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.
JESSICA WILLIAMSON
Graduate Student
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!
Graduate Student
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
Omar Zeineddine
Undergraduate Student
Mentor: Corinne Leonard
Hazel Sterling
UROP Fellow
Mentor: Corinne Leonard
Nafisa Anjum
McNair Scholar
Mentor: Corinne Leonard
Valentina Santos Agreda
UROP Fellow
Mentor: Corinne Leonard
Jesse Rolston
Undergraduate Student
John McKean
Undergraduate Student
Mentor: Jessica Williamson
Eggbert Lloyd Weber
Lab Mascot
LAB ALUMNI
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Caleb McCurdy (Undergraduate Student)
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Caroline Rucker (DERI Fellow)
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Nicholas Rhodes (Undergraduate Student)
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Melissa Valladares (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)
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Ella Ramamurthy (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)
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Alina Jafri (Undergraduate Student)
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Shriya Das (DERI Fellow)
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Trey Redman (REU Fellow)
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Santiago Lopez (IMSD Fellow)
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Phoebe Sanjaya (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)​
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Somya Narra (ChiSEL Fellow)
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Joyce Xu (High School Student)
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Anna Young (ChiSEL Fellow)
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Logan Petry (Graduate Student)
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Amanda Pearson (DURI Fellow)
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Kyia Hill (Undergraduate Student)
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Arpita Das (High School Student)
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Xaria Lucas (VCU Massey/VSU SUCCEED CREP)
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Grace Panek (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)