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Principal Investigator

Luis Solorio

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Email: lsolorio@purdue.edu

Education

  • 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)

Work Experience

  • 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

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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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Claudia Benito Alston

cbenitoa@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont

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Brenna Vaughn

vaughn53@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies,
    Cornell University

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Luis Sanjuan Acosta

lsanjuan@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida

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Evelyn Nonamaker

enomak@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering,
    Purdue University

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Madison Howard

howar366@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • Master of Business Administration, Trine University

  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Trine University

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Michael Deines

deines9@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Alabama at Huntsville

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Danielle Ahwireng

dahwiren@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.A. Chemistry, Lehman College

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Mitchell Gabalski

mgabalsk@purdue.edu

  • Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.S.Biochemistry/Biotechnology, Michigan State University

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Molly Tredway

matredwa@purdue.edu

  • M.S. student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

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Undergraduate Students

  • Angelica Gonzalez 

  • Matthew Margraf

  • Stephanie Poole

  • Katie Chan

  • Kyle Mundy  

  • Ana Hernandez

  • Catherine Gemrich

  • Cristina Macias

  • Owen Jones

  • Jean-Paul Pertuit

  • Karla Alvarado

  • Jinyang (Jessie) Du 

Previous Members

​Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers:
Monica Chanda, Kevin Buno, Elly Lambert, Brian Jun, Kelsey Hopkins, Heather George, Sarah Libring, Mazin Hakim, Alexandra Plummer, Eden Schipper, Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Jordanna Payne, Natalie Romick, Siting Zhang 
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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 Mannnas, Christopher Jun Siong Chang, Mitchell Jones, Elyssia Wellington, Marina Murphy, Grace May, Kaitlyn Reagan Ariana Aghevli, Madeline Chadwick, Saaniya Rupani

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