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Meet our team
Research Staff
Fellows
Graduate Students
Undergraduates
Visiting Scholars
Alumni
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Amina Ann Qutub
Principal Investigator
Amina has focused her career on pioneering methods at the interface of computer science, neurovascular biology and engineering in order to understand how human cells communicate during processes of growth and repair, and to use this fundamental knowledge to help eradicate hematological and neurological diseases.
Burzik Professor in Engineering Design
Research Thrust Lead, MATRIX AI Consortium
Director, UTSA-UT Health San Antonio Graduate Group in Biomedical Engineering
Bio | Resume | CV
email: amina.qutub@utsa.edu
PhD: Bioengineering, Berkeley & UCSF
Postdoc: Johns Hopkins University
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Awards: AIMBE Fellow, NSF CAREER Awardee, Bioinformatics Peer Prize, NAKFI Awardee, NIH NRSA Fellow, Whitaker Fellow
Affiliations:
Member, U.S. National Academies, Biotechnology & National Security Committee
Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Member, Brain Health Consortium
Byron Long
Assistant Professor of Instruction,
Computer Science
Byron Long’s doctoral research was in logic for programs that use dynamic memory. Byron built on his training in logic to develop innovative state machine models of endothelial cells and a modeling framework for testing biological hypotheses. He combines these approaches with novel image-analysis programs to study how human cells form tissues, and predictive algorithms to interpret how molecular and cell-level changes influence daily behaviors at a systems level.
email: byron.long@utsa.edu
PhD: Computer Science, Indiana U.
Postdoc: Rice University
Projects: Quantu, cytoNet
Awards: Computational Cancer Biology Training Fellow
Sean Tritley
Graduate Researcher
Sean is a third year doctoral student developing innovative vascularized models of brain regions that regulate sleep, exercise response and circadian rhythm. Sean's co-mentor is Dr. Eric Brey, vascular engineer and Interim Dean of the UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
email: tritley.sean@yahoo.com
Projects: Vascularized brain-in-a-dish models & experiments, Quantu
Awards: UTSA College of Engineering Fellowship, NSF BRAVe Fellowship
David Hernandez-Guzman
Graduate Researcher
David is a first year doctoral student developing methods to study the neurovasculature and lymphatics non-invasively. Goals of his thesis work are to uncover mechanisms of how metabolism and metabolic dysfunction (e.g., diabetes) affect risks of dementia and test therapeutic interventions.
email: david.hernandez-guzman@my.utsa.edu
Projects: The Quantu Project
Awards: NSF BRAVe Fellowship
Mignon Frances Dumanjog
Graduate Researcher
Mignon is a second year Masters student developing AI and computer vision methods to interpret the process of neurogenesis and predict therapeutic responses.
email: mignonfrancesdumanjog@my.utsa.edu
Projects: Brain models, The Quantu Project
Christian Cruz
Undergraduate Reseacher
Christian is a NSF BRAVe fellow and undergraduate student researching methods to vascularize brain models, in collaboration with his co-mentor Dr. Eric Brey. vascular engineer and Interim Dean of the UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
email: ccruz9313@outlook.com
Projects: Vascularized brain-in-a-dish models & experiments
Awards: UTSA College of Engineering Fellowship, NSF BRAVe Fellowship
Jordan Scott
Undergraduate Researcher
Jordan is a biomedical engineering undergraduate student researching non-invasive methods to identify and target the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
email: jordan.scott@my.utsa.edu
Projects: Quantu Project
Lorinda Aspiras
Undergraduate Researcher
Lorinda is a biomedical engineering undergraduate student working in the lab to develop cellular model systems of areas of the brain regulating sleep and response to exercise.
email: lorinda.aspiras@my.utsa.edu
Projects: Brain models
Qutub Lab Graduate Profiles & Alumni List
Qutub Lab Alumni
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Aishwarya Sathish, B.S.
Undergraduate Student, University of Texas at San Antonio
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Keith Kern
Undergraduate Student, Trinity University
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Kelsey Phelan, B.S.
Graduate Student, University of Texas at San Antonio
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Arun Mahadevan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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Tien Tang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas Children's Hospital
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Sanket Mehta
Undergraduate Student, Rice University
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Natalie Dickman
Undergraduate Student, Rice University
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Andrew Ligeralde, B.S.
Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
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Quentin (Hanyang) Li, B.S.
Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon
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Chenyue Wendy Hu, PhD
Data Scientist, Uber
Founder, DiBS
Andre Schultz, PhD
Bioinformaticist, Stanford University, School of Medicine
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Sanjana Ranganathan, M.B.E., B.S.
Clinical Consultant, GE Healthcare
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Kylie Balotin, B.S.
Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University
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Nicholas (Cole) E. Grandel, B.S.
Graduate Student, Rice University (SSPB)
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Jennifer Dawkins, B.S.
Graduate Student, MIT & Harvard University (HST)
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David Noren, PhD
Scientist, Phillips Research
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Amada Abrego, M.B.E.
Graduate Student, Rice University (ECE, Neuro)
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Alex Bisberg, B.S.
Graduate Student, University of Utah
Founder, DiBS
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Ka Wai Lin, PhD
Data Scientist, Allstate
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Angela Liao, B.S.
Graduate Student, University of California, San Diego
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Jiwon Jung, B.S.
Graduate Student, University of Texas, Austin
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Nikhil Gupte
Medical Student, UT-Health San Antonio
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David Gabriel Mora-Boellstorff
Graduate Student, UT-Health Sciences, Houston
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David Ryan, M.B.E.
Product Development Engineer, EKOS Corporation
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Becky Zaunbrecher, PhD
Allen Institute for Cell Science
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Rahul Rekhi, M.S.
Financial and Healthcare Advisor, Lazard
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Holley Love, PhD
Engineer, JBL Technologies
Instructional Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
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Taylor Birk, B.S.
Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard
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Rocio Nava
Head of Biomedical Engineering, San Jorge Hospital
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Shun-Ming Ting, M.B.E.
Research Associate, Baylor
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Heather York Brisendine, B.S.
Engineering Consultant, Alliantgroup Houston
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Tyler Young, B.S.
Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine
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Grace Ching, B.S.
Medical Student, Texas A&M
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Norman Truong, PhD
Clinical Data Consultant, Ritual
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Ashley Kelsey
NAVWAR Test Manager, United States Air Force
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Joanna Nathan, B.S., M.B.E.
Venture Fellow, Mercury Fund
Founder, Enventure
Duncan Eddy, M.S.
Capella Space Corporation​
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Abir Khan, M.D.
Clinician, Baylor College of Medicine
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Alex Arevalos, PhD
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Alleviant Medical
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