1 Graduate Students

Hamid Esmaeili

Ph.D. Student

Hamid obtained his B.Sc. in chemical engineering at Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran (2013), and worked for almost 4 years in industry. Before joining Nikkhah lab (Fall 2020), he was a PhD student at […]

Kalpana Ravi

Ph.D. Student

I obtained my B.Tech. in Biomedical Engineering from SRMIST, India.  Before joining Dr. Nikkhah’s lab, I worked as a research intern at Harvard Medical School, working on cancer biology and in-vitro modeling projects. I have […]

Lydia Sakala

Ph.D. Student

Lydia obtained her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from ASU before going to Northern Arizona University for her master’s degree in teaching science. She is currently working on her Ph.D in Biochemistry with both Dr. Nikkhah […]

Michelle Jang

M.S. Student

Michelle is part of the BME 4+1 program. During her undergrad year, she was working in Dr. Zhu’s lab at Mayo Clinic, focusing on cardiomyocyte stem cell research and developing therapeutic approaches for cardiac regeneration […]

Parisa Taklifi

Ph.D. Student

Parisa was part of a consecutive bachelor’s to PhD program in Biotechnology at the University of Tehran. The focus of her previous research was on bone tissue engineering and the development of 3D scaffolds from […]

Ritvik Srivant Satyanaranan

M.S. Student

Ritvik is a Biomedical Engineering master’s student at ASU, with a bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering from SASTRA Deemed University.  He is currently working in Dr. Nikkhah’s lab and is interested in microfluidics.

Shaun Wootten

Ph.D. Student

Shaun Wootten is an industry professional specializing in biotech and medtech development. He currently serves as Director of Innovation and Design for Aesthetics Biomedical, Inc. He previously has researched in the Center of Molecular Design […]

Shivani Mantri

M.S. Student

Shivani is pursuing a master’s in biomedical engineering and is currently working in Dr. Nikkhah’s lab. In Dr. Nikkhah’s lab, she will be contributing to the development of Glioblastoma on the chip to improve drug […]

2 Lab Engineer

Ronin Komarnisky

Lab engineer

Ronin obtained her BSE in Biomedical Engineering from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University in 2022. She graduated in May 2023 with a master’s in biomedical engineering through the 4+1 […]

3 Undergraduate Students

Ammaar Zindani

Undergraduate student

Ammaar is an undergraduate student majoring in Biological Sciences and also a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant at Banner Health. He previously has researched in the Biomimicry Center at Arizona State University under Dr. Sara El […]

Cristian Fernando Zamora

Undergraduate student

I am an undergraduate student enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering program at ASU. I have goals to pursue a career in Research and Development and to obtain a master’s degree through the 4+1 program at […]

Ethan Hurt

Undergraduate Student

Ethan is currently a sophomore at Barrett, the Honors College at ASU pursuing a B.S.E in biomedical engineering with an emphasis in biological devices.

Keagan Neff

Undergraduate Student - Freshman

I’m currently a student in the Barrett Honors College at ASU majoring in biochemistry with a focus on medicinal chemistry.