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.

Director, UTSA-UT Health BME Graduate Program
Research Thrust Lead, MATRIX AI Consortium

Affiliations: 
Member, U.S. National Academies, Biotechnology & National Security Committee
Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Member, Brain Health Consortium

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

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 

Jennifer Brethen

Quantu Project Manager

Jennifer (Jenny) Brethen is the Quantu Project manager and a post-bac fellow in UTSA's Department of Biomedical Engineering. 

email: jennifer.brethen@utsa.edu

BS:  University of Texas, San Antonio

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Projects: The Quantu Project 

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Zacharie Maloney

Graduate Student

Zacharie Maloney is a PhD student in UTSA's Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Joint UTSA/UTHSC Graduate Group in Biomedical Engineering. Integrating new modeling and experimental methods, Zach's project focuses on characterizing cellular and proteomic processes underlying changes in  daily behaviors indicative of brain health. Joining the Qutub Lab in Fall 2019, Zach brings experience in biomedical engineering, systems biology, software engineering and financial modeling. 

email: zacharie.maloney@gmail.com

BS:  Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Projects: Neural network modeling & experiments, Quantu

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Sean Tritley

Graduate Researcher

Sean is a senior biomedical engineering undergraduate student and incoming graduate 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 Chair of the UTSA Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering.

email: tritley.sean@yahoo.com

Projects: Vascularized brain-in-a-dish models & experiments, Quantu

Awards: UTSA College of Engineering Fellowship, NSF BRAVe Fellowship

Tomisin Adebayo

Undergraduate Researcher

Tomisin is a biomedical engineering undergraduate student researching computational and experimental methods to uncover how neural networks form. 

email: tomisinadebayo@gmail.com

Projects: cytoNet, Quantu Project

Awards: Xilinx Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence, NSF BRAVe Fellowship

Grace Polston

Undergraduate Researcher

Grace is a biomedical engineering undergraduate student working in the lab to develop model systems of areas of the brain regulating sleep and response to exercise.  

email: gpolston.uni@gmail.com

Projects: Brain models, Quantu Project

Elif Ozdemir Kaynak

Visiting Graduate Student

Elif is a PhD candidate in bioengineering at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University. While visiting in the Qutub lab as part of her thesis work, she is developing a computational model of nanoparticle-encapsulated delivery of bioactive flavanoids (anthocyanins) through the blood-brain barrier and anthocyanin uptake as a potential novel treatment of brain cancer.

email: elifozdemir89@gmail.com

BS:  Bioengineering, Ege U.

Masters: Bioengineering, Ege U.

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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