Current Student Chapters

Student Chapter Leaders: Help Us Stay Connected!
Please use this form to update your chapter’s leadership contact information, provide an up-to-date member list, share your planned activities and goals for the year, or request a review of any constitution or bylaws changes or amendments. Submissions will be reviewed by the Education and Professional Development Committee to ensure your chapter stays current and engaged.

 

Arizona State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Sarah Stabenfeldt, PhD - sarah.stabenfeldt@asu.edu
Advisor: Julianne Holloway, PhD - julianne.holloway@asu.edu
President: Tuhfah Abdallah - tmabdall@asu.edu
Vice President: Amber Mayers - anmayers@asu.edu
Treasurer: Shivani Hiremath - shirema4@asu.edu
Secretary: Ariana Belton - abelton2@asu.edu
Chapter Email: asusocietyforbiomaterials@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://students.engineering.asu.edu/clubs/sfb/

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Boston University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Joyce Wong, PhD - jywong@bu.edu
President: Surya Rubarajan - surya04@bu.edu
Vice President: Zhiwen Liu -  zliu23@bu.edu
Treasurer: Eitan Rapalino - ejrap@bu.edu
Secretary: Juliana Wardroup-Sanchez - jward12@bu.edu
Chapter Email: bostonuniversitysfb@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://blogs.bu.edu/busfb/

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Carnegie Mellon University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Chris Bettinger, PhD - cbetting@andrew.cmu.edu 
President: Jaci Bliley - blileyjm@gmail.com
Vice President: Neeha Dev Arun - narun@andrew.cmu.edu 
Secretary/Treasurer: Santiago Carrasquilla - scarrasq@andrew.cmu.edu
Chapter Email: cmubiomaterials@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://cmubiomaterials.wixsite.com/website
Twitter: @sfb_cmu

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Case Western Reserve University

Chapter Officers

Co-Advisor: Abhinav Acharya, PhD - axa1826@case.edu
Co-Advisor: Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD - axs262@case.edu
President: Taravat Khodaei, MSc - txk576@case.edu

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City College of New York

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Steven B. Nicoll, Ph.D. - snicoll@ccny.cuny.edu

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Clemson University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Delphine Dean, PhD - finou@clemson.edu
President (Undergraduate): Grayson Whitten - jgwhitt@clemson.edu
President (Graduate): Matthew Harrington, BS - mdh2@clemson.edu
Vice President: Anna Kaminski - askamin@clemson.edu
Treasurer: Joseph Lavalla, BS - jvlaval@clemson.edu
Secretary: Ruth Mwangomo - rmwango@clemson.edu
Chapter Email: clemsonbioeorg@clemson.edu
Department Page: https://www.clemson.edu/cecas/departments/bioe/
Chapter Website: https://www.clemson.edu/cecas/departments/bioe/students/orgs.html#cbo

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Cleveland State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Metin Uz, PhD - m.uz@csuohio.edu
President: Kylie Schmitz - k.m.schmitz17@vikes.csuohio.edu
Vice President: Grace Curtician - g.curtician@vikes.csuohio.edu
Treasurer: Breanne Welsh - b.l.welsh@vikes.csuohio.edu
Secretary: Andrea Zuccaro -  a.zuccaro@vikes.csuohio.edu
Bylaws Chair: Hope Zehr - h.zehr@vikes.csuohio.edu

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Columbia University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Helen Lu - hl2052@columbia.edu
Co-President: Collin Schmidt - cs4496@columbia.edu
Co-President: Yueh-Ting Chiu - yc3668@columbia.edu

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Duke University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Tatiana Segura - tatiana.segura@duke.edu
Co-President: Rachel Putman - Rachael.putman@duke.edu
Co-President: Pablo Cordero Alvarado, PhD Candidate- p.cordero@duke.edu

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Georgia Institute of Technology

