ALUMNI

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Logan is currently working at Smith & Nephew (Memphis, TN) as a Regulatory Affairs Specialist. During his time in the lab, he worked to chemically modifying chitosan in order to increase both the degradation and elution properties of an injectable paste used to prevent infection in traumatic musculoskeletal wounds.

Leslie Pace

Leslie is currently working as a Post-Market Surveillance Engineer at Microport Orthopedics. During her time in the lab she focused on infection prevention and treatment by specifically targeting biofilm.

CURRENT STUDENTS

Research interests are drug delivery with spatiotemporal control through incorporation of biocompatible materials for multiple clinical applications. Some of the targeting applications include infection and biofilm prevention, and cancer treatments. Primary approach is through adjuvant nanoparticle-based treatments with or without surface modifications that respond to either internal or external stimuli.

CARLOS M. WELLS

PhD CANDIDATE

MICHAEL HARRIS

PhD CANDIDATE

My research work is on antibiotic loaded nanoparticles for the treatment of intracellular infection. These particles are built around a superparamagnetic iron oxide core, enabling magnetic targeting and control over the rate of drug release.

RUKHSANA AWAIS

PhD CANDIDATE

Research work is focused on anti-biofilm treatments using fatty acid analog of 2-Decenoic acid covalently attached to chitosan membranes. Experiments are conducted on Biofilm dispersion and eradication in musculoskeletal wounds. This local drug delivery of fatty acids in combination with antimicrobials can provide a sustained release therapy for biofilm prevention.

My current project concerns biofilm-inhibiting chemicals developed as part of an interdisciplinary study with the UM Chemistry department. In this study, I perform microbiological testing to determine the efficacy of these new chemicals, and have also begun investigating potential biomaterial delivery applications.

ZOE HARRISON

MS CANDIDATE

LOGAN R. BOLES

Chris is currently serving in Madagascar for the Peace Corps. During his time in the lab, he worked to invoke a gel-like formation of an injectable chitosan paste used to prevent infections in traumatic musculoskeletal wounds.