Duraj Lab at Virginia Tech
Meet The Team
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
Giorgia Cannici
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
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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Harrison Priode
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PhD Student
Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
BS, Biochemistry
North Carolina State University
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Undergraduate Students
Matthew Ganser
Kaylie Manglicmot
Sruthi Kancherla
Kaylie Manglicmot
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Elise Richardson
Braden Ross
BSE'26
Tyler Meyer
BME'26
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Kristine Nquegen
BME'26
Katherine Scott
Nanomedicine'26
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Saher Siddique
BME'27
Alumni
Anna Kurowski, MS
Risa Dickerman
Gino Chiotti
Cassie Brisbin
Elise Richardson
Nicole Darling
Kaylie Manglicmot
Sruthi Kancherla
Ruwaa Abu-Ageel
Ali Khan
Nicole Darling
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Priya Solanki
Microbiology'28
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Jacob Liu
Microbiology'28
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Kayla Mostek
BSE'26
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Anna Grohs
BME'27
Ethan VonNida
BSE'26
High School Students
Athithi Prakash
Blacksburg High School
Alumni
