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Dr. Zachary Bailey earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech where he studied the interactions of blast overpressure waves with biological systems. He pursued his post-doctoral training at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) through the National Research Council,…
Dr. Zarana Patel earned her Ph.D. in bioengineering from Rice University where she used polymeric biomaterials for controlled growth factor delivery to regenerate vascularized musculoskeletal tissues. She then joined the Space Radiation Element at NASA Johnson Space Center, performing…
Dr. Zheng Li received her Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Fudan University in China and had her postdoctoral training in radiochemistry at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH. She then took a faculty position at Houston Methodist Hospital, where she built the…
Dr. Zhuqing Li received a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. Following postdoctoral training at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Dr. Li joined the National Eye Institute (NEI) as a staff scientist and then the head of the Clinical Immunology…
Dr. Jolanta Topczewska received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, and her postdoctoral training in developmental biology at Vanderbilt Medical Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Following this training, she accepted a…
Dr. Karin Garg received her Ph.D. in social work from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed post-doctoral fellowship training in clinical substance abuse treatment research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Garg joined the faculty at Temple University, where she collaborated on…
Dr. Marisa Srivareerat received a Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Houston. Dr. Srivareerat began her career supporting the Biological Sciences Division at Aerospace Innovations Group in Albuquerque, where she oversaw clinical operations and research initiatives. She then moved on to…
Dr. Adam Heuberger received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University, where he later served as an associate professor. At CSU, he led a transdisciplinary research program integrating molecular biology, genetics, and metabolomics to investigate food, nutrition, and health sciences. His work focused…