Professor

Arpita Upadhyaya (homepage) Department of Physics, & Institute for Physical Science and Technology
email: arpitau at umd dot edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mohamad Eftekharjoo
Ph.D. Mechanical Engg., Old Dominion U.
T cell mechanobiology
email: meftekar at umd dot edu

Ivan Rey
Ph.D. Biophysics, UMD
T cell mechanobiology
email: irey at umd dot edu

Graduate students

David Garcia
B.A. Physics, Colombia
Physics
Mechanobiology and gene expression
email: dgarciag at umd dot edu

Kaustabh Wagh
M.Sc. Physics, India
Physics
T cell mechanics and signaling
email: kwagh at umd dot edu

Aashli Pathni
B. Tech. Biotechnology, India
Molecular and Cellular Biology
T cell mechanics and signaling
email: apathni at terpmail dot umd dot edu

Undergraduate students

Nate Rogers
Physics
Mechanosensing in endothelial cells
email: nrogers2 at terpmail dot umd dot edu

Jared Cunanan
Physics
Force measurements in T cells
email: jcun15 at gmail dot com

Kun Do
Physics
Topography sensing in B cells
email: kdo520 at terpmail dot umd dot edu

Alumni

Altug Ozcelikkale
Post-doc
Faculty, Middle Eastern Technical University, Turkey

Brittany Wheatley
Post-bac student
Graduate student, Scripps Institute, Florida

Deepak Salem
Post-bac student
Medical school, Seton Hill Medical College

Mike Azatov
Physics
Software development, Santiago Chile

Brian Grooman
Physics
Scientist, Applied Physics Laboratory

King Lam Hui
Physics
Postdoc, MSKCC

Christy Ketchum
Biophysics
Patent law, Germany