Current Members

Faculty

Elazer Edelman

Edward J. Poitras Professor, MIT
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Mercedes Balcells-Camps

Principal Research Scientist
Tissue Engineering and Vascular Biology
Farhad R. Nezami

Lead Investigator, Division of Cardiac Surgery, BWH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, HMS
Bioinformatics and Computational Cardiology
Natalie Artzi

Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS
Biomaterials
Steven Keller

Assistant Professor of Medicine, JHU
Mechanical Circulatory Support

Postdoctoral Associates and Fellows

Maryam Alsharqi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Shaniel Bowen

Postdoctoral Fellow
Tissue Engineering and Vascular Biology
Natalia Drosu

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
Tissue Engineering and Vascular Biology
Farhan Khodaee

Postdoctoral Associate
Tissue Engineering and Vascular Biology
Kimberly Lamberti

Postdoctoral Associate
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Yiqing Liu

Postdoctoral Associate
Bioinformatics and Computational Cardiology
Joseph Rosenthal

Visiting Scientist
Tissue Engineering and Vascular Biology, Biomaterials
Rohola Zandie
Postdoctoral Associate

Graduate Students

Julie Shen

PhD Candidate – Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Karim Kadry

PhD Candidate – Health Sciences and Technology
Bioinformatics and Computational Cardiology
Rachel Zale

PhD Candidate – Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Jonas Sogbadji

PhD Candidate – Mechanical Engineering
Bioinformatics and Computational Cardiology
Connie Wang

PhD Candidate – Biological Engineering
Biomaterials
Jesse George-Akpenyi

PhD Student – Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Ahmed Salih

PhD Student – Mechanical Engineering
Biomaterials
Ajay Manicka

PhD Student – Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Bioinformatics and Computational Cardiology
Pakaphol (Big) Thadawasin

MEng Student