbelt, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jason Shear, Chemistry and Biochemistry Analytical Chemist, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX
*Date Entered: 9/02*
	Kristen Carlson - Graduated Department of Biomedical Engineering Areas of Study: kristencarlson@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Working for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
	Jeff Combs - Graduated Molecular Biology Program Areas of Study: Cell signaling and the formation of the immunological synapse combsjh1@directvinternet.com Advisors: Martin Poenie, Biological Sciences - Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology; Wolfgang Frey, Biomedical Engineering Commercialization Associate, Innovations Department, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
	Bryan Kaehr Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Areas of Study: kaehr@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Jason Shear, Chemistry and Biochemistry;
	Brette Luck - Graduated Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Biomedical Engineering Area) Areas of Study: Medical image processing for diagnosis luck.7@mail.utexas.edu Advisors: Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Biomedical Engineering, Al Bovik, Electrical and Computer Engineering Working for Kodak
	Adnaan Wasey - Graduated Department of Biomedical Engineering Areas of Study: adnaan_wasey@mail.edu Advisors: Wolfgang Frey, Biomedical Engineering; Martin Poenie, Biological Sciences - Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
	Chris Wieland Department of Physics Areas of Study: Nonlinear dynamics and biophysics cwieland@physics.utexas.edu Advisors: Ken Shih, Physics, Grant Willson, Chemistry and Biochemistry
*Date Entered: 2/04*
	Tania Betancourt Biomedical Engineering Novel contrast agent development Imaging to monitor therapeutics Tania.Betancourt@mail.utexas.edu
	Jordan Dwelle Biomedical Engineering Novel imaging system development Diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy jdwelle@mail.utexas.edu
	Cristal Glangchai Biomedical Engineering Imaging to monitor therapeutics Lcglangchai@mail.utexas.edu
	Donald Owens Chemical Engineering Imaging to monitor therapeutics Novel imaging system development dowens2@che.utexas.edu
	Sabia Taqvi Biomedical Engineering Imaging to monitor therapeutics Novel imaging system development staqvi@mail.utexas.edu
	Jeffrey Wilson Chemistry Imaging to monitor therapeutics Novel imaging system development jwilson@cm.utexas.edu
*Date Entered: 9/04*
	Jesse Aaron Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development jessaa@mail.utexas.edu
	Amber Doiron Biomedical Engineering Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics Novel Contrast Agent Development aldoiron@mail.utexas.edu
	Nicholas Durr Biomedical Engineering Novel Imaging System Development Diagnostic and Vital Imaging and Spectroscopy nickdurr@mail.utexas.edu
	Omar Fisher Biomedical Engineering Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics Diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy omar.fisher@mail.utexas.edu
	Amanda Hargrove Chemistry and Biochemistry Novel contrast agent development Diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy aehargrove@cm.utexas.edu
	Sonia Kumar Biomedical Engineering Novel contrast agent development Imaging to monitor therapeutics sonia.kumar@mail.utexas.edu
	E. Hunter Lauten - Graduated Biomedical Engineering Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics Diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy lauteneh@mail.utexas.edu Post-doc at Harvard University
	Sarah Pierce Chemistry and Biochemistry Novel contrast agent development Novel imaging system development spierce1@mail.utexas.edu
	Stephanie Seidlits Biomedical Engineering Novel contrast agent development Imaging to monitor therapeutics seidlits@mail.utexas.edu
*Date Entered: 9/05*
	Carolyn Bayer Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Novel Imaging System Development carolynlbayer@yahoo.com
	Bilal Ghosn Biomedical Engineering Novel contrast agent development Imaging to monitor therapeutics Bghosn1@gmail.com
	Melissa Kanzelberger Biomedical Engineering Imaging to monitor therapeutics Diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy kanzelberger@austin.utexas.edu
	Emily Moradi Biomedical Engineering Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics Diagnostic and Vital Imaging and Spectroscopy emily.moradi@gmail.com
	Justin Shofner Chemical Engineering Imaging to monitor therapeutics Diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy shofner@che.utexas.edu
	Eric Spivey Biomedical Engineering Novel contrast agent development Diagnostic and vital imaging and spectroscopy espivey@mail.utexas.edu
*Date Entered: 09/06*
	Erin Baker Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics erinlynnettebaker@hotmail.com
	Martin Gran Chemical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics mlg2254@che.utexas.edu
	Kimberly Homan Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics kim@usdsg.com
	Shahana Khurshid Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics shahana@mail.utexas.edu
	Margaret Phillips Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics margaretaphillips@mail.utexas.edu
	Brandon Slaughter Biomedical Engineering Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics Novel Imaging System Development brandon.slaughter@gmail.com
	Alfred Song Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics alfred.song@gmail.com
*Date Entered: 9/07*
	Sheldon Bish Biomedical Engineering Imaging to Monitor Therapeutics Novel Imaging System Development sbish@mail.utexas.edu
	Arnold Estrada Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Novel Imaging System Development arnolde@mail.utexas.edu
	Timothy Larson Biomedical Engineering Novel Contrast Agent Development Novel Imaging System Development t.larson06@gmail.com