Home Department: Undeclared
Mentor: James Ford (Medicine - Oncology)

Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Steve Quake
Talk Title: Dancing Droplets
Event: APS DFD (Division of Fluid Dynamics) 2013 - Nate also participated in the video competition; his video won a Best Video Award and was featured in the March 2014 general American Physical Society meeting and in the online gallery of fluids videos.

Dr. Natalie Torok's lab investigates the molecular mechanisms of liver fibrosis,  focusing on the role of oxidative pathways in non-alcoholic and alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Dr. Torok's lab has demonstrated the intricate link between hepatocyte cell death, generation of apoptotic bodies and their phagocytosis by stellate cells triggering fibrogenic activation. Key to this was the activation of the NADPH oxidase and production of reactive oxidative species inducing stellate cell transdifferentiation and collagen I transcription.

Dr. Natalie Larson's lab develops hybrid manufacturing methods (e.g., multimaterial 3D printing with subvoxel control) and applies in-situ characterization techniques (e.g., 4D X-ray computed tomography) to investigate new classes of hierarchical architected materials. The Lab aims to enable sustainable fabrication of multimaterial and composite systems with enhanced properties, including efficiency and multifunctionality, for applications in aerospace, transportation, soft robotics, and healthcare.