Research Team

Nada’s background is in Biomedical Engineering, having received her B.S. from Case Western Reserve University, M.S. from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. from the City College of New York. Her areas of expertise involve biomaterial development of naturally-derived and synthetic polymeric scaffolds for a variety of tissue engineering applications. Prior to graduate study, she held research positions in industry R&D and clinical trials of investigational biomedical devices. She will be conducting research developing protein-based biomaterial scaffolds for tissue engineering and drug delivery with an emphasis on orthopedic tissue repair.

Dustin received his Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the University of North Dakota and his Masters in Particle Technology from the University of Delaware where he researched powder rheology. Following he was an engineer for the Chemour’s Company where he did research on ion exchange materials. He is currently a PhD student at New York University Tandon where is interested in biomaterials and drug delivery.

Jacob graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, where he did research on self-assembling amphiphilic copolymers. He’s currently pursuing his PhD in Chemical Engineering at NYU Tandon, where his research interests include protein hydrogels for biomedical applications.

Andrew received his Bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, where he also received a Master’s in Translational Medicine. He is currently an MD/PhD student at SUNY Downstate pursuing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering. His current research involves using engineered proteins for ocular drug delivery.

Lucas received a BS in Biotechnology from SUNY University at Buffalo and is currently pursuing an MS in Biotechnology from NYU Tandon. He is currently working with Appy the development of self-assembling nanobiomaterials to be used as theranostic agents for improving chemotherapeutic drug delivery.”  

Julia Monkovic received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from New York University where she worked with Dr. Montclare in the design of a protein-lipid complex for siRNA delivery. As a Master’s student studying Chemical Engineering, her current research involves the study of protein fibrils for small molecule binding and the continuation of her previous work in siRNA gene therapy.

Jakub is currently an undergraduate pursuing his BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from NYU Tandon. He is working with Farbod on the enhancement and optimization of phosphotriesterase, an enzyme used as an organophosphate pesticide detoxifier, through the use of computational protein design and molecular dynamics simulations.

Cheng is a rising Junior pursuing his BS in Biomolecular Science at NYU Tandon. He is interested in using biomaterials for health applications and is currently working with Dustin on using non-canonical amino acids in hydrogels diagnostic applications.

Isha is a sophomore studying Biomolecular Science at NYU Tandon and is interested in protein and gene manipulation.

Jessica is a junior pursuing a BS in Biomolecular Science, aspiring to develop biomaterials that will aid in personalized and accessible treatments.

Frances Lee is a rising junior pursuing a BS in Biomolecular Science and intends to pursue a MS in Biotechnology through the BS/MS program. She is interested in different applications of proteins and is excited to start working and learning in the lab.

Yingxin is a junior pursuing a BS in Biomolecular Science. She is interested in the study of biomaterials in medical applications as well as the degradation of synthetic plastics.