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Dr. Andres Garcia, PhD, FBSE - andres.garcia@me.gatech.edu
President: Keshav Shah, BS, MS - keshav.shah@gatech.edu
Vice President: Pranshu Rajurkar, BEng, MS - prajurkar3@gatech.edu
Treasurer: Shwetha Sridhar, BEng, MS - ssridhar97@gatech.edu
Symposium Chair: Angélica Torres, BS - alt7@gatech.edu

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Johns Hopkins University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Hai-Quan Mao, PhD - hmao@jhu.edu
President: Bruce Enzmann - benzman1@jhu.edu
Co-President: Eric Lin - elin28@jhu.edu
Vice President: Anson Zhou - azhou13@jhu.edu
Secretary: Justin Zhou - jzhou82@jhu.edu
Treasurer: Jason Yin - jyin24@jhu.edu
Chapter Email: jhu.sfb@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://jhusfb.wixsite.com/mabd2021
Instagram: @jhu_biomaterials
Facebook: @HopkinsBiomaterials

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North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Narayan Bhattarai, PhD - nbhattar@ncat.edu
President: Alexis Moody - amoody@aggies.ncat.edu
Vice President: Sanjaya Ghimire - sghimire@aggies.ncat.edu
Treasurer:  Thakur Sapkota – tsapkota@aggies.ncat.edu
Secretary: Carleigh Samuels - csamuels1@aggies.ncat.edu
Outreach Coordinator: Dekonti Davies – dmdavies@aggies.ncat.edu

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North Carolina State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Jessica Gluck, PhD - jmgluck@ncsu.edu
President: Ethan Pozy - epozy@ncsu.edu
Vice President: Ana Asadi - fasadi@ncsu.edu
Treasurer: Kaleah Gaddy - kdgaddy2@ncsu.edu
Chapter Website: https://sfbiomaterials.wordpress.ncsu.edu

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Northeastern University

Chapter Officers

President: Benjamin Geilich - geilich.b@husky.neu.edu
Vice President: Daniel Hickey - hickey.da@husky.neu.edu

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Ohio State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, PhD - reilly.198@osu.edu
President: Poulami Ghosh - ghosh.243@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Vice President: Sanjusha Gudla - gudla.7@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Treasurer: Anna-Kate Miedler - miedler.6@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Secretary: Leah Danish - danish.11@buckeyemail.osu.edu

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Rice University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Kevin McHugh - kevin.mchugh@rice.edu
President: Marjan Majid - mm114@rice.edu
Vice President: Katie Brown - knb5@rice.edu
Vice President of Finance: Hannah Pearce - hap5@rice.edu
Vice President of Operations: Yu Seon Kim - yk37@rice.edu

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Rutgers University

Chapter Officers

President:  Jarrod Cohen - cohenj@dls.rutgers.edu
Secretary:  Mariana Noguera de Lima - limam@dls.rutgers.edu
Bylaws Chair:  Stephanie Fung - fungs@dls.rutgers.edu

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Syracuse University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Michael R. Blatchley - mrblatch@syr.edu
President: Matthew William Lesko - mwlesko@syr.edu
Vice President & Outreach Coordinator: Jimmy Blauser-Wilson - jblauser@syr.edu
Treasurer: Susan Moradi Nasab - smoradin@syr.edu
Secretary: Yuman Guo - yguo122@syr.edu
Public Relations Chair & Bylaws Chair: Fahima Jannat Koly - fakoly@syr.edu
Undergraduate Secretary Intern, Undergraduate Relations, & Undergraduate Outreach & Event Coordinator Intern: Julia Vasconcelos Cabral - jvasconc@syr.edu

