Current Members

Faculty

Joel  Collier

Joel Collier

Theodore Kennedy Professor of Biomedical Engineering

joel.collier@duke.edu

Research Interests: The design of biomaterials for a range of biomedical applications, with a focus on understanding and controlling adaptive immune responses.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Elizabeth  Curvino

Elizabeth Curvino

BME Postdoc

Elizabeth.Curvino@duke.edu

Research Interests: Designing nanofiber immunotherapies for inflammatory bowel disease Developing supramolecular platforms for oral delivery

PhD Students

Lauren  Babb

Lauren Babb

BME Doctoral Student

lauren.babb@duke.edu

Research Interests: Research Interests: Designing active immunotherapies for the prevention of infectious diseases. Engineering peptide nanofiber platforms for oral delivery.

Pablo  Cordero-Alvarado

Pablo Cordero-Alvarado

BME Doctoral Candidate

p.cordero@duke.edu

Research Interests: Understand the design rules of biomaterials to elicit immune responses that can control and improve wound healing in animal models that mimic biological processes in humans.

Benjamin   Cossette

Benjamin Cossette

BME Doctoral Candidate

benjamin.cossette@duke.edu

Research Interests: Engineering self-assembling peptide vaccines for the treatment of allergy and autoimmune diseases

Helena  Freire Haddad

Helena Freire Haddad

BME Doctoral Candidate

helena.freire.haddad@duke.edu

Research Interests: Engineering mucus-penetrating materials for mucosal vaccine delivery Active immunotherapies to mitigate inflammatory diseases

Maria  Kulapurathazhe

Maria Kulapurathazhe

BME Doctoral Candidate

mjk84@duke.edu

Research Interests: Drug delivery, peptide platform development, aging and inflammation

Kat  Lazar

Kat Lazar

BME Doctoral Student

kat.lazar@duke.edu

Research Interests: Peptide synthesis and glatiramoids

Deleah  Pettie

Deleah Pettie

BME Doctoral Student

deleah.pettie@duke.edu

Research Interests:

Alistaire   Rauch

Alistaire Rauch

BME Doctoral Student

alistaire.rauch@duke.edu

Research Interests: Designing active immunotherapies for Alzheimer's Disease

Emily  Roe

Emily Roe

BME Doctoral Candidate

emily.roe@duke.edu

Research Interests: Sublingual delivery of peptide nanofibers to prevent sexually transmitted infections Conjugation of proteins to self-assembling peptide nanofibers

Shamitha  Shetty

Shamitha Shetty

BME Doctoral Candidate

shamitha.shetty@duke.edu

Research Interests: Engineering active immunotherapies for anti-inflammatory applications. Leveraging material platforms to enhance wound healing.

Masters Students

Peiying  Liu

Peiying Liu

Research Interests: Characterizing peptide for autoimmune disease and reduce inflammation

Undergraduates

Christopher  Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

BME Undergraduate Student

christopher.lloyd@duke.edu

Research Interests: Designing hydrogel and self-assembling nanofiber scaffolds to modulate adaptive immune responses to wounds

Mia  Woodruff

Mia Woodruff

Undergraduate Student

mia.woodruff@duke.edu

Research Interests: Engineering supramolecular peptide platforms for oral delivery and immune modulation within the gut.

Therapeutic Pet-tides

Zuzu  Collier

Zuzu Collier

Research Interests: Currently studying leporine psychology, secretly wishing it was leporine gastronomy. 

Theo  Cordero

Theo Cordero

Research Interests: Theo's interests range from finding hidden toys to following trails of little treats. In his free time, he enjoys going to dog parks and making new friends. 

Appa  Freire

Appa Freire

Research Interests: Propagating sound waves in nocturnal conditions

Benny   Roe

Benny Roe

Research Interests: Bennys interests include studying the behavioral patterns of the eastern gray squirrel and the optimal disassembly of stuffed animals. In his free time he enjoys napping and hiking with his mom.