Postdoctoral Researcher
Ethan Lippmann
Position title: Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Address:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Vanderbilt University
http://www.lippmannlab.com/
Nisha Iyer
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Address:
Tufts University, Medford Campus
Lab Website:
https://www.nishaiyerphd.com/
PhD
Jason McNulty
Credentials: PhD
Brett Napiwocki
Credentials: PhD
Carlos Marti-Figueroa
Credentials: PhD
Alireza Aghayee
Credentials: PhD
Masters
Maria Estevez-Silva
Credentials: MS in Biomedical Engineering
Position title: Novartis
Maria graduated UW Madison in the spring of 2017 with her Masters in Biomedical Engineering. She conducted many studies with other lab personnel at the Ashton Lab and served as a mentor to undergraduate students.
Andrew Baldys
Credentials: MS in Biomedical Engineering
Currently pursuing PhD in Biomedical Engineering at University of Minnesota.
Lauryn Campagnoli
Credentials: MS, Neuroscience Training Program
Currently working for FORCE Communications in Indianapolis, IN (2021).
Visiting Scholar
Jin Sha
Position title: Visiting Scholar
Visiting Scholar at Ashton Lab (2011-2013).
Ashton Lab Project: Nanoscale Engineering of Biomaterials for hPSC Culture
Jin Sha described his research as “Patterning surfaces with functional polymers and combining SI-ATRP and click-chemistry to regulate the surface for long-term stem cell culture.”
Bachelors
Joshua Plantz
Online donations to UW Foundation-Joshua Zelmanowitz Plantz Scholarship Fund can be made here.
Kristen Lemke
Kristen graduated UW Madison in the spring of 2017 with her BS in Chemical Engineering. At the Ashton Lab, she studied phrenic motor neuron transplantation into a rodent spinal cord. Kristen will attend the University of Minnesota in the fall of 2017 to pursue her PhD in Chemical Engineering.
Akshitha Sreeram
Akshitha graduated UW Madison in the spring of 2017 with her BS in Neurobiology. At the Ashton Lab, she studied engraftment of motor neuron progenitors in the developing chick embryo. Akshitha will attend graduate school at Dr. William M. Scholl School of Podiatry (Rosalind Franklin University) in the Fall of 2017.
Lexi Doersch
Lexi graduated with her Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering from UW-Madison in the Spring of 2018. During the summer of 2018, she will continue to assist Alireza with various projects. Lexi will begin her graduate studies pursuing a PhD in BME at the University of Minnesota in the Fall of 2018. Lexi has extensive interests in biomaterials, tissue engineering, and design. Within the Ashton lab, she worked with Alireza on robotic micro-contact printing and soft lithography for neural tissue generation. Work in the Ashton Lab has allowed her to explore her creative side, has inspired her to be inquisitive, and has provided her with top-notch resources and excellent mentors. Lexi’s favorite food is peanut butter and she loves spending time at Memorial Union!
Siddhant Jain
Siddhant Jain served as an Undergraduate Research Assistant to our lab’s Postdoctoral Research Associate Nisha Iyer. He assisted Nisha with our lab’s work concerning chicken embryo transplants and reviewing various tissue clearing methods. He will continue his undergraduate studies in the Biomedical Engineering Program at UW-Madison.