Lab Personnel
Associate Professor, Departments of
Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Staff
Chris Stephan Research Laboratory
Specialist Associate
Graduate Students
Diana Olvera Doctoral Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Rachel Surowiec Doctoral Candidate,Biomedical Engineering
Ted Ahn Doctoral Candidate, Macromolecular Sciences
Reid Davison Masters Degree, Biomedical Engineering
Hsiao Sung Doctoral Candidate, Radboud University
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dental School
Amanda Scheiber, Masters Student, Biomedical Engineering
Erin Finn, Masters Student, School of Public Health
Undergraduate Students
Rachel Stolzenfeld Literature, Science and Arts
Lauren Battle Literature, Sciences and Arts
Emily Fisher Literature, Sciences and Arts
Rebecca Falzon Literature, Sciences and Arts
Stacy Kaneko Literature, Sciences and Arts
Alumni
Ferrous Ward, BS Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student. May 2015- May 2017. After leaving the laboratory, Ferrous continued his bone research in the Orthopaedic Research Laboratories with Karl Jepsen.
Terese Jenks, BS Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student. May 2014-May 2016. After leaving the laboratory, Terese began a graduate degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics at Northwestern University.
Kai Cortright, MS Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student. January 2015-May 2016. After leaving the laboratory, Kai began an industry position at Epic in Madison, WI.
Joey Perosky, MS Joey worked in the laboratory as a Research Associate from Spring 2011-August 2015. After leaving the laboratory, Joey began medical school at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
David Barton, MS Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student. September 2011-August 2015. After leaving the laboratory, David moved west to pursue training as a physician’s assistant.
Bethany Meyer, MS Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student. January 2013-May 2015. After finishing her masters degree, Bethany began work at Hospira, in Chicago, doing design documentation and risk analysis for combination products.
Ben Sinder, PhD Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student. June 2008-August 2014. After defending his doctoral thesis, Ben began a post-doctoral research fellowship in the laboratory of Laurie McCauley at the University of Michigan Dental School.
Parth Patel Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student. January 2012-July 2014. After leaving the laboratory, Parth began medical school at the University of Toledo, Ohio.
Joe Salemi Biomedical Engineering. May 2012-May 2014. Joe is currently on hiatus from the laboratory, working as a co-op student at Zimmer in Warsaw, IN.
Matthew Sims Chemical Engineering, undergraduate student. May 2013-May 2014. After leaving the laboratory, Matthew began medical school at the University of Tennessee in Memphis.
Yuchen Yang Visiting Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student. September 2013-February 2014. After leaving the laboratory, Yuchen returned to Beijing to conclude her bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering at Beihang University.
Jacque Cole, PhD Post-doctoral research fellow. After leaving the laboratory, Jacque moved to the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University joint department of Biomedical Engineering as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering.
Mathieu Davis, PhD Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student. September 2008-August 2013. After defending his doctoral thesis, Mathieu began a Fulbright U.S. Student Fellowship at Stellenbosch University in South Africa to pursue research in heart valve biomechanics and computational modeling.
Adrienne Alimasa Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student. May 2008-August 2013. After obtaining her masters degree, Adrienne took a position at the digital medical records company, Epic.
Nandini Ravi Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student. January 2013-August 2013. After getting her masters degree, Nandini took an engineering position at the medical device company, Hospira.
Kristin Graf Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate. September 2011-August 2013. After leaving the lab, Kristin began medical school at The University of Minnesota.
Rachel Harris Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate. January 2012-May 2013. After leaving the lab, Rachel began medical school at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Emilee Borgmeier Medical Student, June 2012-September 2012. After leaving the lab, Emilee returned to her studies at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Nick Montes Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate, May 2011-May 2012. After leaving the lab, Nick was awarded an internship at General Electric.
Joe Tramer Kinesiology Undergraduate January 2011-May 2012. After leaving the lab, Joe continued to pursue his bachelors degree in Kinesiology at the University of Michigan.
Logan White LS&A Undergraduate, September 2008-May 2012. After graduation, Logan stayed at the University of Michigan to pursue Dental School
Emily Welker Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate, May 2010 - May 2011. After leaving the lab, Emily got a position at Terumo Heart.
Beth Kovacic Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student. January 2010 - December 2010. After graduating with her masters degree, Beth took a position at Zimmer Trauma.
Mary Eddy Medical Student, June 2010 - September 2010. After leaving the lab, Mary returned to the University of Michigan Medical School.
Grant Goulet Postdoctoral Research Fellow. At the conclusion of his postdoctoral fellowship, Grant moved to the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology.
John Foo Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate, May 2008 - July 2010. After leaving the lab, John went to Cornell to pursue his PhD in Biomedical Engineering.
Shihan Khan Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate, May 2008 - July 2010. After leaving the lab, Shihan went to Yale to pursue his MD/PhD in Biomedical Engineering.
Adriana Blazeski Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student, January 2009 - July 2010. After graduating with her masters degree, Adriana went to Johns Hopkins to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.
Neil Halonen Research Laboratory Specialist Associate, January 2009 - May 2010. After leaving the lab, Neil matriculated at the Armed Services Medical School, Bethesda MD.
Caitlin Clifford Summer 2008. After leaving the lab, Caitlin returned to Harvard to finish her degree in Evolutionary Biology.
Andrew Sobel Summer 2008. After leaving the lab, Andrew returned to the University of Buffalo Medical School program.
Lisa Yoon UROP program September 2007-June 2009.
Leo Volakis Biomedical Engineering B.S. Summer 2008. After leaving the lab, Leo went to the Ohio State University to pursue graduate work in Biomedical Engineering.
Matt Bzdega Biomedical Engineering M.S. September 2007-May 2008. After leaving the lab, Matt went to Iowa for medical school.
