Human Element
Govind Srimathveeravalli (PI)
I am an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in University at Massachusetts at Amherst, a member of the Institute for Applied Life Sciences and have an adjunct appointment with the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. Previously, I was an Assistant Member in the Dept. of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I received my masters and PhD in mechanical engineering from the University at Buffalo, and underwent postdoctoral training on cancer research and image-guided therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Neeraj Raghuraman
Graduate Student
Neeraj is a doctoral candidate in mechanical and industrial engineering. He is interested in studying the effect of electric fields on transport, regeneration and biomechanics.
Mary Chase Sheehan
Graduate Student
Mary is a doctoral candidate in mechanical and industrial engineering. She is interested in developing mathematical models to simulate cellular responses to electric fields.
Vaishali Malik
Graduate Student
Vaishali is a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering. She is interested in inducible cell technologies and immunotherapy.
Shengwei (Sam) Wu
Graduate Student
Sam is a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering. He is interested in using electric fields for tissue engineering applications and creating new cancer models.
Brian Simoes
Masters Student
Brian is a biomedical engineering major developing novel medical devices for tumor ablation.
Dr. Takaaki Hasegawa MD
Visiting Researcher
Dr. Hasegawa is a visiting researcher specializing in image guided therapies.
Dr. Poompavai Sadasivam, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Sadasivam is developing translational medical technologies with pulsed electric fields.
Emma Gerace
Undergraduate Student (Honors Thesis)
Emma is biology student studying drug delivery techniques.
Rylie Costello
Undergraduate Student (Honors Thesis)
Rylie is a biomedical engineering major studying modulation of endothelial cell function.
Jaad Ismail
Undergraduate Student
Jaad is a biomedical engineering major interested in biomanufacturing.
Anna Lin
Undergraduate Student
Anna is a biomedical engineering student interested in drug delivery and venture captial areas.
Joohee Kim
Undergraduate Student
Joohee is a biology major studying IRE to induce cell death and study macrophage cell behavior and morphology.
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Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers/Accolades:
Yasushi Kimura MD (2019 - 2022), Osaka University. Uehara Fellowship recipient. SIR Innovation awardee.
Leo Razakamanantsoa MD (2019 - 2020), Sorbonne Universite. Fellowship from the French Govt.
Masashi Fujimori MD (2017 - 2019), Mie University, Japan. Best scientific abstract at SIR 2018.
Laurien Vroomen MD PhD ( 2016 - 2017), VU Medical Center, Netherlands. Fulbright Scholar.
Eisuke Ueshima MD PhD (2015 - 2017), Kobe University, Japan.
Hiroshi Kodama MD (2015 - 2017), Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
Research Technicians:
William Vista BS (2017 -), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Liqun Cai MD ( 2016 - 2018), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Marwah Jihad BS (2018 - 2019), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Graduate Students:
Sarah Kim (2020 - 2022), living the life in Europe.
Devan Kumar (2020 - 2022), Research engineer in Abbot Medical.
Michael Osei Appiah (2021 - 2022), transferred to New Mexico State University to continue graduate studies.
Undergraduate Students/Accolades:
Caitlin Young (2023), BS Mechanical Engineering - Honors, Working in Medical Device Industry.
Declan Downing (2023), BS Biology - Honors Preparing for Medical School.
Cameron Espy (2023), BS Mechanical Engineering, Clean Crop Tech
Wells Burrell (2020), BS Biochemistry - Honors, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Now pursuing PhD at NYU.
Scott Collins (2020), BS BME, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Research Assistant in University at Pittsburg.
Tarek Munawar (2018), BS Biotechnology, City College of New York. Travel grant and presentation at ABRCMS and podium presentation at the World Electroporation Congress. Now working at Cornell Medicine.
Kimberly Crowley (Summer 2018), BS/MS Biomedical Eng., Wash Univ. St. Louis. Now at the FDA.
Julia Radzio (2018), BS Mech Eng., Cornell University. Now pursuing PhD at Princeton.
Jen Reilly BS ( Summer 2015), George Washington University. Co-Author on J TCVS publication and multiple abstracts.
High School Students/Accolades:
Genevieve Lagrant (2023), ARHS.
Saad Chaudry (2023), Hopkins Academy.
Krish Poudel (2023), ARHS. Pursuing BS-MD program at NJIT/Rutgers.
Arvind Dev (Honors student at Hunter College) and Robin Abrol (Summer 2017). Poster presentation at WCIO meeting.
Lucia Santos (Summer 2017), Pre-Med at George Mason University. Poster presentation at SIR Annual meeting.
Julia Radzio (Summer 2016), Cornell University. 2nd place in New York Science and Engineering Fair.
Azreen Hasan (Summer 2015).
Sarah Tress (Summer 2014), BS Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Presentation at New York Science and Engineering Fair.
Collaborators
Our work is made possible by the support of our excellent collaborators and partners.
Dr. Yubing Sun, Mechanical Engineering, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Dr. Ashish Kulkarni, Chemical Engineering, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Dr. Joseph Jerry, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Dr. Badar Mian, Dept. of Urology, Albany Medical College.
Dr. Prasad Adusumilli, Dept. of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Prof. Damijan Miklavcic, Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana.
Dr. Haruyuki Takaki, Hyogo College of Medicine.
Prof. Marom Bikson, Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York.
Dr. Stephen Solomon, Interventional Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Jonathan Coleman, Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.