Alumni
Tiffany (Johnson) Brown
Product Specialist with W. L. Gore & Associates2006 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Nancy Bennewitz Joy
Regulatory Affairs2004 — MS Bioengineering, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
I currently work at the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, the world's largest tissue bank.
- James Broering
Postdoc, Stanford Bioengineering2006 — PhD, ChBECurrent activities:
I joined a lab at Northwestern University in Chicago in June, but we've now moved to Stanford! Spending startup money is fun!
JoSette Broiles
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center2008 — PhD, BioengineeringCurrent activities:
Enjoying my new life with my family. Preparing for a career in research and education. What the future holds is still a mystery....
- Rebeccah (Covert) Brown
Exec VP, COO - SpineMedica2003 — PhD, Mechanical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Working hard and enjoying every minute of it.
Jonathan Butcher
Assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University2004 — PhD, Mechanical EngineeringCurrent activities:
After leaving Georgia Tech, I did a postdoctoral fellowship in developmental biology at the Medical University of South Carolina. In 2007 I started at Cornell. My research focus is to discover engineering paradigms contained in developmental biology to motivate therapeutic strategies for heart and valve disease.
- Jeff Capadona
Research Health Scientist with the Department of Veteran's Affairs2005 — PhD, ChemistryCurrent activities:
- Craig Duvall
Postdoctoral Research at University of Washington2007 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Postdoc U of Washington Bioengineering Dept.
- Geraldine Ekpo
Resident Physician in Obstetrics/Gynecology; Northwestern University2004 — B.Sc, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Went to med school at University of Michigan after graduating from GT - now in Chicago for residency.
- Ann Ensley
Product Specialist with W.L. Gore & Associates2006 — PhD, BioengineeringCurrent activities:
- Nathan Gallant
Research Scientist at NIST2004 — PhD, Mechanical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Joining the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2008.
- Chris Gemmiti
Senior Manager of Commercial Development with Organogenesis Inc2006 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
- Charlie Gersbach
Postdoctoral Fellow at The Scripps Research Institute2006 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
After leaving Georgia Tech, I interned in the Protein Engineering Division at MedImmune, Inc. and then moved on to my current position at TSRI to work in the areas of synthetic biology, biomolecular engineering, and gene therapy. I will be joining the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University as Assistant Professor in Fall 2009.
- Benjamin Keselowsky
Assistant Professor, BME, University of Florida2004 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
- Stephanie Kladakis
Principal Engineer at NMT Medical, Inc.2001 — PhD, Mechanical EngineeringCurrent activities:
- Chris Lessing
Scientist III at Kinetic Concepts, Inc.2008 — PhD, BioengineeringCurrent activities:
Elizabeth Lester
Intellectual Property Attorney at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP2001 — MS, Chemical EngineeringCurrent activities:
After completing my masters degree I obtained my J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in May 2005. Since then, I have been working as a patent attorney at Sutherland, focusing on patent prosecution in the chemical and biological science areas.
I also have had the opportunity to come back to Georgia Tech as a visiting professor in the School of Public Policy teaching pre-law classes.
George Lountos
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Insitute-Frederick/NIH2005 — PhD, Chemistry & BiochemistryCurrent activities:
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Protein Engineering Section of the Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick.
- Veer Mahajan
Systems Design Engineer at Philips Healthcare2005 — MS, Bioengineering, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Kristin Michael
Postdoctoral Researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany2006 — PhD, BioengineeringCurrent activities:
Working as a postdoc on neuron-material interactions in an institute focusing on development of cell- and molecular-based biosensors.
- Shawn O'Connor
PhD2004 — B.S., Mechanical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Just completed PhD at University of Michigan. Moving on to a Post-doctoral position at a university TBD.
- Megan Oest
Lab Technician at Virginia Tech2007 — Bioengineering, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Jennifer Phillips
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Emory University2008 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
I am in a developmental biology lab studying epigenetic regulation of chromatin organization during embryonic stem cell differentiation.
- Crystal Simon
Product Development Engineer at AxoGen, Inc.2008 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Jason Stammen
Federal Engineer, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration2000 — MS, Mechanical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Investigating response and injury tolerance of the human body to impacts in motor vehicle crashes. Apply this research to improved designs for crash test dummies.
Matthew Tate
Resident in Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco2002 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Graduated from Emory Medical School 2006. Now completing neurosurgical residency at UCSF.
- Eric Vanderploeg
Postdoctoral Associate at MIT2006 — PhD, Mechanical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Shannon and I moved to Boston.
- Christopher Wilson
Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of South Carolina School of Medicine2007 — PhD, Biomedical EngineeringCurrent activities:
Working at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, in the Cell and Developmental Biology Department. Livin' large as a Post-doc!