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

Dr. Poompavai Sadasivam, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Sadasivam is developing translational medical technologies with pulsed electric fields.

Sierra Murray

Undergraduate Student 

Sierra is a biochemistry and psychology major interested in immunology and drug delivery.

Sai Junoothula

Undergraduate Student 

Sai is a mechanical engineering major interested in medical devices for tumor biopsy.

Gabriela Marroquin

Undergraduate Student 

Gabriela is a microbiology student interested in immunology and vaccines.

Anna Lin

Undergraduate Student 

Anna is a biomedical engineering student interested in drug delivery and venture capital areas.

John Troy

Undergraduate Student 

John is a mechanical engineering major interested in medical devices for tumor biopsy.

Khush Patel

Undergraduate Student 

Khush is a biochem and microbiology major interested in cancer biopsy technologies.

Cici Labbe

Undergraduate Student 

Cici is a biomedical engineer interested in medical devices and cell therapy.

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