Dr. Valerie Chock's research interests include:
Dr. Vanessa Barone studied molecular biology at Università delle Scienze di Torino, Italy and then pursued her PhD in the Carl-Philipp Heisenberg group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Vienna, Austria. There she investigated how cell-cell contacts regulate cell differentiation of mesendodermal progenitors during zebrafish gastrulation, finding a positive feedback loop between cell-cell contacts and Nodal signalling that determines cell fate decisions.
Dr. Varvara Kirchner completed her medical school, surgical residency and multi-organ transplant fellowship in adult and pediatric liver, pancreas, kidney transplantation and total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation at the University of Minnesota. She underwent further training in living donor liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery at the Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Dr. Vayu Hill-Maini fell in love with cooking at a young age in his multicultural home in Stockholm, Sweden. He first moved to the U.S to work in restaurants, but the flavors, textures, and sensations of the kitchen eventually led him to scientific research. He received his B.A in Chemistry and Biology at Carleton College in 2015. He completed his PhD in Biochemistry from Harvard University in 2020, where he worked in the lab of Emily Balskus to characterize strains and enzymes from human gut microbiota responsible for the metabolism of drugs and dietary compounds.
Home Department: Bioengineering and Chemistry
Mentor: Fan Yang (Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering)
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Joseph DeSimone and Eric Shaqfeh
Talk Title: Additive Manufacturing of High-Resolution Porous Tubes, Tube Networks, and Lattices Enabled By Fluid Mechanics
Event: 2025 AIChE Annual Meeting
