Principal Investigator
J. Brandon Dixon
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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 bachelors 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)
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Research Scientist II |
Post-docs
Eleftheria (Ria) Michalaki (2019 – present)
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Degrees: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Stanford, 2019
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford, 2016
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, 2014
Hometown: Iraklion, Greece
Email: emichalaki3@gatech.edu Research Area: osteoarthritis, lymphangiogenesis
Past Research: microfluidics, effect of fluid flow on LECs, calcium dynamics |
Graduate Students
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Ph.D. student in Bioengineering (Electrical engineering home school) Degrees: B.S., Electrical , Jadavpur University, 2014 Hometown: Kolkata, India Email: anish.47@gatech.edu Research Area: Lymphatic biomechanics, control systems Past Research: paper based microfluidics, image processing and analysis |
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Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering Co-advised with Dr. Krish Roy CTENG Training Grant Fellow (2014- 2015) NSF Graduate Fellowship Recipient (2016 – present) Degrees: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, 2014 Hometown: Lake Highlands, TX Email: aatalis3@gatech.edu Research Area: immunotherapy, nanoparticle vaccines, microfluidics Past Research: gold nanorod-mediated tumor therapy |
Fabrice Bernard (2015 – present)
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Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering Co-advised with Dr. Nick Willett Biomaterials Training Grant Fellow (2015 – 2017) Degrees: Hometown: Email: fbernard@gatech.edu Research Area: osteoarthritis, lymphangiogenesis Past Research: |
Matthew Cribb (2016 – present)
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Ph.D. student in Bioengineering (Mechanical Engineering home school) |
Lauren Liebman (2018 – present)
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Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering |
Yarelis Gonzales-Vargas (2019 – present)
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Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering |
Yanina Kuzminich (2018 – present)
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M.S. Student in Bioengineering (Mechanical Engineering home school) |