Awarded in 2021
Home Department: Neurosciences, Medicine
Faculty Advisors: Carla Shatz (Biology and Neurobiology), Anca Pasca (Pediatrics – Neonatal and Developmental Medicine), and Catherine Blish (Medicine – Infectious Diseases)
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Viscoelastic N‑cadherin-like interactions maintain neural progenitor cell stemness within 3D matrices
Event: 2025 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
Awarded in 2024
Talk Title: Spatially controlled fabrication of assembloids with 3D bioprinting
Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2024 - Michelle received 1st place in the Biomaterials Graduate Student Award Session.
Awarded in 2023
Talk Title: Tuning hydrogel viscoelasticity and cell–cell signaling to direct neural maturation
Event: Society for Biomaterials 2023 Annual Meeting and Exposition - Michelle received the Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR) Honorable Mention.
Awarded in 2022
Talk Title: Matrix remodelability modulates human neural maturation
Event: American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2022 Annual Meeting
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Danielle Mai and Soichi Wakatsuki
Talk Title: pH-Controlled Hierarchical Assembly of Ion-Responsive Repeat Proteins
Event: 2025 AIChE Annual Meeting
