PhD students win Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

April 21, 2020 — Three Biomedical Engineering PhD students were awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (DDFs) for the 2020-21 academic year in a University-wide competition sponsored by the Graduate School.

The award is designed to give the University's most accomplished PhD candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation. Awards were given to:

Lauren Bersie-Larson
Advisor: Victor Barocas
Co-Advisor: Paolo Provenzano
Thesis Title: Understanding the Role of Extracellular Matrix Mechanics in Cancer Cell Migration

Wei-Han Lin
Advisor: Brenda Ogle
Thesis Title: 3D Bioprinted Myocardial Tissue as a Testbed for Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals

Ryan Mahutga
Advisor: Victor Barocas
Thesis Title: Understanding the Aorta in Health and Disease: Coupling Experiments in Mice with Computational Models of Growth

Congratulations to these doctoral candidates!