Professor Alptekin Aksan
Laboratory Director
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
I am interested biostabilization, biotransport, and biothermodynamics. I received my Ph.D. from Michigan State University, and worked as a post-doc at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. I like hiking, biking, snorkeling, cooking, traveling, teaching thermodynamics, and listening to genre of music not many people enjoy.
Advitiya Mahajan
Ph.D. Student
Advitiya completed his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from The Ohio State University. He worked as a research assistant in cardiovascular medicine for two years before joining University of Minnesota. He is currently a first year PhD student in Mechanical Engineering and is working on biostabilization. He is a huge soccer fan and loves watching his favorite premier league team Chelsea. His hobbies include playing tennis, table tennis, cooking, and listening to music.
Beatriz de Souza
Ph.D. Student
Beatriz received her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD in 2016 and 2018 respectively. She is a Brazilian student currently pursuing her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota. She joined Professor Aksan's Bioencapsulation and Biostabilization in the summer of 2018. Her research focuses on the area of bioencapsulation, specifically on encapsulation of bacteria and enzymes to be used in bioremediation and biocatalysis. Her initial project focuses on developing and translating a cyanuric acid bioremediation system in a flow-through setting.
Andrew Frederikson
Ph.D. Student
Andrew is a Chemical Engineering Ph.D. student who is working on isolating and interrogating metastasis-inducing dormant cells in breast and ovarian cancer patients.
Mian Wang
Ph.D. Student
I am a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering Department and I have joined professor Aksan’s group since 2017. I am currently working in Biostablization lab, studying the cellular molecular changes (such as lipid cell membrane phase change and denaturation of cellular protein) associated with freeze/thaw during cryopreservation of biospecimens. My hobbies include hiking, photography and classical guitar.
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Undergraduate Researchers:
Sophie O'Keane
Weli Ahmed