People

Jorge Almodovar

Associate Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Prior Experience
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Ralph E. Martin Professorship in Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas
Assistant Professor, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Whitaker Post-Doctoral Fellow, Grenoble Institute of Technology

Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University
BS in Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
Email: almodova@umbc.edu | Google Scholar

 

 

Luis C. Pinzon Herrera

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Education

BS in Chemistry, “Universidad del Atlántico”, Barranquilla, Colombia
PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas
Project: Regeneration of Damaged Neural Tissue Using a Collagen Scaffold Containing Neurotrophins
Email: lcpinzon@umbc.edu | Google Scholar

 

 

Justin Putman

PhD student at University of Arkansas, Biomedical Engineering

Education

BS in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron

Project: Confirming the Extent and Mechanisms of the Immunosuppressive Enhancement of hMSCs Initiated by COL/HEP Layer by Layer Coatings

 

Katherine Miranda Muñoz

PhD Student at University of Arkansas, Biomedical Engineering

Education

BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas

MS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas

Project:  Polymeric microneedle patch for drug delivery

 

Roaa Faik Hadi Al Zeyadi

PhD Student at University of Arkansas, Cell and Molecular Biology

Education

M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Troy University, Alabama, USA

Project: Biomimetic Surfaces for Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Manufacturing

 

Melanie Nelson

MS Student at University of Maryland Baltimore County, Biology

Education

 

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Ariel Wilson-Gray

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Track, UMBC, Class 2026

Email: arielw3@umbc.edu

 

Sreeyasha Thapa

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Education

BS in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, UMBC, Class 2025

 

Yamelak Andargie

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering, UMBC, Class 2027

 

Sydney Hofstetter

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Track UMBC, Class 2027

Email: s312@umbc.edu

 

Tyler Moody

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Track UMBC, Class 2026