Christopher Hernandez

Christopher J. Hernandez, Ph.D.

Professor

Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF

Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley

Kelsey DeFrates

Kelsey DeFrates, PhD.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Engineered Living Materials

Samuel Stephen

Samuel Stephen, PhD.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Microbiome and Bone

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Tao (Leo) Lou, PhD.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Engineered Living Materials

Mahima Choudhury

Mahima Choudhury, PhD.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Microbiome and Osteoarthritis

Erica Maissy

Erica Maissy, PhD.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Microbiome and Osteoarthritis

Natasha Hunt

Natasha Hunt, M.S.

Ph.D. Student

Bioengineering

Microbiome and Musculoskeletal Disease

Gissell Jimenez

Gissell Jimenez, B.S.

Ph.D. Student

Bioengineering

Engineered Living Materials

Hannah Herzog

Hannah Herzog, B.S.

D.D.S./Ph.D. Student

OCS

Microbiome and Bone

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Micah Suan, B.S.

Asst. Specialist


Microbiome and Bone

Lab Alumni

Postdocs

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

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

Erika Cyphert, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2021-2024)

Eva González Díaz (Postdoc 2023-2025)

Graduate Students

Chongshan (Cleo) Liu, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, 2020-2025)

Junsung (John) Lee, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, 2019-2024)

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)