Home Department: Biology
Mentor: Liqun Luo (Biology)
Home Department: Computer Science
Mentor: Lucy O’Brien (Molecular & Cellular Physiology)
Home Department: Bioengineering/Byers Center for Biodesign
Faculty Advisor: Paul Yock
Talk Title: The Value-oriented Health Economic Environment: What Every Innovator Should Know
Event: 2017 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
Supported by The Matthew Frank Family
Awarded in 2021
Home Department: Chemistry
Faculty Advisors: Jonathan Long (Pathology) and Justin Du Bois (Chemistry)
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
Home Department: Bioengineering and Chemistry
Mentor: Fan Yang (Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering)
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.
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.
