Principal Investigator
Julea Vlassakis, Ph.D. (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research & Burroughs Wellcome Fund CASI Investigator
Training and Education:
Postdoctoral Scholar, Herr Lab, University of California, Berkeley (2018-2021)
Ph.D. in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley (2012-2018)
B.A. in Chemistry and Physics, Smith College (2012)
Research Staff
Tanushree Dutta, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Ph.D. in Environmental Soil Science (2011), Pennsylvania State University
Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
Jocelyn (Jocie) Baker
BIOE Ph.D. student, NIH T32 Cancer Nanotech Fellow,
B.S. in Bioengineering & Minor in German (2020), University of Pittsburgh
Viraj Ghosh
BIOE Ph.D. student,
Rice Center for Teaching Excellence Fellow,
B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2021)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Edgar Ruiz Bello
ChBE Ph.D. student,
ChBE Kobayashi Fellow,
B.S. in Sustainable Chemical Engineering (2018), Universidad de Guanajuato
Wesley Leung, M.S.
Applied Physics Ph.D. student M.S. in Applied Physics (2024, Rice University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Physics (2018), Pennsylvania State University
Wenchang Zhou, M.S.
BIOE Ph.D. student
M.S. in Applied Bioengineering (2022), Rice University
Carla Canales
MBE student
B.S. in Biomedical Sciences & Minor in Biomedical Engineering (2022), University of Texas at El Paso
Neica Joseph
BIOE Ph.D. student, NSF Fellow
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering & Minor in Cultural Anthropology (2023), Duke University
Alison Lao
BIOE Ph.D. student
B.S. in Nanoengineering (2023), UC San Diego
Jarrett Fowler
BIOE Ph.D. student (co-advised with Dr. Grande-Allen)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering (2024), Texas A&M
Lanie McLeod
Applied Physics Ph.D. Student (co-advised with Dr. Tringides) B.S. in Biochemistry (2024),Tulane University
Undergraduates
Amelia Tsai
Rice University
Expected graduation: 2025
Mel Zhou
Rice University
Major: Bioengineering
Expected graduation: 2025
Lab Alumni
- Naomi Sahle 2023-2023 Rice University Undergraduate Researcher. Now: Starting Masters in Public Health at Columbia University in Fall 2024.