Principal Investigator
Yonghui Ding, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2014
M.Phil. Bioengineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2011
B.S. Materials Science, Chongqing University, 2009
Email: yding7@wpi.edu
Postdoctoral fellow
Ni Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow in Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Fudan University, 2023
B.S. Polymer Materials and Engineering, Qingdao University, 2018
Email: nchen5@wpi.edu
Graduate Students
Rao Fu
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2022
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Limerick, 2021
Email: rfu@wpi.edu
Reyla Williams
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. in Cellular & Molecular Biological Sciences, Montana Technological University, 2023
Email: rbwilliams@wpi.edu
Jianfeng Yan
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2024
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2021
Email: jyan2@wpi.edu
Anna Callaghan
Master of Science student in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2025
Email: aecallaghan@wpi.edu
Undergraduate Students
Nolan Schlessman
Sophomore in Biomedical Engineering
Email: nsschlessman@wpi.edu
Courtney Brady
Junior in Biomedical Engineering
Email: cebrady@wpi.edu
Leo Southam
Junior in Biomedical Engineering
Email: lmsoutham@wpi.edu
Alumni
Bailey Allmon (2025)
Milad Jaffari, B.S.: Masters student at WPI (2025)