Principal Investigator

Jason Gleghorn, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Delaware

Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

Awards & Honors
2015 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2016 March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Award
2017 BMES Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering Rising Star Award
2018 Biomedical Engineering Bernard Canavan Early Career Faculty Research Award
2018 Young Innovator Award in Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering
2019 UD Francis Alison Society Gerard J. Mangone Young Scholar Award
2020 NSF CAREER Award

Affiliations
University of Delaware -
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Biological Sciences
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program
Predoctoral Training Program in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Data Science

Staff

Ph.D. University of Delaware, Gleghorn Lab
B.S. University of Wyoming (Molecular Biology and ChemE),
Oakey Lab - Wyoming
Honors
  • Chemistry & Biology Interface 
 Fellow
  • 2021 NIH F31 Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Katie Nelson, PhD
Associate Scientist

Ph.D. University of Delaware, Gleghorn Lab

B.S. Rutgers University (BME)

Moghe Lab - Rutgers

Honors

  • InDE Fellow 23-24

  • 2018 Gore Fellow

Michael Donzanti, PhD
IEDH Postdoc Fellow

PhD Team

M.S. Iran University of Medical Sciences and Technology (Medical biotechnology)

B.S. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Anesthesia nursing)

Bahar Bahramimeimandi (BME)

Margaux Deputy 
(BME)

B.S. University of Delaware (BME) Gleghorn Lab

Luisa Fink
(BME)

B.S. University of Applied Sciences, Munich, DE (Bioengineering)

  • 2021 BME Chair's Fellowship

Cailin Gonyea 
(BME)

B.S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (BME)

Pins Lab - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • 2020 BME Chair's Fellowship

Bryan Ferrick 
(BME)

M.S. Drexel University (BME)

B.S. Drexel University (BME)

Logan Hallee
(Data Science)

B.S. Quantitative Biology
Lam Lab - University of Delaware

  • 2022-27 UNIDEL Distinguished Graduate Scholars Award

Madeline Kibler 
(BME)

B.S. University of Virginia (BME)
Microvascular Engineering Lab - Univ Virginia

Hassan Karimi (BME)

B.S. Isfahan University of Technology (Materials Science) M.S. University of Tehran (BME)

Zhimo (Bill) Li
(BME)

B.S. Ohio State University (BME)
M.S. University of Rochester (BME) DeLouise Lab - Univ Rochester

Omkar Mhatre (BME)

B.S. Institute of Chemical Technology (Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology) M.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology (BME)

Niko Rafailidis
(Data Science)

B.S. University of Delaware (Biological Sciences)
Gleghorn Lab

  • Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Biomedical Data Science Fellow

Filipa Ribeiro 
(BME)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Shriya Bagdi (Neuroscience, 2025)

Natalie Barcia (BME, 2027)

Emily Buckley (Biology, 2027)

Ryann Chatfield (BME, 2026)

Agnes Cruz (Biology, 2027)

Lydia Cybyk (BME, 2026)

Harsh Desai (BME, 2028)

Isabella Doncel (BME, 2028)

Colin Horger (BME, 2026)

Tom Le (BME, 2026)

Aaron Maniyatte (BME, 2027)

Victoria McKeown (BME, 2026)

Dylan Ngo (Kinesiology, 2026)

Tamar Peleg (Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 2027)

Emilee Rau (Biology/Neuroscience, 2027)

Katie Zucaro (BME, 2025)

B.S. University of Oklahoma (BME)
Acar Lab

  • BME Chair's Fellowship (2022)

CHIEF LAB MORALE OFFICERS

Oliver Gleghorn
B.S. (Beggar of Snacks) University of Melbourne

Sydney Gleghorn
B.S. (Best Snuggles) University of Sydney

LAB ALUMNI

Yuanjun (Steve) Shen (Post Doc. 2024; Binghamton University School of Pharmacy, Assistant Professor)

Yasmin Moghadamnia (Ph.D. 2024)

Mike Donzanti (Ph.D. 2024; University of Delaware, Post Doc.)

Ashika Singh (M.S. 2024; University of Delaware, PhD)

Krithika Umesh (M.S. 2023)

Allyson Dang (Ph.D. 2023)

Ali Bozorgnezhad (Ph.D. 2023; FDA, ORISE Fellow)

Brielle Hayward-Piatkovskyi (Ph.D. 2023; Johns Hopkins Medical School, Post Doc.)

N’Dea Irvin-Choy (Ph.D. 2023)

Katie Nelson (Ph.D. 2023; University of Delaware, Research Scientist)

Hannah Locke (Post Doc. 2023; La Salle University, Biology, Assistant Professor)

Brea Chernokal (M.S. 2023; Weill Cornell Medicine, MD/PHD)

Catherine Millar-Haskell (Ph.D. 2022; EXOKERYX)

Dan Minahan (M.S. 2022; Drummond Scientific)

Rachel Gilbert (Ph.D. 2022; Mayo Clinic, F32 Post Doc. Fellow)

Saurabh Modi (Ph.D. 2021, Amgen)

Nick Trompeter (Ph.D. 2021; 10x Genomics)

Jasmine Shirazi (Ph.D 2021; HHMI/UT Southwestern, Post Doc.)

Laurel Schappell (M.S. 2021; Renaissance School of Medicine, MD/PhD)

Christine Hillman (M.S. 2020; PPD)

Andrew Brown (M.S. 2020; QPS Holdings)

Rahul Chib (Post Doc. 2019; Horiba Scientific)

Wade Stewart (M.S. 2018)

Rob McKee (Post Doc. 2018; UC Riverside, Bioengineering, Teaching Faculty)

Josh Morgan (Post Doc. 2017; UC Riverside, Bioengineering, Assistant Professor)