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

Advisors: Sarah Stabenfeldt, PhD and Julianne Holloway, PhD
President: Greg Jensen - gmjense3@asu.edu
Vice President: David Flores Prieto - dfloresp@asu.edu
Treasurer: Grace Scharwz - gschwar3@asu.edu
Secretary: Grace Scharwz - gschwar3@asu.edu

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Boston University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Joyce Wong, PhD - jywong@bu.edu
President: Himagowri Prasad - hprasad@bu.edu
Vice President: Leo Boisvert -  leojb@bu.edu
Treasurer: Dylann Palmer - dylannp@bu.edu
Secretary: Jefferey Sheu - jsheu@bu.edu
Public Relations Chair: Anushka Kelshiker - anushkak@bu.edu

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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-Advisors: Andrew Shoffstall, PhD, Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD, and Nicholas P. Ziats, PhD
President: Aditi A Shirke
Vice President: Dhariyat Menendez
Treasurer: Elizabeth Wakelin
Secretary: Youjoung Kim
Graduate Student Representatives: Shruti Raghunathan and Norman Luc

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City College of New York

Chapter Officers

President: Nada Haq-Siddiqi - nhaqsiddiqi@gmail.com
Vice President: Mykel Greene - mykg50@gmail.com
Treasurer: Elizabeth Mansfield - lmansfield1@gmail.com
Secretary: Kristifor Sunderic - ksunderic@gmail.com

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Clemson University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Ken Webb, PhD - kwebb@clemson.edu
President: Toni Warnick - twarnic@g.clemson.edu
Vice President: Megan Pitz - mpitz@g.clemson.edu
Treasurer: Steven Wallace - swwalla@g.clemson.edu
Secretary: Sophia Hennessy - schenne@g.clemson.edu
Chapter Email: cbs@clemson.edu
Department Page: www.clemson.edu/ces/departments/bioe/
Chapter Website: http://www.clemson.edu/cecas/departments/bioe/people/organizations/cbo/…

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Columbia University

Chapter Officers

President: Brendan Roach - blr2138@columbia.edu
Vice President: Amy Silverstein - ams2396@columbia.edu
Treasurer: Danielle Bogdanowicz - drb2157@columbia.edu
Secretary: Dovina Qu - dq2119@columbia.edu

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Georgia Institute of Technology

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Dr. Andres Garcia - andres.garcia@me.gatech.edu
President: Leah Anderson - landerson81@gatech.edu
Vice President: Zoe Mote - zoemote@gatech.edu
Treasurer: Thomas Turner - tturner42@gatech.edu
Secretary: Lauren Hymel - lhymel3@gatech.edu
Biomaterials Day Chair: Keshav Shah - keshav.shah@gatech.edu

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Iowa State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Balaji Narasimhan, PhD - nbalaji@iastate.edu
President: Luman Liu - lumanl@iastate.edu
Vice President: Ananya - ananya1@iastate.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Brianna White - bmwhite@iastate.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: Felix Tettey - fatettey@aggies.ncat.edu
Vice President: Alexis Moody – amoody@aggies.ncat.edu
Treasurer:  Thakur Sapkota – tsapkota@aggies.ncat.edu
Secretary: Mackenzie Long – mdlong1@aggies.ncat.edu
Outreach Coordinator: Dekonti Davies – dmdavies@aggies.ncat.edu

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North Carolina State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Martin W. King, PhD - martin_king@ncsu.edu
President: Grant Scull - gmscull@ncsu.edu
Vice President: Gina Chen - jchen75@ncsu.edu
Treasurer: Ziyu Wang - zwang77@ncsu.edu
Secretary: Daxian Zha - dzha@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
Secretary/Treasurer: Michelle Stolzoff - stolzoff.m@husky.neu.edu

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Ohio State University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, PhD - reilly.198@osu.edu
President: Vedshree Deshmukh - Deshmukh.73@osu.edu
President-Elect: Mimi Ghosh - Ghosh.243@osu.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Spencer Green - Green.2317@osu.edu
Secretary/Treasurer-Elect: Anna-Kate Miedler - Miedler.6@osu.edu

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Rice University

Chapter Officers

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: Mary Beth Monroe, PhD - mbmonroe@syr.edu
President: Nghia Thai - nlthai@syr.edu
Vice President: Johnson Agyapong - jagyapon@syr.edu
Outreach Coordinator: Natalie Petryk - nmpetryk@syr.edu
Treasurer: Mike Seitz - mseitz@syr.edu
Secretary:  Katheryn Shi Dong - sdong07@syr.edu
Public Relations: Paul Sagoe - pnsagoe@syr.edu

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Texas A&M University

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Daniel Alge, PhD - dalge@tamu.edu
President: Samuel Briggs - sambriggs@tamu.edu
Vice President: Ping Dong - pingd10@tamu.edu
Treasurer: Alisa Isaac - alisaisaac@tamu.edu
Journal Club Coordinator: Kaivalya Deo - kaivalya.deo@tamu.edu
Outreach Coordinator: Ashley Tucker - ashtuck589@tamu.edu
Webmaster: Lance Graul - lancegraul58@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, Davis

