Schmidt Lab Alumni LinkedIn Group
Postdocs, Research Associates, and Visiting Scientists

Current: Novel Farms (Berkeley, CA)

Current: Precision for Medicine (Houston, TX)

Current: Charleston County School District in South Carolina

Current: Charleston County School District in South Carolina

Current: Assist. Professor, BME, U. Arkansas


Current: Cuenta oficial del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (CSIC)

Current: Assoc. Professor, Arizona State University

Current: Instructor/Research Faculty, U. Washington

Current: Lecturer/Assist. Professor, Lancaster University (UK)


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)

Dr. Eduardo (Lalo) Pena
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2008-2009
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Texas at Austin, 2008-2009

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)

Dr. Rebecca Sheller
Visiting Professor
University of Texas at Austin, 2001-2002
Visiting Professor
University of Texas at Austin, 2001-2002
Ph.D. Graduates

Current: STEM Outreach Director, University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Current: Food and Drug Administration, FDA (Washington DC)

Current: National Institutes of Health, NCI (Bethesda, MD)

Current: Integra LifeSciences (Scotch Plains, NJ)

Current: Assist. Professor, BME, U. Massachusetts, Amherst

Current: Straumann Group (Basel, Switzerland)

Current: ION Biosciences (San Marcos, TX)

Current: Owens Corning (Columbus, Ohio)

Current: Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Co-Founder, Alafair Biosciences (Austin, TX)

Current: Nova Nordisk (Seattle, WA)

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

Current: Assist. Research Professor, Vanderbilt

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
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Current: Becton Dickinson (Franklin Lakes, NJ)

Current: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Current: Assoc. Professor, Gwangju Inst. of Science and Tech. (GIST; South Korea)

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

Current: Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati

Nathalie Guimard
Chemistry
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Chemistry
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Current: Smith and Nephew (Zurich, Switzerland)

Scott Zawko
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Current: Kymanox (Durham, NC)

Curt Deister
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Current: Axogen (Tampa, FL)

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
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Current: Pearl Hospitality (Houston, TX)

Current: Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University

Current: Associate Professor, Univ. of Maryland – Baltimore County

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 Oehrtman
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Current: Business Entrepreneur (Chandler, AZ)

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


Jonathan Griffin
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018

Syed-Mustafa Jamal
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2018

Brittany Russ
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2016
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida, 2016

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
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2014
Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida at Gainesville, 2014

Francisco (Kiko) Serna
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2007
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2007

Abdel Abdel-Barr
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2005

Mike Hixson
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 2001

John Carnagey
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999

Aruna Kotwal
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999

Prachi Dixit
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1999

Julie Fischbeck
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Current: Theodore Kennedy Professor of
Biomedical Engineering, Duke University