Schmidt Lab Alumni LinkedIn Group
Postdocs, Research Associates, and Visiting Scientists
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Current:Novel Farms (Berkeley, CA)
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Current:3D Systems (Houston, TX)
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Current: Charleston County School District in South Carolina
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Current: Assist. Professor, BME, U. Arkansas
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Current: Cuenta oficial del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (CSIC)
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Current: Assist. Professor, U. Nebraska
![Zin Khaing](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/files/2013/04/khaing_alum.jpg)
Current: Instructor/Research Faculty, U. Washington
![John Hardy](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/files/2013/04/hardy_th2.jpg)
Current: Lecturer/Assist. Professor, Lancaster University (UK)
![Hyma Durgam Hyma Durgam](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/durgam_th.jpg)
![Scott Zawko](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/zawko.jpg)
Dr. Scott Zawko
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2011-2012
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2011-2012
Current: Kymanox (Durham, NC)
![Eduardo (Lalo) Pena](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/Lalo2_small.jpg)
Dr. Eduardo (Lalo) Pena
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2008-2009
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2008-2009
![Joo-Woon Lee](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/lee_jw_th.jpg)
Dr. Joo-Woon Lee
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2006
Current: Professor, Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT)
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2006
Current: Professor, Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT)
![Rebecca Sheller](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/rebecca_th.jpg)
Dr. Rebecca Sheller
Visiting Professor
University of Texas at Austin, 2001-2002
Visiting Professor
University of Texas at Austin, 2001-2002
Ph.D. Graduates
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Current: Aqua Cultured Foods (Chicago, IL)
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Current: Food and Drug Administration, FDA (Washington DC)
![Michaela Mertz McCrary](https://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/files/2015/10/mertz_thm.jpg)
Current: National Institutes of Health, NCI (Bethesda, MD)
![Christopher Lacko](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/files/2019/01/12.png)
Current: Integra LifeSciences (Scotch Plains, NJ)
![Chase Cornelison](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/files/2015/08/cornelison.jpg)
Current: Assist. Professor, BME, U. Massachusetts, Amherst
![Sydney Geissler](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/files/2014/08/geissler-thm.jpg)
Current: Straumann Group (Basel, Switzerland)
![Derek Hernandez Derek Hernandez](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/files/2014/08/hernandez-thm.jpg)
Current: ION Biosciences (San Marcos, TX)
![Richelle Thomas Richelle Thomas](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/thomas_r1.jpg)
Current: Owens Corning (Columbus, Ohio)
![Sarah Mayes Sarah Mayes](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/mayes_th.jpg)
Current: Co-Founder, Alafair Biosciences (Austin, TX)
![Ryan Nagao Ryan Nagao](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/nagao_th.jpg)
Current: Nova Nordisk (Seattle, WA)
![Hieu Nguyen](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/hieu.jpg)
Hieu Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Current: Research Scientist, University of Texas at Austin
![Eric Spivey](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/spivey_th.jpg)
Current: Assist. Research Professor, Vanderbilt
![John Fonner](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/fonner_th2.jpg)
John Fonner
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Current: Texas Advanced Computing Center (Austin, TX)
![Leandro (Leo) Forciniti](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/forciniti_th2.jpg)
Leandro (Leo) Forciniti
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Current: Becton Dickinson (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
![Stephanie Seidlits](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/Steff_th.jpg)
Current: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
![Jae Lee](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/jaelee_th.jpg)
Current: Assoc. Professor, Gwangju Inst. of Science and Tech. (GIST; South Korea)
![Shalu Suri](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/Shalu_th.jpg)
Shalu Suri
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Current: Associate Director of the NSF Cell Manufacturing ERC, Georgia Institute of Technology
![Jon Nickels](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/Jon_Nickels_th.jpg)
Current: Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati
![Nathalie Guimard](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/guimard.jpg)
Nathalie Guimard
Chemistry
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Chemistry
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Current: Smith and Nephew (Zurich, Switzerland)
![Scott Zawko](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/zawko.jpg)
Scott Zawko
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Current: Kymanox (Durham, NC)
![Curt Deister](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/deister.jpg)
Curt Deister
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Current: Axogen (Tampa, FL)
![Natalia Gomez](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/gomez_n.jpg)
Natalia Gomez
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Current: Amgen (Thousand Oaks, CA)
![Archit Sanghvi](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/sanghvi.jpg)
Archit Sanghvi
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Current: Pearl Hospitality (Houston, TX)
![Jessica Winter](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/winter_j.jpg)
Current: Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University
![Jennie Leach](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/leach_jennie.jpg)
Current: Associate Professor, Univ. of Maryland – Baltimore County
![Terry Hudson](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/hudson.jpg)
Terry Hudson
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Current: Denali Therapeutics (Draper, UT)
![Beth Furnish Oerhtman](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/oehrtman_beth.jpg)
Beth Furnish Oehrtman
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Current: Business Entrepreneur (Chandler, AZ)
![Tyrell Rivers](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/rivers_t.jpg)
Tyrell Rivers
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Current: AstraZeneca (Gaithersburg, MD)
M.S. Graduates
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Jonathan Griffin
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
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Syed-Mustafa Jamal
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
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Brittany Russ
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2016
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2016
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Shangjing Xin
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2015
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2015
Current: Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University (China)
![Alex Hyyti](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2015/02/hyyti_thm.jpg)
Alex Hyyti
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2014
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2014
![Francisco (Kiko) Serna](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/serna.jpg)
Francisco (Kiko) Serna
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2007
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2007
![Abdel Abdel-Barr](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/abdel-barr.jpg)
Abdel Abdel-Barr
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
![Mike Hixson](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/hixson.jpg)
Mike Hixson
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
![John Carnagey](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/carnagey.jpg)
John Carnagey
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
![Aruna Kotwal](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/kotwal.jpg)
Aruna Kotwal
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
![Prachi Dixit](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/dixit.jpg)
Prachi Dixit
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
![Julie Fischbeck](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/fischbeck.jpg)
Julie Fischbeck
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1998
![Joel Collier](http://bme.ufl.edu/labs/schmidt/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/04/collier.jpg)
Current: Theodore Kennedy Professor of
Biomedical Engineering, Duke University