Group Alumni

Bill King

wjking@wisc.edu>
Joined the Group: Summer 2005
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research:

  • Genetic Manipulation of Stem Cell Microenvironment
  • Controlling the Stem Cell Microenvironment
Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Toledo

Travelle Franklin-Ford

franklinford@wisc.edu
Joined the Group: Fall 2005 (Co-advised with R. Vanderby)
Department: Biomedical Engineering/Medical School
Research

  • Novel Approaches to Growth Factor Delivery
  • Targeted Drug/Cell Delivery to Cartilage
Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Brian Peret

bjperet@wisc.edu
2006-2008: Graduate Student
Research:

  • Controlling the Stem Cell Microenvironment
  • Stem Cell-Based Tissue Regeneration
  • Engineering Tissue Interfaces

Education:

  • B.S. Chemical Engineering
  • M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Zhijie Sui

zsui@wisc.edu
2006-2008: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research:

  • Bio-Molecular Self-assembly
  • Bio-functional Materials

Education: Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida State University
Current Location: Senior Scientist, PPD, Middleton, WI

Jae-Sam Lee

jslee26@wisc.edu
2006-2008: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research:

  • Novel Approaches for Gene/Growth Factor Delivery
  • Templated Synthesis of Biomaterials

Education: PhD Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University
Current Location: Senior Scientist, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Leena Jongpaiboonkit

jongpaiboonk@wisc.edu
2006-2008: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research:

  • Composite Biomaterials
  • Novel Approaches to Gene/Growth Factor Delivery

Education: PhD Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Current Location: Senior Biomaterials Engineering, Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI