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C.10.Former PhD Students with graduation dates.

1. 
   Kristina Lamers, ME PhD September 2008, Design Methodologies for MEMS - co-advisor Kos Ishii. Currently at Akustica-Bosch, Inc.
   
2. 
   Alvin Barlian, ME PhD March 2009, Microfabricated piezoresistive shear stress sensors for underwater applications. Currently at Apple, Inc.
   
3. 
   Sung-Jin Park, ME PhD June 2009, Development of Piezoresistive MicroCantilever Based Force Feedback System for Analysis of Mechanosensation in C. elegans. Currently postdoc in Biophysics at Harvard with Professor Kit Parker.
   
4. 
   Vikram Mukandan, ME PhD August 2009, Electrostatic Actuators in Ionic Media for Applications in Cell Mechanics. Currently at FormFactor, Inc.
   
5. 
   Nahid Harjee, EE PhD August 2011, Coaxial-tip Piezoresistive Cantilever Probes for High-Resolution Scanning Gate Microscopy. Currently at Apple, Inc.
   
6. 
   Joseph Doll, ME PhD June 2012, MEMS Force Probes for Mechanobiology at the Microsecond Scale. Currently at Apple, Inc.
   
7. 
   Bryan Petzold, ME PhD January 2013, The Role of Body Mechanics in Touch Sensation in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Currently at McKinsey & Co.
   
8. 
   Rebecca Taylor, ME PhD April 2013, Microfabricated Tools for Functional Assessment of Immature Cardiomyocytes. Currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
   
9. 
   Chelsey Simmons, ME PhD June 2013, Microsystems and mechanical characterization of myocyte connections. Currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida.
   
10. 
    Gadryn Higgs, ME PhD August 2013, Microsystems for Studying Single Heart Cell Mechanobiology. Currently an engineer at CAN Mobilities, Inc.
    
11. 
    Ali Rastegar, ME post-quals, Nanomechanical actuation using molecular forces of amino azo dye, March 2014. Self-employed consultant.
    
12. 
    Joo Yong Sim, ME PhD January 2015, Microsystems to Study the Mechanobiology of Cell Adhesion. Currently a postdoc at South Korea National Lab
    
13. 
    Clifton Roozeboom, ME PhD September 2015, Multifunctional Integrated Sensors for Wireless Sensor Network Applications. Founder and CEO of Myriad Sensor, Inc.
    
14. 
    Ehsan Sadeghipour, ME PhD March 2015, A MEMS Actuator and Sensor for the Study of Cell Mechanics and Adhesion. Currently continuing as a post-doc to finish a manuscript.
    
15. 
    Eileen Mazzochette, EE PhD June 2016, An Integrated and Automated System for Assaying Touch Sensation in Freely Moving C. elegans. Currently at Apple, Inc.
    

C.11.Current PhD Students Advised with expected graduation year

1. 
   Alex Haemmerli, ME post-quals, Next generation electrical piezoresistive probes for scanning microscopy (on family leave, expected completion in 2017)
   
2. 
   Aleksandra (Sasha) Denisin, BioE post-quals, Mechanobiology of excitation contraction coupling in cardiomyocytes, (2018)
   
3. 
   Robin Wilson, ME post-quals, Mechanobiology of matured heart cell models, (2019)
   
4. 
   Adam Nekemkin, ME post-quals, Understanding the sense of touch, (2019)
   
5. 
   Ohi Dibua, ME post-quals, Modeling MEMS electrostatic actuators in ionic solutions, (2019), Co-mentored with Gianlucca Iaccorino and Ali Mani
   
6. 
   Joy Franco, ME post-quals, High speed force probes and the mechanobiology of hearing (2020)
   
7. 
   Erica Castillo, ME post-quals, Synthetic ECM for biomanufacture of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes models, (2020) co-advised with Sarah Heilshorn
   

C.12.Former Postdoctoral Trainees

1. 
   Dr. James Norman, February 2007 - January 2009. Contractility studies in healthy and hypertrophic murine models, co-mentor Dr. Dan Bernstein, Pediatric Cardiologist. Currently at Warner Babcock Institute
   
2. 
   Dr. Keekyoung Kim, January 2009 - July 2010, Microplatforms for contractility studies, atomic force microscopy, and image processing to study healthy and hypertrophic murine models, co-mentor Dr. Dan Bernstein, Pediatric Cardiologist. Currently faculty at UBC Okanagan
   
3. 
   Dr. Ginel Hill, February 2009 - Dec. 2010, Cantilever design for magnetic resonance force microscopy, co-mentor Dr. Dan Rugar at IBM Almaden. Currently at SiTime, Inc.
   
4. 
   Dr. Sung-Jin Park, July 2009 - Dec. 2010, Force clamp systems for analysis of mechanosensation in C. elegans. Currently postdoc at Harvard-MIT HST.
   
5. 
   Dr. Yingning Gao, August 2010 – July 2011. Azobenzene chemical functionalization for chemical sensors. Currently postdoc at UC Riverside.
   
6. 
   Dr. Cindy Chung, October 2009 – August 2012. 3D cell culture scaffolds with mechanical stimulation. Co-mentor Dr. Sarah Heilshorn in Materials Science and Engineering. Currently at Theranos, Inc.
   
7. 
   Dr. Nicolas Borghi, 2007- August 2012. Mechanobiology of cell adhesion. Co-mentor Dr. W. James Nelson in Biology. Currently a CNRS group head at Institut Jacques Monod in Paris, France.
   
8. 
   Dr. Wendy Altman, June 2012 - June 2014. The role of mechanical environments in cardiomyocyte development and force transduction. Currently on a maternity break.
   
9. 
   Dr. Jens Moeller, February 2013 – March 2015. Mechanobiology of cell-cell contacts. Currently group head at ETH Zurich.
   
10. 
    Dr. Tom Larsen, March 2013- June 2015. High-speed sensors and actuators for hair cell mechanotransduction. Currently Postdoc at EPFL Microtechnology group.
    
11. 
    Dr. Frederic Loizeau, May 2014 – December 2015. Understanding the sense of touch. Currently at Sensirion, Inc.
    

C.13.Current Postdoctoral Trainees

1. 
   Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Gross, March 2015 – present. Nanomaterials and Functionalization for Chemical Sensors. France-German DSG Fellowship.
   
2. 
   Dr. Mahdokht Masaeli, October 2015 – present, Sorting hiPSC-CM for size correlations with phenotype and genotype, jointly mentored with Euan Ashley
   
3. 
   Dr. Leeya Engel, November 2016 – present, Reorganization of cytoskeleton and mechanical signaling at cell-cell adhesions under shear, jointly mentored with Bill Weis.
   
4. 
   Dr. Ehsan Sadeghipour, November 2016 – present, Cell-cell adhesion and mechanosignaling in shear loading.
   
5. 
   Dr. Gaspard Pardon, September 2016 – present, High throughput platforms for correlated functional and genomic analysis of hiPSC-CMs
   
6. 
   Dr. Alison Schroer, January 2017 – present, The role of myosin mutations in cell level contractility and sarcomerogensis, co-mentored with Jim Spudich