PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
DONALD GRIFFIN
Post-Doc Chemical Engineering, UC Los Angeles, 2012-2016
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, UC Los Angeles, 2011
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, 2006
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Don Griffin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. After his training in Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, Don joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 2017. Additionally, Don is a co-founder of a growing biomaterials company, Tempo Therapeutics (located in San Diego).
GRADUATE STUDENTS
JULIANA TRUJILLO
PhD Candidate
B.S. Bioengineering
Santa Clara University, 2020
CLARE FLANAGAN
PhD Candidate
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Duquesne University, 2021
CLAUDIA DABOIN
PhD Candidate
B.S. Biomedical Engineering,
Texas A&M University, 2022
ETHAN NICKLOW
PhD Candidate
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Duke University, 2022
JULES BATES
PhD Student
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Alabama, 2023
OLIVIA ERNST
PhD Student
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology, 2024
ANNABELLE HENDRICKSON
PhD Student
B.S. Neuroscience and Math
Smith College, 2024
GRADUATE ALUMNI
LAUREN PRUETT, PHD
Defended May 2022
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Clemson University, 2017
NICHOLAS CORNELL, PHD
Defended January 2023
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
BLAISE PFAFF, PHD
Defended April 2023
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2017
ARELI RODRIGUEZ, PHD
Defended September 2024
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2016
COLLEEN ROOSA, PHD
Defended June 2024
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, NC State University, 2019
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
SLOAN PYATT
B.S. Biology 2024
CHARLENE TUCHOLSKI
B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2027
HEIDI WILLIAMS
B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2027
KATHRYN ANDREWS
B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2026
NIHARIKA CHANDNA
B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2027
COCO ZHANG
B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2025
LANIE HENRIQUES
B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2026