PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PRISCILLA HWANG
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Associate Member of VCU Massey Cancer Center
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
JESSANNE LICHTENBERG
Graduate Student
My research interests lie investigating mechanisms of tumor metastasis using tumor-on-a-chip microfluidic model systems. Specifically, I am interested in understanding how stromal cells impact collective tumor cell migration. Outside the lab, I enjoy cooking, baking, drawing, and playing board/card games.
LOGAN PETRY
Graduate Student
My research interests focus on developing novel microfluidic systems to better model intervertebral disc degradation. My current project focuses on investigating how degenerate nucleus pulposus cell-secreted soluble factors influence angiogenesis. In my free time, I enjoy exploring local coffee shops and solving crossword puzzles.
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My research interests are in leader cells and their mechanisms in cancer metastasis. Currently, my project is focused on investigating how P-cadherin forces promote leader cell driven collective cell migration. Besides working in the lab, I enjoy painting, photography, and scouting out for the best places to eat!
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Graduate Student; co-mentored with Dr. Daniel Conway
SYDNIE TRAN
CORINNE LEONARD
Graduate Student
My research interests include investigating the biomechanical cues that primarily drive breast cancer metastasis. Specifically, my project focuses on how extracellular matrix alignment plays a role in collective migration and the forces that are associated with this. In my free time I enjoy baking, cooking, DIY projects, planning lab activities/outings, and spontaneously getting boba with my lab mates!
STUDENTS
Santiago Lopez
IMSD Undergraduate Fellow
Mentor: Sydnie Tran
Trey Redman
REU Fellow
Mentor: Jessanne Lichtenberg
Amanda Pearson
DURI Fellow
Mentor: Sydnie Tran
Eggbert Lloyd Weber
Lab Goose
Jesse Rolston
Undergraduate Student
Mentor: Logan Petry
