Laboratory of Lymphatic Biology and Bioengineering

  • LLBB Overview
  • Lab Members
  • Active Projects
    • Lymphatic Contractility
    • Lymphatic Biomechanics
    • Lymphedema Diagnosis
    • Lymphedema Therapy
    • Lymphatics in OA
    • Lipedema
    • Lymphatic Immunoengineering
  • Publications

Lab Members

Principal Investigator

J. Brandon Dixon

Professor
Woodruff Faculty Fellow
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

Degrees: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2001
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2006
Hometown: Round Rock, TX

Email: dixon@gatech.edu
Google Scholar Profile

 

Dr. Brandon Dixon is an Associate Professor and a Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, where since joining the faculty in 2009 he has established a research program focused on developing engineered approaches to understanding and treating diseases of the lymphatic system. Prior to Georgia Tech, he was a post-doc at Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne in Switzerland doing research on lymphatic biology of lipid transport. Brandon received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering in 2006 from Texas A&M University and received his bachelor’s degree from the same university in 2001.  His research has been funded by the NIH, NSF, Gates Foundation, Department of Defense, the Georgia Research Alliance, the American Heart Association, and various private foundations. He is a recipient of the NSF Career Award and the NIH Pathway to Independence Award. He is also a co-founder of LymphaTech, a start-up launched from Georgia Tech focused on the development of diagnostic technologies for lymphedema

 

Current Lab Members


Research Faculty

 

Zhanna Nepiyushchikh (2014 – present)

Degrees: M.D., State Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, 1996
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Russia
Research Area: Lymphatic contractility, reactive oxygen species, immunophilins

Email: zhanna.nepiyushchikh@me.gatech.edu

Pubmed Profile

Post-docs

 

Eleftheria (Ria) Michalaki (2019 – present)

Degrees: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Stanford, 2019
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford, 2016
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, 2014

Hometown: Iraklion, Greece

 

Research Area: osteoarthritis, lymphangiogenesis
Past Research: microfluidics, effect of fluid flow on LECs, calcium dynamics
Email: emichalaki3@gatech.edu

Graduate Students

Lauren Liebman (2018 – present)

Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering
Degrees: B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, B.Mus. Music Performance, University of Michigan, 2018
Hometown: Wheaton, IL

Research Area: osteoarthritis and biomaterials
Past Research: prostate cancer, lipid metabolism, cartilage repair, drug resistance pathways

Email: lliebman3@gatech.edu

 

Likhit Nayak (2018 – present)

Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Coadvised with Dr. Rudy Gleason
Degrees: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2018
Hometown: Bhubaneswar, India

Research Area: Machine learning, point-cloud anthropomorphic data analysis, lymphedema diagnostics

Email: lnayak3@gatech.edu

 

Yarelis Gonzalez-Vargas (2019 – present)

Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering
Degrees: B.S., Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, 2019
B.S., Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, 2018
Hometown: Quebradizas, Puerto Rico

Research Area: lymphangiogenesis, hydrogels, tissue engineering
Past Research: diabetes, microbiology, cancer

Email: ygonzale3@gatech.edu

 

Young Jae Ryu (2020 – present)

Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Degrees: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020
Hometown: Culver City, California

Research Area: Lymphatic biomechanics, computational modeling
Past Research: Rehabilitation robotics, otolaryngology

Email: yryu36@gatech.edu


Research Technician

Kristen Binz (2017 – present)

Email: kristen.binz@me.gatech.edu

 

Administrative Assistant

Deosha West

Email: deosha.west@me.gatech.edu
Phone: 404-894-4905

Lab Alumni


Postdocs

Kim To, (2017 – 2020), Ph.D.

Alana Reed (2011-2013), Ph.D., Current Position: Senior Medical Writer, Articulate Science

Matthew Nipper (2011-2013), Ph.D., Current Position: Director of Product Development, Laser Light Technologies Inc.

Matt Faulkner (2010 – 2011), Ph.D.

PhD Students

Matthew Cribb (2016-2021), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Current Position: Post-Doc, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Fabrice Bernard (2015 – 2021), Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Current Position: Consultant, ClearView Healthcare Partners

Alexandra Atalis (2014 – 2021), Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering

Anish Mukherjee (2014-2020), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Current Position: Post-doc, University of Chicago

Mohammad Razavi (2015 – 2019), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, co-advised with Dr. Rudy Gleason, Current Position: Post-doc, Harvard

Josh Hooks (2013 – 2019), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Current Position: Post-doc, Johns Hopkins

Iris Lu (2013 – 2019), Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Current Position: Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group

Tyler Nelson (2012 – 2017), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Current Position: MitraClip Market Development Specialist, Abbott

Swetha Srinivasan (2011-2015), Ph.D. in Biology, co-advised with Fred Vannberg, Current Position: Senior Scientist, AbbVie

Alex Caulk (2013-2015), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, co-advised with Dr. Rudy Gleason, Current Position: Senior Biomedical Engineer, Medtronic

Mike Weiler (2010-2015), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Current Position: CEO & President, LymphaTech

Timothy Kassis (2009-2015), Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Current Position: Lean Machine Learning Engineer, Matterworks

Jeff Kornuta (2009-2014), Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Current Position: Managing Engineer, Exponent

MS Students

Yanina Kuzminich (2018 – 2020), M.S. in Bioengineering, Current Position: Ph.D. in Bioengineering advised by Dr. James Dahlman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Ryan Akin (2012-2013), M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Current Position: Consultant, Accenture

Jamie Huffman (2010 – 2011), M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Current Position: Director, Vehicle Operations and Software Automation, SpaceX

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