People

The Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT is comprised of trainees and faculty from the College of Engineering, College of Sciences, College of Computing and Ivan Allan College of Liberal Arts.

Participants in the program share the common goal of moving stem cells into viable commercial applications.

Over the course of the 5 year National Science Foundation IGERT grant, over 30 graduate students will receive support.
 

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Directors

Todd C. McDevitt, PhD

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Director, Stem Cell Engineering Center
  • Petit Faculty Fellow, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences

Robert M. Nerem, PhD

  • George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair in Engineering in Medicine, Professor Emeritus, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Trainees

IGERT Trainees apply or are nominated and funded by the $3 million National Science Foundation Intergrated Graduate Education Research Training (IGERT) grant.  This program will train over 30 graduate students over its 5 year funding period.

Graduate students from bioengineering, biomedical engineering, biology, chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemistry and biochemistry, computing, material science and engineering, mechanical engineering and physics are eligible.

Trainees are funded for the first two years of graduate school, participate in the core curriculum, outreach events, special seminars and workshops. Learn more about how you can become a trainee in this unique program.

2012
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Todd McDevitt, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Andrés García, PhD
School/Department: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Robert Guldberg, PhD
School/Department: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Andrés García, PhD
School/Department: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Graduate Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Advisor: Hang Lu, PhD
2011
School/Department: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Todd Sulchek, PhD
School/Department: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Graduate Program: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Advisor: Mark Styczynski, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Andrés García, PhD
School/Department: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Craig Forest, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Johnna Temenoff, PhD
School/Department: School of Material Science Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Andrew Lyon, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Todd McDevitt, PhD
2010
School/Department: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Andrés García, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Thomas Barker, PhD
School/Department: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Johnna Temenoff, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Melissa Kemp, PhD & Todd McDevitt, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Todd McDevitt, PhD
Associates

The IGERT program also offers the opportunity for trainees who are not funded by the program to engage in the IGERT community. IGERT Associates, participate through the core classes, outreach activities and other IGERT related events. If you are interested in becoming an IGERT Associate, contact us.

School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Thomas Barker
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Johnna Temenoff, PhD & Todd McDevitt, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Robert Guldberg, PhD & Todd McDevitt, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Todd McDevitt, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Todd McDevitt, PhD
School/Department: Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: BioEngineering
Advisor: Todd McDevitt, PhD
Faculty

The participating faculty includes a breadth of expertise from the Colleges of Engineering, Sciences, Computing and Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. The faculty listed on this page, participate in some way in this program whether they have a trainee, teach a class or participate in other ways. If you are a faculty member that would like to become engaged in this program, or learn how to nominate students, contact us.

Faculty Participants

Gilda Barabino

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
  • Professor

Thomas Barker

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Barbara Boyan

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Dean of Research, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Professor

Julie Champion

  • School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Craig Forest

  • George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Andrés García

  • George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Woodruff Faculty Fellow, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Professor

Ari Glezer

  • George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Chair in Thermal Systems, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Professor

Robert Guldberg

  • Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences
  • Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences
  • Professor

Melissa Kemp

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Michelle LaPlaca

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Professor

Hang Lu

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Andrew Lyon

  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Professor

Manu Platt

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar
  • Assistant Professor

Athanassios Sambanis

  • School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Professor

Phil Santangelo

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Mark Styczynski

  • School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Todd Sulchek

  • George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor

Johnna Temenoff

  • Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Professor