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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

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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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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

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Matthew Ganser

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Kaylie Manglicmot

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Sruthi Kancherla

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Kaylie Manglicmot

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Elise Richardson

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Matthew Ganser

BSE'27

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Matthew Bryant

BSE'26

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Braden Ross

BSE'26

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Tyler Meyer

BME'26

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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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Gianna Filoia

MechE'27

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Katherine Scott

Nanomedicine'26

High School Students

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Athithi Prakash

Blacksburg High School

Alumni

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Anna Kurowski, MS

Risa Dickerman

Gino Chiotti

Kaylie Manglicmot

Sruthi Kancherla

Ruwaa Abu-Ageel

Ali Khan

Nicole Darling

Cassie Brisbin

Elise Richardson

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