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Texas A&M University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Mary Beth Monroe, PhD - mbbmonroe@tamu.edu
President: Ernest Emmanuel Obeng - eeobeng@tamu.edu
Vice President: Joseph Duran - josephd@tamu.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Jingwen Zhao - jingwz9@tamu.edu
Outreach Chair: Tripp Moss - tripp@tamu.edu
Outreach Chair: Vishnu Vasudev - vishnuv@tamu.edu
Journal Club Coordinator/Writing Group Chair: Oswin Zetino - oswinzetino@tamu.edu
Seminar Chair: Marie Chmara - mariechmara@tamu.edu
Social/PR Chair: Maya Yagan - mayayagan@tamu.edu
Undergraduate Representative: Vibha Velur - vibha.velur@tamu.edu
Undergraduate Representative: Alana Aristimuno Millan - alanita2024@tamu.edu

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The Pennsylvania State University

Chapter Officers

President:  Kazim Kerim Moncal - kkmoncal@gmail.com
Vice-President:  Qiyao (Kara) Li - liqiyao729@gmail.com 
Secretary:  Kevin Powers Godzik - kevingodzik.edu@gmail.com

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University of California, Riverside 

Chapter Officers

President:  Wensen Jiang - wjian005@ucr.edu
Committee Chairman: Chaoxing Zhang - czhan028@ucr.edu
Secretary/Treasurer:  Jiajia Lin - jlin071@ucr.edu

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University of Central Florida

Chapter Officers

President:  Ryan Newell - Ryan.Newell@knights.ucf.edu
Vice President:  Isabel Arias - IArias@knights.ucf.edu
Secretary/Treasurer:  Zi Wang - WangZ1012@knights.ucf.edu

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University of Cincinnati

Chapter Officers

President: Nava P. Rijal, PhD - rijalnp@mail.uc.edu
Vice President (President-Elect): Rigwed Tatu, PhD - taturr@mail.uc.edu
Secretary: Ashley Okon, MS - okonal@mail.uc.edu 
Treasurer: Shobit K. Jain, MS - jainso@mail.uc.edu  

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University of Florida

Chapter Officers

Faculty Advisor: Edward Phelps, PhD - EPhelps@bme.ufl.edu
President: Chris Spencer - cp.spencer@ufl.edu
Vice-President: Zahra Mohammadalizadeh - zmohammadalizade@ufl.edu
Treasurer: Aljae Lewis - aljae.lewis@ufl.edu
Secretary: Aliyah Tate - aliyah.tate@ufl.edu
Webmaster: Alfredo Feng - alfredofengfung@ufl.edu
Outreach Coordinator: Ava Frank - ava.frank@ufl.edu
Industry Liaison: Rylee Newport - rylee.newport@ufl.edu
Chapter Email: sfb@bme.ufl.edu
​Chapter Website: https://orgs.studentinvolvement.ufl.edu/Organization/Society-For-Biomaterials
Twitter: @UFLSFB
Facebook: @uflbiomaterials

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Brendan Harley, PhD – bharley@illinois.edu
President: Maera Singh  –  maeras2@illinois.edu
President-Elect: NoamGamburg - noamg3@illinois.edu
Secretary-Treasurer: Anushka Menon - ameno84@illinois.edu
Secretary-Treasurer-Elect: Sakshi Srikanth - sakshis7@illinois.edu

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University of Kentucky

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Brittany Givens Rassoolkhani, PhD – brittany.givens@uky.edu
President: Trisha Sullivan – tasu226@uky.edu
Vice President: Anastasia Shaverina - ash384@uky.edu
Treasurer: Justin Hornaday - Justinhornaday@uky.edu 
Chapter Email: biomaterials.uky@gmail.com

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University of Maryland College Park

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Catherine Kuo - ckk@umd.edu
Co-President: Danae Hudson - dhudson1@terpmail.umd.edu
Co-President: Zehra​​​​​​​ Syeda​​​​​​​ - zsyeda@terpmail.umd.edu
Treasurer: Taylor​​​​​​​ Phillips-Hillian - tphilli8@terpmail.umd.edu
Secretary: TBD
Public Relations Chair: Maggie Sun - msun29@terpmail.umd.edu

