The Shea Lab for Cellular and Tissue Engineering

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Abigail Bellis
Second-Year PhD Student I ChemBE

BS: Virginia Tech

Research Interests:
Substrate Mediated Gene Delivery

E-mail: a-bellis@northwestern.edu

Kanika Bhatia
Second-Year Masters Student I MBP

BS:

Research Interests:

E-mail: k-bhatia@northwestern.edu

Laura De Laporte
Third-year PhD Candidate | ChemBE

BS, MS: University of Ghent

Research Interests:
Release kinetics from polymer scaffolds
to improve nerve regeneration

E-mail: l-delaporte@northwestern.edu

Leocadia Mosquea
First-Year Masters Student | MBP

BS: Penn State University

Research Interests:
In vitro ovarian follicle maturation

E-mail: l-mosquea@northwestern.edu

Elizabeth Parrish
Second-Year PhD Student | ChemBE

BS: North Carolina State Univeristy

Research Interests:
Chemical and Mechanical Signaling in
Ovarian Follicle Development

E-mail: e-parrish@northwestern.edu

Tiffany Houchin Ray
Fourth-year PhD Candidate | ChemBE

BS, MS: University of Louisville

Research Interests:
Substrate Mediated Gene Deilvery

E-mail: t-houchin@northwestern.edu

Jennifer Cruz Rea
Fourth-year PhD Candidate | ChemBE

BS: University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests:
Development of novel, cationic protein
polymers as efficient vehicles for gene
delivery

E-mail: jennifer@northwestern.edu

Chris Rives
Fifth-Year PhD Candidate | ChemBE

BS: Tulane University

Research Interests:
Gene Delivery from Polymeric Scaffolds

E-mail: c-rives@northwestern.edu

David Salvay
Third-year PhD Candidate |
ChemBE-MSTP

BS: Washington University

Research Interests:
Tissue Engineering

E-mail: d-salvay@md.northwestern.edu

Jackie Shepard
First-year PhD Candidate | ChemBE

BS: University of South Florida

Research Interests:

E-mail: j-shepard@northwestern.edu

Hannah Tuinstra
First-year PhD Candidate | ChemBE

BS:

Research Intersts:

E-mail:

Michael Weiss
Second-year PhD Student | ChemBE

BS: Vanderbilt University

Research Interests:
In Vitro Mammary Epithelial Cell Development

E-mail:michael-weiss@northwestern.edu

Erin West
Fourth-year PhD Candidate | ChemBE

BS, MS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Interests:
In vitro Follicle Maturation

E-mail: erwest@northwestern.edu

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Dr. Marina Zelivyanskaya

DVM: Moscow Veterinarian Academy

Research Interests:
Spinal Cord Injury

E-mail: m-zelivya@northwestern.edu

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Andy Adler
Alyssa Huang
Vivian Leung
Rachel Loh
Anna Yan

SHEA LAB ALLUMNI

Postdoctoral Associate -- Current Affiliation

Dr. Brian Anderson -- Abbot Laboratories
Dr. Julie Wieland

Graduate Student -- Current Affiliation

Dr. Tatiana Segura -- University of California, Los Angeles
Moriah Nof -- Eli Lilly and Corporation
Dr. Kevin Whittlesey -- NAS
Dr. Pam Kreeger - MIT
Dr. Jae-Hyung Jang - University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Courtney Berkholtz
Dr. Zain Bengali - NIH
Dr. Angela Pannier - University of Nebraska
Dr. Yang Yang

Masters Students

Laura Swift -- Merck

Undergraduate Students

Jason Deck
Bonnie Lai
Amy Lewis
Antonia McKinney
Matt Rafferty
Hammad Saudye
Stephen Sung
Shimon Unterman
Matt Volk

Research Technician
Nisha Fernandes
Mark Rovedo