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