Christopher J. Hernandez, Ph.D.

Professor

Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

Erika L. Cyphert, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow


The Microbiome and Bone Strength

Eva Gonzalez Diaz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Microbiome and Musculoskeletal Disease

Kelsey DeFrates, PhD.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Engineered Living Materials

Junsung (John) Lee, M.S.

Ph.D. Candidate

Mechanical Engineering

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Bacteria

Chongshan Cleo Liu, M.S.

Ph.D. Candidate

Mechanical Engineering

The Microbiome and Bone Strength

Gissell Jimenez, B.S.

Ph.D. Student

Bioengineering

Engineered Living Materials

Aditi Dubey, M.S.

Lab Manager

Microbiology

Engineered Living Materials

The Microbiome and Orthopaedics

Lab Alumni

Postdocs

Floor M. Lambers, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2011-2013)

Xuanhao Sun, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2012-2013) 

Graduate Students

Christine Harper, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, 2017-2022)

Marysol Luna, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, 2015-2020)

Jason D. Guss, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, 2013-2018)

Ashley M. Torres, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, 2012-2018)

Jonathan B. Matheny, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, 2012-2017)

Erin N. Cresswell, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, 2011-2017)

Matthew G. Goff, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, 2010-2015)

Craig R. “C.J.” Slyfield, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, 2006-2012)

Meghan M. Cotter, Ph.D. (Anatomy, 2007-2010)

Seetha Ramudu “Ramu” Kummari, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, 2006-2010)

Karan Jha, M.S. (2023)

Jiren Liu, M.S. (2023)

Josue Santana, M.S. (2019)

Melanie F. Roberts, M.S. (2018)

Yu-Chern “Chad” Wong, M.S. (2018)

Remy Walk, M.S. (2017)

Katherine Ehlert, M.S. (2013)

Undergraduate alumni who have pursued academics

Jacob Nixon (2020-2022)

Meghana Machireddy (2017-2019)

Laura Vasquez-Bolanos (2016-2019)

Sebastian Roubert (2016-2018)

Lucy M. Wang (2015-2017)

Thu Nguyen (2012-2015)

Amanda R. Bouman (2011-2015)

Ryan E. Tomlinson (2006-2008)

Kyle E. Niemeyer (2007)