Meet the Team

  • Heejin Jun

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    M.S. and PhD, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
    B.S., Pukyong National University
    Immune Tolerance for Cardiovascular Diseases

  • Emily Jacobs

    Bioengineering PhD Student & NSF Fellow
    M.S., University of Pennsylvania
    B.S., University of Chicago
    Immunocytokine Therapies for Heart Failure

  • Hilda Jafarah

    Bioengineering PhD Student & PhRMA Fellow
    M.S., University of Pennsylvania
    B.S.E, University of Pittsburgh
    Engineering Cytokine Traps for Arrhythmia

  • Ellie Feng

    Bioengineering PhD Student & NSF Fellow
    B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Reversing Fibrosis with Multimodal Immunotherapies

  • Emily Lin

    Bioengineering PhD Student & NSF Fellow
    B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
    Technologies for Probing Cellular Dynamics

  • John Kim

    Research Technician
    B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania

  • Vinh Dang

    Research Fellow
    B.S., Stockton University
    M.D., Jefferson University (expected)
    Decoding Autoimmunity in Heart Failure

  • Sara Hunihan

    Bioengineering PhD Student & NSF Fellow
    B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Felicity Li

    Bioengineering PhD Student & NSF Fellow
    B.S., Johns Hopkins University
    co-advised by Prof. Yihui Shen

  • Lindsay Gallagher

    Bioengineering PhD Student & NSF Fellow
    B.S., University of Delaware

  • Kylie Gregory

    Bioengineering Masters Student
    B.S.E., Duke University

  • Julia Fischer

    Visiting Student, DAAD BMEP Fellow
    M.D./PhD, University of Heidelberg (expected)

  • Hailey Van

    Bioengineering Undergraduate Student & PURM Fellow & Blair Fellow

  • Jesse Pace

    Visiting Research Fellow
    M.D./PhD, University of Pennsylvania
    B.S., Stony Brook University

Our Alumni

  • Lisa Sun, Undergraduate PURM Fellow, Bioengineering (05/2024 - 12/2024). Current Position: Undergraduate at Penn

  • Ricardo Whitaker, Postdoctoral Fellow (05/2024 - 12/2024). Current Position: J&J in Brazil

  • Alex Schnurman, Undergraduate Blair Fellow (05/2025 - 07/2025). Current Position: Undergraduate at Penn

  • Katherine Pappas, Undergraduate SUIP Fellow (05/2025 - 08/2025). Current Position: Undergraduate at Lafayette College

  • Ben Nachod, Undergraduate Fellow (05/2025 - 06/2026). Current Position: Post-Bacc Program at NIIH

  • Jisoo Park, Postdoctoral Fellow (01/2025 - 06/2026). Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University