Duraj Lab at Virginia Tech
Meet The Team
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Anna Duraj-Thatte, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech
Postdoc, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Georgia Tech
B. Eng. Molecular and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Gdansk University of Technology
Graduate Students
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Hoda Hammad
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Ph.D. Student
Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
BS, Environmental Engineering Zewail City of Science and Technology
Giorgia Cannici
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Ph.D. Student
Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
MS Biomedical Engineering Tufts University,
Master in Liberal Art, Biology, Harvard University
MArch II Rensselaer Polytechnic
MSc Architecture Milan Polytechnic
Nicolas Dale Burns
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Ph.D. Student
Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
MS Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Virginia Tech
BS, Biotechnology & Molecular Bioscience, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Anna Kurowski
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MS Student
Biological Systems Engineering,Virginia Tech
BS, Biological Systems Engineering
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Undergraduate Students
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Matthew Ganser
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Ruwaa Abu-Ageel
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Matthew Bryant
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Braden Ross
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Alumni
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