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Kent Leach, PhD - jkleach@ucdavis.edu
President:  Amir Bolandparvaz - amirbp2002@gmail.com
Vice President (President-Elect): Riley Allen - rpaallen@ucdavis.edu
Secretary/Treasurer:  Noah Pacifici - njpacifici@ucdavis.edu
Secretary/Treasurer-Elect: Kevin Campbell - ktcampbe@ucdavis.edu
Biomaterials Chair: Dustin Hadley - djhadley@ucdavis.edu
Publicity Chair: Marcus Deloney - madeloney@ucdavis.edu
Bylaws Chair: Rian Harriman - rmharriman@ucdavis.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 Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Chelsea Magin, PhD - chelsea.magin@cuanschutz.edu
President: Thomas Caracena - thomas.caracena@cuanschutz.edu
Vice President: Katie Boncella - katie.boncella@cuanschutz.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Ian Garvin - ian.garvin@cuanschutz.edu
Bylaws Chair: TBD
Twitter: @sfb_cu

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University of Florida

Chapter Officers

Faculty Advisor: Greg Hudalla, PhD - ghudalla@bme.ufl.edu
President: Marisa Pacheco
Vice-President: Justin Silberman
Treasurer: William Mitchell
Secretary: Paxton Guerin
Webmaster: Kristina Merino
Outreach Coordinator: Adrienne Widener
Chapter Email: sfb@mse.ufl.edu
​Chapter Website: http://www.uflbiomaterials.org/
Twitter: @UFLSFB
Facebook: @uflbiomaterials

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University of Kansas

President: John Bradford - johncbradford@ku.edu
Vice President: Andrea Villela - alvillela2@ku.edu
Treasurer: John Bradford - johncbradford@ku.edu
Secretary: Savannah Mosier - savannah.mosier@ku.edu
Director of Biomaterials Day: Nicole D'Souza - nic-dso25@ku.edu

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University of Kentucky

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Brittany Givens Rassoolkhani, PhD – brittany.givens@uky.edu
President: Jordan Berezowitz – jordan.berezowitz@uky.edu
Vice President: Trisha Sullivan – trisha.sullivan@uky.edu
Secretary: Kayla Daugherty – kayla.daugherty@uky.edu
Treasurer: Fatemeh Hamedi – Fatemeh.hamedi@uky.edu

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University of Maryland College Park

Chapter Officers

Advisor: John P. Fisher, PhD 
President: Connor Hall 
Vice President: Niall Cope 
Treasurer: Max Hakun 
Webmaster, Secretary, and Bylaws Chair: James Shamul
Contact the Student Chapter: sfbumcp@gmail.com

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University of Massachusettes Lowell

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Gulden Camci-Unal - Gulden_CamciUnal@uml.edu
President: Rachel LaLumiere - Rachel_LaLumiere@student.uml.edu
Vice President: John Sullivan - John_Sullivan8@student.uml.edu

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University of Memphis

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Joel Bumgardner, PhD - jbmgrdnr@memphis.edu
President: John-David Ross
Vice President: Juan Esparza
Treasurer: Samarth Vedante
Secretary: Emily Coleman
ESC Representative: Sarah Avington
Chapter Email: bmessfb901@gmail.com
Instagram: @bme_901

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University of Michigan

Chapter Officers

President: Daniel Clough - dwclough@umich.edu
Vice President: Grace  Bushnell - ggb@umich.edu
Treasurer: James Day - dayjr@umich.edu
Industry Chair: Emine S. Turali-Emre - esumeyra@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: Reaid Hassan - mhrz5@mail.umkc.edu
Treasurer: Saba Amirfattahi - sa384@umkc.edu
Secretary: Gabriel Worcester - gjwf77@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 Pittsburgh

Chapter Officers

Advisors: Bryan Brown, PhD, Shilpa Sant, PhD, William Wagner, PhD, Cecelia Yates, PhD
President: Benjamin Schilling
Vice-President: Alexis Nolfi
Bylaws Chair: Andrea Schilling
Business Manager and Secretary: Aimon Iftikhar 
Chapter Email: pittsocietyforbiomaterials@gmail.com 

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University of Rochester

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Danielle Benoit, PhD - danielle.benoit@rochester.edu
President: Alyson March - amarch2@ur.rochester.edu
Vice President: Arvind Srivatsava - asrivat2@ur.rochester.edu

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University of South Dakota

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Erin Harmon, PhD - Erin.Harmon@usd.edu
President: Alex Dangler - alex.dangler@coyotes.usd.edu
Secretary/Treasurer: Ryan Rykhus - Ryan.Rykhus@coyotes.usd.edu
Bylaws Chair: Mathew Alaba - Mathew.Alaba@coyotes.usd.edu
Satellite Campus Vice President - Ver Sando - Raeanne.Sando@coyotes.usd.edu
Secretary-SGA Contact - Shania Rehmudin - Shania.Rehmudin@coyotes.usd.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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University of Virginia

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Chris Highley - ch2qm@virginia.edu 
President: Jack Whitewolf
Vice President: Mackenzie Grubb
Treasurer: Colleen Roosa
Secretary: Natasha Claxton
Twitter: @SfbUVA

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The University of Washington

Chapter Officers

Advisor: Cole DeForest - profcole@uw.edu
President: Julia King - jaking11@uw.edu
Vice President: Ross Bretherton - rbreth@uw.edu
Treasurer: Prabhleen Kaur - pkaur@uw.edu
Secretary: Sherry Liu - sl234@uw.edu
Chapter Website: http://students.washington.edu/sbuw/
Chapter Email: sbuw@uw.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biomaterialsuw

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chapter Officers

President: Joseph Vecchi - jvecc218@gmail.com
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: Paolo Francisco - raphael.p.francisco@vanderbilt.edu
Vice President: Hannah Brien - hannah.brien@vanderbilt.edu
Treasurer: Patricia Poley - patricia.l.poley@vanderbilt.edu
Secretary: Rosana Alfaro - rosana.a.alfaro@vanderbilt.edu

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