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Principal Investigator

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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Email: lsolorio(at)purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, USA (2012)

  • M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA (2007)

  • B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, Saint Louis University, USA (2006)

  • Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University (Apr. 2023-Present)

  • Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University (Dec. 2016 - Mar. 2023)

  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan (Sept. 2013 - Dec. 2016)

  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Radiology, Case Western Reserve University (April 2012 - Sept. 2013)

  • U.S. Army, Intelligence Operator, Final Rank Sergeant (E5), 1996-2001

Luis Solorio

Education

Work Experience

                                                    Luis joined the faculty at
                                                    Purdue University in
                                                    2016 as an Assistant
                                                    Professor in the Weldon
                                                    School of Biomedical
                                                    Engineering. He is a
                                                    U.S. Army veteran who
                                                    proudly served for 5
                                                    years immediately after
                                                    graduating high school.
                                                    Luis has been trained in
                                                    both engineering and
                                                    chemistry, obtaining a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry from Saint Louis University in St. Louis. Luis received his M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he developed a growth factor release system to use in conjunction with an injectable 3D culture platform for the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells along the osteogenic lineage. Luis received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. His thesis focused on the use of medical imaging systems to characterize the role that the local microenvironment plays on the release profile from in situ forming polymeric drug eluting depots. After graduation Luis received funding through the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship where he focused on the developing novel 3D culture platforms for the expansion of primary metastatic human cancer cells for 3D culture in order to elucidate the role of matrix biology on phenotypic transitions and drug resistance. 

Graduate Students

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Mazin Hakim

mhakim(at)purdue.edu

Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

B.A. Chemistry, Wabash College

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Claudia Benito Alston

cbenitoa(at)purdue.edu

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont

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Brenna Vaughn

vaughn53(at)purdue.edu

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies,
Cornell University

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Evelyn Nonamaker

enomak(at)purdue.edu

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

B.S. Biomedical Engineering,
Purdue University

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Madison Howard

howar366(at)purdue.edu

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

M.S. Business Administration and Management (MBA), Trine University

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Trine University

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Apekshya Chhetri

chhetri(at)purdue.edu

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

M.S. Basic Medical Sciences,
Purdue University

B.S. Biotechnology, Kathmandu University

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Siting Zhang

zhan3465(at)purdue.edu

M.S. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

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Luis Sanjuan Acosta

lsanjuan(at)purdue.edu

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida

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Natalie Romick

nromick(at)purdue.edu

M.S. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

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Undergraduate Students

  • Ariana Aghevli

  • Grace May

  • Saaniya Rupani

  • Madelyn Chadwick

  • Kaitlyn Reagen

  • Catherine Gemrich

  • Molly Tredway

  • Owen Jones

  • Jean Paul Pertuit

Previous Members

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers:
Monica Chanda, Kevin Buno, Elly Lambert, Brian Jun, Kelsey Hopkins, Heather George, Sarah Libring, Alexandra Plummer, Eden Schipper, Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Jordanna Payne 

Undergraduate Students:
​Shipeng Xu, Scott​ Guidoboni, Megan Hofstetter, Maryam Nuru, Michelle Buckman, Eric Evory, Omozafe Udegbe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Safa Chowdhury, Jade Weber, Emma Simmons, Elizabeth Wakelin, Alaina Pamintuan, Danielle Wilmes, Alyson Yu, Nikhil Varanasi, Naomi Surburg, Joanna Bastian, Emily Lothamer, Dhruv Patel, Jonah Adler, Kevin Cragg, Adriene MannnasChristopher Jun Siong Chang, Mitchell Jones, Elyssia Wellington, Marina Murphy 

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