Spotlights

Christine Tan

Alumni Spotlight: Christine Tan, Ph.D. 2011

Tan's Ph.D. research led to breakthroughs in nanofabricated single molecule/single cell chips for new biomedical applications such as cancer studies. Her solid foundation in interdisciplinary thinking from a world-class education well positioned Tan to take on key leadership roles in industry. Read more

EMILY Brooks

Alumni Spotlight: Emily Brooks, Ph.D. 2012

Emily Brooks received her Ph.D. in the Fischbach-Teschl Lab in 2012. Her research focused on the role of host tissue stem cells in breast tumorigenesis, specifically evaluating the ability of these cells to alter the tumor microenvironment through chemical and mechanical cues in a manner that contributes to tumor growth. Read more

Karin Wang

Alumni Spotlight: Karin Wang, Ph.D. 2015

Karin Wang earned her B.E./M.S. (2010) in biomedical engineering from Stony Brook University and her Ph.D. (2015) in biomedical engineering from Cornell University. Under the supervision of Drs... Read more

Jeerapond Leelawattanachai

Jeerapond Leelawattanachai, Ph.D. 2014

Developing affordable diagnostic tools for developing countries. Jeerapond Leelawattanachai completed her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Cornell under Prof. Moonsoo Jin. Her research focused on... Read more

Liz Wayne

Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Wayne, Ph.D. 2016

NOTE: Since this spotlight, Wayne was awarded NIH R35 grant for macrophage polarization research, spoke to PBS News hour about the power of role models who looks like you, was awarded a TED Fellowship... Read more