Principal Investigator
John C. Bischof
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Carl and Janet Kuhrmeyer Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Institute of Engineering in Medicine
Phone: (612) 625-5513
Researchers and Postdoc
Graduate Students
Lab Assistants
Alumni
PhD Students
Li Zhan, 2021
Postdoctoral Assistant, MGH
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/li-zhan-51883ab4
Yiru Wang, 2019
R&D Engineer
Baxter International Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yiru-wang-26278970
Harishankar Natesan, 2019
Sr. Mechanical Engineer- R&D
BTG PLC
www.linkedin.com/pub/harishankar-natesan/38/b5a/912/
Michael Etheridge, 2014
Medical R&D Engineer/Project Engineer
Medtronic
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-etheridge-8411671a/
Chunlan Jiang, 2014
Principal Scientist
St. Jude Medical
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chunlan-jiang-4157227b/
Zhenpeng Qin, 2014
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas
http://me.utdallas.edu/people/Qin.html
Saravana Kumar Balasubramanian, 2011
Senior Director, R&D/Operations, MN
Conventus Orthopaedics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saravana-kumar-96586827/
Neha Shah, 2011
Research Scientist: Genzyme Providence, RI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahnb
Silvia (Jing) Jiang, 2010
Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Edwards LifeSciences
Hossam El-Khalil, 2010
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Ramji Venkatasubramanian, 2008
Caisson Interventional
(Startup)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramji-venkatasubramanian-a91a1b5/
Jeunghwan Choi, 2008
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering
East Carolina University
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cet/engineering/JohnChoi.cfm
Raghav Goel, 2008
Research Scientist
Boston Scientific, Twin Cities
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghav-g-7401285/
Venkat Kalambur, 2007
Research Scientist
Siemens India
https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkat-kalambur-b586645/
Xiaoming He, 2004
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Ohio State University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiaoming-he-6704833/
Nathan Hoffman, MD/PhD, 2001
Pursuing career in clinical Urology
Sankha Bhowmick, 2000
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
U Mass, Dartmouth
http://www.umassd.edu/engineering/mne/people/facultyandstaff/sankhabhowmick/
Ramachandra Devireddy, 1999
Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Louisiana State University
http://www.lsu.edu/eng/mie/people/faculty/devireddy.php
David Smith, 1999
Research Scientist
Boston Scientific, Twin Cities
PostDoc Students
Zhe Gao (2021)
Boston Scientific
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhe-gao-402b3856/
Anirudh Sharma (2021)
John Hopkins University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudhsharma01/
Navid Manuchehrabadi (2017)
Research Engineer
Angiodynamics, Boston, MA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/navid-manuchehrabadi-30183161/
Zhenpeng Qin (2014)
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas
Jeunghwan Choi (2014)
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering
East Carolina University
Willem Wolkers (2010)
Associate Professor, Excellence Cluster, "Rebirth" Professorship for Biomedical Process Technology
University of Hannover - Institute for Multiphase Processes, Germany
Rachana Visaria, (2008)
Scientific Reviewer, FDA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachana-visaria-a8987b3/
Erin Grassl, (2004)
Research Scientist
Medtronic, Twin Cities
Bumsoo Han, (2004)
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Franz Schmidlin, MD, (2001)
Head of Urology
Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva
Graduate Students
Feng Liu, (2018)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fengliu707/
Shaunak Phatak, (2017)
Cummins, Columbus, IN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunakphatak/
Joel Scheumann, (2017)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-scheumann-2928a973/
Connie Chung, (2015)
Process Engineer at Samtec Inc., Colorado
Visiting Scholars/Students
Marie Christina Keller
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-christina-keller/
Yi Xu, PhD (2013)
Asscociate Professor
School of Medical Instrument & Food Engineering
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
Shoji Mori, PhD (2009-2011)
Associate Professor
Division of Chemical Engineering Science
Yokohama National University, Japan
Stephanie Passot (2009 Summer)
Associate Professor
INRA
Grignon, France
Xiaocong He (2015-2016)
Institute: Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Yatao Ren (2015-2016)
Institute: Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Undergraduate Students
(*indicates authorship on lab paper)
Kealy Ham (1994) *Linda Pham (1995) Margo Maddux (1995) *John Pederson (1996) Matt Schmid (1996) *Sean Josephson (1996-1997) Matt Toyli (1997) *Wahlid Fahssi (1997- 1999) Joan Simon (1997) *Chris Huot (1998 - 2000) Jon Safranski (1997) Raj Kotak (2000) *Todd Olin (2000-2001) Maame Smith (2001-2002) Adam Grovender (2001 - 2002) Michael Lindow (2001 - 2002) Jim Zimmerman (2001 - 2003) Dominique Seetapun (2001-2002) Will Drasler Jr. (2003-summer) William Stahle (2003-summer) Matthew Egberg (2003 fall-2004) Chris Fuchs (2003 -2005) *Mie Hagiwara (2004 fall – 2005) Zach Tegels (2004 fall – 2005) *Helena Zec (2005 summer) *Arjun Mejon (2004 - 2006) *Emily Ongstad (summer 2006) Dewi Harjanto (summer 2006) *Kristen Bartlet (2006 Fall) *Matthew Geeslin (2005 summer) Al Majkrzak (2006 - 2007) Michael (Mike) Morrissey (2007) Anne Marie Norman (2007 Summer) Patrick Mathiesen (2007 – 2008) Yi Nuygen (2008) Brian Yoon (2008) Zarek Schultz (2008) Sarah Jabari (2009) John Buchenberger (2009- 2010) Jay Thunstrom (2011) Stephanie Zastrow (2011) Yiqun Wang (2011) Michelle Ip (2014) Christine Ellis (2014) Yuchen Yang (2014) John Van Drasik Greg Y. Huan Fred Mottey Kai Wang (2015) Erin Louwagie (2016-2018) Maria Puff (2018) Leah Gudex (2018) Erin Louwagie (2017-2018)
High School Students
Aiden Carley-Clopton (2020)
Aditya Bhati (2020)
Kinnon Nolan Finkel (summer 2010)
Christine Ellis (2014)
Cathylin Wang (2015)