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.
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:
Brian Simoes (2020 - 2024), working for Tegra Medical.
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:
Joohee Kim (2024) BS, Biology, Working as research technician at Boston Children's Hospital
Rylie Costello (2024), BS Biomedical Engineering - Honors, Pursuing Masters at UMass MIE
Emma Gerace (2024), BS - Honors, Pursuing PhD in Wesleyan University
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:
Aarush Kulkarni (2023 - ), Acton high school.
Arlyn Reiken (2024), ARHS.
Lily Oldford (2024), ARHS.
Amirah Chabi-yo (2024), PVCI school. NIH STEP-UP awardee.
Kaylee McConnell (2024), Hampshire Regional School. Purusing BS Biology at UMass Amherst. NIH STEP-UP awardee.
Genevieve Lagrant (2023), ARHS. Pursuing BS Biology at Scripps College.
Saad Chaudry (2023), Hopkins Academy. Pursuing BS UMass Amherst.
Krish Poudel (2023), ARHS. Pursuing BS-MD program at NJIT/Rutgers. NIH STEP-UP awardee.
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.
Stacyann Bailey, Biomedical Engineering, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Cathal Kearney, Biomedical Engineering, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Thai Thayumavan, Chemistry, Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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.