
The Team
The Team
The Team
Contact Us
Contact Us
Contact Us
The Team

Dr. Maribel Vazquez
Principal Investigator
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Email: mv582@soe.rutgers.edu
Page: https://bme.rutgers.edu/maribel-vazquez
LinkedIn: dr-maribel-vazquez-05304a139
Phone: 848-445-6568
Fax: 732-445-3753
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.),
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA
Master of Science (M.Sc.),
Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA
Doctor of Science (Sc.D.),
Mechanical Engineering
ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Engineer:
Intel Corporation
Cleanroom Support (Portland, OR)
Cleanroom Development and Micro-contamination (Santa Clara, CA)
Graduate Teaching Assistant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Cambridge, MA)
Graduate Research Assistant:
MIT Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, MA)
FACULTY POSITIONS:
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York
Assistant Professor and Co-founding Member,
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Biochemistry, The Graduate Center
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Associate Professor (Tenured),
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York
Associate Professor (Tenured),
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Tenured),
Principal Investigator
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Graduate Students

Juan Sebastián Peña
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.Eng. Biomedical Engineering
Email: juan.s.pena@rutgers.edu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juan-sebastián-peña-carvajal-54004481
Juan is a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering department. He is also a fellow in the PhD training program in Biotechnology funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH). He plans to develop neuro-regenerative therapies for the retina using Muller glial cells in response to electro-chemical gradients within a controlled microenvironment.
Juan also paints and draws in his free time, he recently started incorporating his own illustration in his scientific publications.

Stephen Mut
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.Sc. Bio/Chemical Engineering
Email: sm2116@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-mut-344037161
Stephen is a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering Department. He is investigating regenerative therapies for the retina by developing 3D printed and microfabricated devices for study in vitro and ex vivo. In his spare time, Stephen likes to take photos and play the trumpet with the Rutgers Alumni Wind Symphony.

Miles Markey
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering
Email: mwm104@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miles-markey-12a5b213b
Miles is a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering department. Miles is interested in micro-fluidics and computational modeling. His research focuses on studying the migration of neural progenitor cells during retinal development in Drosophila Melanogaster to one day be able to apply what is learned from this model to help develop and improve regenerative therapies for retinal diseases.

Brian Ayers
M.Sc. Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering
Email: brianayers125@gmail.com

Richard Cliver
B.Sc./M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering Student
Email: rnc54@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Larissa DePamphilis
Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
BA.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Email: lmd346@soe.rutgers.edu
Alumni

Shawn Mishra, PhD
PhD Biomedical Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Email: shawnmishra2007@u.northwestern.edu

Tanya Singh, PhD
PhD Biomedical Engineering
M.S. Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Email: tsingh989@gmail.com

Caroline Peña
M.S. Biomedical Engineering
B.E. Biomedical Engineering
Email: cpena001@citymail.cuny.edu

Stephanie Zhang
M.S. Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Email: szhang9286@gmail.com@gmail.com

Sean McCutcheon, PhD
PhD Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Email: sean.mccutcheon.29@gmail.com

Kameron Starr
M.S. Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Email: kstarr000@citymail.cuny.edu
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