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University of Memphis

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Jessica Jennings, PhD - jjnnings@memphis.edu
President: Asher Hodge - tahodge@memphis.edu
Vice President: Benjamin Agyemang - bgyemang@memphis.edu
Treasurer/Secretary: Ava Walker - walker39@memphis.edu
Social Media Chair: Manuel Reyes - mdreyes1@memphis.edu
ESC Representative: Olivia Swauncy - oswauncy@memphis.edu
Chapter Email: bmessfb901@gmail.com
Chapter Website: https://memphis.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/bmessfb
Instagram: @bme_901

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University of Michigan

Chapter Officers

Advisor: David Kohn, PhD - dhkohn@umich.edu
Co-President: Michael Hu - michmhu@umich.edu
Co-President: Nicole Racca - nmracca@umich.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Jean-Pierre Pierantoni - jppieran@umich.edu
Bylaws Chair: John-Paul Pham - jppham@umich.edu

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University of Missouri - Kansas City

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Dr. Zahra Niroobakhsh - niroobakhshz@umkc.edu
President: Hanieh Sadat Ghazali - hgv7r@umkc.edu
Vice President: Mohammadreza​​​​​​​ Shirazvatan​​​​​​​ - mst3n@umkc.edu
Treasurer/Secretary: Md Shehan​​​​​​​ Habib​​​​​​​ - habibm@umkc.edu

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Rebecca Wachs, PhD - rebecca.wachs@unl.edu
President: Brandi Brown - bbrown25@huskers.unl.edu
Vice-President: Fei San Lee - feisan.lee@huskers.unl.edu
Treasurer: Riaz Ur Rehman Mohammed - riazmohd38@huskers.unl.edu
Chapter Email: sfb.unl@unl.edu
Chapter Website: https://unl.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/sfb-unl

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University of Oregon

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Danielle Benoit, PhD - dbenoit@uoregon.edu
President: Phillip Hernandez - philhern@uoregon.edu
Vice President: Cameron Moore - moorec@uoregon.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Malvika Singhal - msinghal@uoregon.edu
Bylaws Chair: Maya Kasteleiner - mayakast@uoregon.edu

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University of Texas at Austin

Chapter Officers

President: Katerina Ha - hajeney@gmail.com  
VP External Affairs: Tess Hellebrekers - tessh@utexas.edu  
VP Internal Affairs: Zhonghao Cui - zhjcui@gmail.com  
VP Finance: Ally Willauer - a.willauer@utexas.edu  

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University of Texas at El Paso

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Binata Joddar, PhD - bjoddar@utep.edu
President: Imelda Holguin - iholguin5@miners.utep.edu
Vice President: Ivana Hernandez - ihernandez56@miners.utep.edu
Treasurer: Daniela Andrade - dandrade6@miners.utep.edu
Secretary: Karla Vasquez - kvasquez4@miners.utep.edu
Co-Secretary: Joel Mudloff - jamudloff@miners.utep.edu
Outreach: Omar Dominguez - odominguez8@miners.utep.edu
Social Media Manager: Veronica Contreras - vgcontreras@miners.utep.edu

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chapter Officers

Secretary/Treasurer: Emily Olszewski - olszewski2@wisc.edu
Bylaws Chair: Jillian Johnson - jkjohnson23@wisc.edu
 
 

Vanderbilt University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Craig Duvall - craig.duvall@vanderbilt.edu
President: Patricia​​​​​​​ Poley - patricia.l.poley@vanderbilt.edu
Vice President: Zach​​​​​​​ Lamantia​​​​​​​ - zachary.lamantia@Vanderbilt.Edu
Treasurer: Swathi​​​​​​​ Shekharan​​​​​​​ - swathi.r.shekharan@Vanderbilt.Edu
Undergraduate Liaison: Arisa​​​​​​​ Hiratsuka​​​​​​​ - arisa.hiratsuka@Vanderbilt.Edu
Website: https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/organization/sfb

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