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 Norris - tmabdall@asu.edu

Vice-President: Lakshmi Srinikhitha Ponnaluri - lponnalu@asu.edu

Treasurer: 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, PhD - snicoll@ccny.cuny.edu

President: Meghan Halloran, PhD - meghan.halloran81@stu-mail.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: Sanjaya Ghimire - sghimire@aggies.ncat.edu

Vice President: Shagar Pratap Sharma - ssharma@ncat.edu

Treasurer:  Thakur Sapkota – tsapkota@aggies.ncat.edu

Secretary: Reedwan Bin Zafar Auniq - rauniq@aggies.ncat.edu

Outreach Coordinator: Sajal Chakraborty - schakraborty@aggies.ncat.edu

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North Carolina State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Jessica Gluck, PhD - jmgluck@ncsu.edu

Advisor: Ashley Brown, PhD - aecarso2@ncsu.edu

Advisor: Martin King, PhD - mwking2@ncsu.edu

President: Ethan Pozy - epozy@ncsu.edu

Vice President: Anna 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: Sanjusha Gudla - gudla.7@buckeyemail.osu.edu

President-Elect: Leah Danish - danish.11@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Secretary: Hannah Schober - schober.18@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Treasurer: Alyssa Hlavacs - hlavacs.3@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 Akron

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Hossein Ravanbakhsh, PhD - hravanbakhsh@uakron.edu

Advisor: Yang H. Yun, PhD - yy@uakron.edu

President:  Ebrahim Tajik - et106@uakron.edu

Vice President: Katie Striegel - mks133@uakron.edu

Treasurer: Isabela Taylor - igt6@uakron.edu

Secretary: Ayse Baysal - asb176@uakron.edu

Bylaws Chair: Emma Barna - eb152@uakron.edu

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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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