TUSL Alumni
Graduate Students
Dr. Lauren Ruger
-PhD Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, conferred May 2023
-Dissertation: Investigations of Ultrasound-Guided Histotripsy Ablation for Soft Tissue
Sarcomas, Osteosarcomas, and Brain Tumors
-Current position: Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Tech
Dylan Pearson, MS
-MS Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, conferred May 2023
-Thesis: Investigation of Histotripsy Cavitation and Acoustic Droplet Vaporization From Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles
-Current position: Emerging Talent Rotational Associate, Merck
Isabelle Mehochko, MS
-MS Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, conferred May 2023
-Thesis: Focused Ultrasound Extraction (FUSE) for Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) DNA
-Current position:
Hannah Schwenker, MS
-MS Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, conferred May 2023
-Thesis: Investigations of the Tissue Mechanical Properties and Susceptibility to Histotripsy-Induced Tissue Ablation for Intra-Abdominal Organs
-Current position:
Dr. Zerin Mahzabin Khan
-PhD Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, conferred May 2023
-Dissertation: Development of an Injectable Hydrogel Platform to Capture and Eradicate Glioblastoma Cells with Chemical and Physical Stimuli
-Current position: Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
Dr. Connor Edsall
-PhD Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, conferred December 2022
-Dissertation: Ultrasonic Effervescence: Investigations of the Nucleation and Dynamics of Acoustic Cavitation for Histotripsy-Based Therapies
-Current position: Senior Research Engineer, HistoSonics (Ann Arbor, MI)
Hannah Sheppard, MS
-MS Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, conferred May 2022
-Thesis: Development of Focused Ultrasound Devices Using Rapid Prototyping Methods
-Current position: Mechanical Engineer, Plexus Corporation (Raleigh, NC)
Dr. Alissa Hendricks-Wenger
-PhD Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, conferred May 2021
-Dissertation: Determining the Oncological and Immunological Effects of Histotripsy for Tumor Ablation
-Current position: Medical student, Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Undergraduate Students
Ty Kwak
Lauren Potter
Christopher Snyder
Loulou Vos
Mariam Hasan
Nhyira Annan
Britt Osborne
Kellyn Peterson
Jon Grabski
Maggie Boyer
Cade Caporale
Yussef Ait-Bella
Matthew Hunt
Sofie Saunier
Tom Steeves
Rebecca Schmieley
Justin Howell
Ruby Hutchison
Emerson Ham
Jess Gannon
Nikki Keith
Olivia Box
Jennifer Khirallah
Lisa Ballat
Alyssa Gentry
Morgan Haywood
Molly Acord
Brittany Hoang
Riya Trasi
Alex Simon
Medical Students
Ethan Nethery
Tony Anzivino
Maya Langman
Pete Weber
Faith Robinson
Chris Childers
Kevin Patel
Rotation Students
Grace Blair
Colin Kelly