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Shannon, who’s been with us for the past few months, is leaving the lab to start the real world. Your contributions, particularly your quick thinking and knowledge, your help with our contamination issues, and your friendly persona, have made every

The lab welcomes Xing Zhang and Paul Qu to the lab. Xing was previously at the University of California, San Diego and will be working on heart valve tissue engineering, while Paul comes to us from Texas A&M University, and

Monica Fahrenholtz is our newest graduate student in the lab. She transferred to Rice from UT Dental where she worked in Peter Yang’s lab on biomaterials and bone tissue engineering. We are so thankful that she ended up with us!

The lab welcomes a new member, Shannon Burke, a Masters student in Bioengineering at Rice who will be working in the lab studying heart valve cell metabolism.

Undergraduate lab alumni Steve Xu was awarded the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans, which supports the graduate educations of naturalized citizens and permanent residents. Congratulations Steve on winning such a prestigious award and making your lab and

Yesterday afternoon, Chris Durst became Dr. Chris Durst, PhD in Bioengineering. Congratulations on the deserved degree, and thank you for helping to making the lab what it is today. Please share your future billions with the rest of us.

Happy birthday to the best advisor, professor, friend, and boss in the whole wide world! Jane with her cupcake from Crave Cupcakes

Brandi Scully has just finished her year in our lab as part of the Medical School Research Track at the Baylor College of Medicine. We’ve really enjoyed her year here at Rice where we’ve benefited from her energy and bubbly personality, as

Hubert won a Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association South Central Affiliate. Awesome!  Way to go! BIOE, Rice News

Libby Stephens, Kerem Kalpakci, and Dan Huey have all successfully defended this past semester. Their PhDs are deserved rewards for the hard work, determination, and patience they’ve exhibited throughout their graduate careers. Congratulations to you three and best of luck