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
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