Profiles

Karen Dubbin - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2016

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Self-Assembling Bio-inks for 3D printing of Cellular Constructs
Event: 2016 World Biomaterials Congress
Karen Dubbin - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2013
Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Sarah Heilshorn (Materials Science & Engineering), Giles Plant (Neurosurgery), and Andrew Spakowitz (Chemical Engineering)
Karen Casciotti - Assistant Professor of Environmental Earth System Science and (by courtesy) of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

CAP Profile

Dr. Casciotti's Lab Profile

Dr. Casciotti's School of Earth Sciences Profile

Dr. Casciotti's research focuses on nitrogen cycle biogeochemistry, including how nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide are produced and consumed in ocean waters.
Karan Kathuria - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2023
Home Department: Immunology, Medicine
Faculty Advisors: Mark Davis (Microbiology & Immunology), Prasanna Jagannathan (Medicine - Infectious Diseases, Microbiology & Immunology), and Sarah Heilshorn (Materials Science & Engineering)
Kara Liu - Morgridge Family SIGF Fellow

Bio-X SIGF Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2024
Home Department: Computer Science
Faculty Advisors: Russ Altman (Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine – Biomedical Informatics Research, and Biomedical Data Science) and Sanmi Koyejo (Computer Science)
Kara Davis - Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology & Oncology)

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

Stanford Profile

Dr. Davis's Lab Homepage

Dr. Davis is a Pediatric Oncologist whose laboratory focuses on studying healthy hematopoietic development and leukemia using single cell analysis methods, including mass cytometry to identify clinically relevant cell populations and drug targets to prevent patient relapse.
Kang Yong Loh - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2021
Home Department: Chemistry
Faculty Advisors: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences), Carolyn Bertozzi (Chemistry), and Zhenan Bao (Chemical Engineering)
Kang Shen - Professor of Biology and of Pathology

Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

Stanford Profile

Dr. Shen's Lab Homepage

Dr. Shen studies fundamental cell biology questions in the nervous system.
Kamsiyochukwu Nwangwu - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2025
Home Department: Neurosciences, Medicine
Faculty Advisors: Michelle Monje (Pediatric Neurology) and Crystal Mackall (Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology)
Kamsi Nwangwu

2025 Bio-X Fellow

Learn more about Kamsi's research!