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: Microneedle chitosan 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
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