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JOYCE Y. WONG, PhD

Dr. Wong is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University. She is an Inaugural Term Distinguished Professor of Engineering. She is also director of ARROWS, Office of the Provost, which focuses on promoting women in STEM at Boston University at all levels.  

RESEARCH FOCUS: Biomaterials to detect and treat disease. Elucidate fundamental molecular, cellular, and colloidal/interfacial processes that can be applied to specific biomedical applications.

CURRENT PROJECTS: Pediatric vascular tissue engineering; Vascularized tissue engineering; Theranostics for cardiovascular disease and cancer; Targeted ultrasound and magnetic resonance contrast agents; In vitro models of cancer metastasis; Enhanced oil recovery with nanoreporters

STAFF

JoAnn Buczek-Thomas PhD
Stanley Heydrick, PhD
Ben Keenan, MS

POSTDOCS

Olukemi Akintewe, PhD
Jaeyun Kim, PhD
Elaine Lee, PhD

GRADS

Carl Beigie, BME
Laura Blaha, BME
Michael Fergson, BME
Catherine Gormley, BME
Chris Hartman, BME
Matthew Jacobsen, BME
George Kwong, BME
Cari Meisel, BME/Pharm
Nicholas Rim, BME
Erin Roberts, MSE
Jin Yu, MSE

UGRADS

Kevin Huang, BME
Nikita Patil, BME
Alice Yih, BME

WONG LAB ALUMNI/AE

Postdoctoral Research Associates, position after leaving lab:
Graciela Mohamedi (2013-2014), Adjunct Lecturer, Physics, BU
Yoonjee Park (2010-2013), Postdoc, MIT
Patricia Solski (2009-2012)
Brett Isenberg (2005-2012), Biomedical Researcher, Draper Laboratories
Christopher Sucato (2008-10), Blue Stream Laboratories
Ragnhild Whitaker (2009-10), Postdoc, Univ. of Tromso, Norway
Kristen LaFlamme (2007), Medical Writer, MedErgy Marketing, Inc.
Jennie Leach (2003-5), Assistant Professor, Univ Maryland, Baltimore County
Xin Brown (2002-7), Lab Manager, Biointerface CORE Facility, BU/BME
Padmavathy Rajagopalan (2001-2), Postdoc, MGH


Visiting Research Associates, position after leaving lab:
Damien Calvet (2002), Patent firm, Montreal, Canada
Keiko Ookawa (2002), Assistant Professor, Univ of Tsukuba, Japan
Hiroshi Nomura, MD (2014), Okinawa JAPAN


PhD Students, position after leaving lab, Thesis title:
Chentian Zhang (BME, 2016), Bristol Myers Squibb
"Microfabricated systems for studying cancer metastasis" (co-advisor, Mario Cabodi, PhD)

Joshua Kim (BME, 2015), Postdoctoral Researcher, BU
"Enzymatically degradable hydrogel platform for cell sheet engineering"

Daniel Backman (BME, 2015)
"The Biomechanics of Aligned Cell Sheets for Arterial Tissue Engineering" 

Tuan Pham (BME, 2015), Consultant, Simon-Kucher & Partners
"Early detection and treatment strategies for vulnerable plaque detection" (co-advisor, James Hamilton, PhD)

Raphael Yao (BME, 2013), Researcher, Academia Sinica, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
"The Effects of Mechanical Stimulation on Controlling and Maintaining Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells"

Michelle Kinahan (BME, 2013), Science Editor, JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)
"Tunable Silk: Using Microfluidics to Fabricate Silk Fibers with Controllable Properties and Investigate Sequence-Structure-Property Relationships"

Matthew Walker (Biology, MCBB, 2013), clinical trials manager
"Development of Novel Approaches For The Study Of Cellular Migration and Durotaxis"

Olga Sazonova (BME, 2011), Postdoc, Stanford University
"Cell-cell interactions and ECM presentation mediate the effects of substrate stiffness on vascular smooth muscle cell behavior" (co-advisor: Matthew Nugent, PhD) 

Corin Williams (BME, 2010), Postdoc, Tufts University
"Controlling cell shape, organization, and behavior: Towards the development of vascular patches that recapitulate native artery structure and function"

Wynter J. Duncanson (BME, 2009), Postdoc, Harvard University
“Targeted polymer ultrasound contrast agents for molecular imaging” (co-advisor: Robin Cleveland, PhD)

Kelley Burridge (BME, 2006), FDA
“Targeted drug delivery: Effects of grafted polyethylene glycol on ligand-receptor binding under flow”

Sooyoung Kim (BME, 2006), UCSF Dental School Residency Program in Endodontics
“Impact of substrate stiffness on vascular smooth muscle cell behavior: A comparison of uniform and gradient substrate stiffness”

Jeffrey Jacot (BME, 2006), Assistant Professor, Rice University, BME
“Multiscale analysis of arterial bypass remodeling: Mechanical characterization and influence of endothelial injury on vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation”


MS Students, position after leaving lab, Thesis title:
Anna Kalmykov (BME, 2015), PhD candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
"Flexible electronic substrates to deliver electromechanical stimuli to regenerative cardiac patches"

David Li (BME, 2014), PhD candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
"Biomimetic Modifications to Microfluidic Silk Spinning"

Chian Yang (BME, 2013), Energesis Pharmaceuticals
"Derivation of purified smooth muscle cells from mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells" (co-advisor: Darrell Kotton, MD) 

Tatiana Laivins (BME, 2011), Merck
"A pulsatile bioreactor for pediatric cardiovascular tissue culture”

Jared Smith (BME, 2011), MD student at the University of Miami
“Characterization and toxicity assessment of PEGylated iron oxide nanoparticles”

Adam Luce (BME, 2010), BU Medical School
“The fabrication and characterization of novel monodisperse microbubbles for molecular imaging and targeted drug delivery”

Graham Houtchens (BME, 2009), Claros Diagnostics
“Multiphase microemulsions using microfluidic flow focusing”

Emmanouela Filippidi (BME, 2007), NYU Physics PhD candidate
“Controlled biopolymer assembly in microfluidic devices”

Sumona Sarkar (BME, 2006), Drexel BME PhD candidate
“Fabrication of a layered micro-structured tissue construct for vascular tissue engineering applications” (co-advisor: Tejal Desai, PhD)

Michael Figa (BME, 2005), Bind Biosciences, Inc.
“Development, characterization and optimization of novel lipid-polymer micro and nanoparticle targeted delivery vehicles”

Michael Foster (BME, 2005), Arthocare, Inc.
“Microgrooves dominate cyclic strain response of vascular smooth muscle cell orientation”

Nadia Zaari (Physics, 2002), Valeo, Inc., Paris FRANCE

Christianne Gaudet (BME, 2002)
“Effect of ligand concentration on cell-generated traction stresses”

Mark Hennessy (BME, 2001), SPARTA, Inc.
“Effect of substrate adhesivity on cell-generated traction stresses”


Visiting Students, Home Institution:
Matthew Robinson, Duke University (2012-2014)
Katrin Schorsch, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research of Dresden, GERMANY (2009-2010)
Teresa Eichinger, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, GERMANY (2007-2008)
Esther Amstad, ETH-Zurich, SWITZERLAND (2006-2007)
Marie-Laure Hisette, CNRS Strasbourg, FRANCE (2006)
Yukiko Tsuda, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN (2006)
Sarah Koester, University of Ulm, GERMANY (2004)