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Principal Investigator

Craig L. Duvall

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Professor of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences,
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Research Faculty and Postdocs

Mukesh Gupta

TBD

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Justin Lo

Postdoctoral Associates

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Isabel CVV

TBD

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Rebecca Cook, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

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Richard Darcy, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Research Staff

Nora Francini

Research Assistant

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Jackie Ma

Research Assistant

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Graduate Students

Brock Fletcher

6th Year Graduate Student

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Carli DeJulius

Graduate Student

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Shrusti Patel

Graduate Student

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Jordan Hill

Graduate Student

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William Tierney

Graduate Student

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Juan Colanzo

Graduate Student

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Josh McCune

Graduate Student

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Mariah Bezol

Graduate Student

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Larry Stokes

Graduate Student

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Morgan Struthers

Graduate Students

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Amelia Soltes

Graduate Student

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Nina Cassidy

Graduate Student

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Kris Castillo

Graduate Student

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Megan Keech

Graduate Student

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Lab Alumni

Former Graduate Students

Bryan Dollinger, Ph.D. (2021) is now an equity research associate in Biotechnology at BTIG.

Prarthana Patil, Ph.D. (2021) is now a Scientist II in Discovery Medicine at Kodiak Sciences.

Sean Bedingfield, Ph.D. (2020) is now a research engineer in RNA innovation at Eli Lilly exploring novel RNA delivery technologies.

Meredith A. Jackson, Ph.D. (2019) is now a staff scientist at the Immunotherapy Integration Hub at Seattle Children’s Research Institute.

Kameron V. Kilchrist, Ph.D. (2019) is now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

Brian C. Evans, Ph.D. (2015) Completed Ph.D. and Post-Doc at Vanderbilt, worked as Research Assistant Professor until 2019. Brian is now a Research Scientist at Cumberland Emerging Technologies.

Taylor (Kavanaugh) Collins, M.S. (2017): completed M.S. at Vanderbilt (2016); now Clinical Studies Engineer at BIOTRONIK in Portland, OR.

Thomas A. Werfel, Ph.D. (2017): is now an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Mississippi.

Samanta M. Sarett, Ph.D. (2017): now a Senior Scientist at Exicure

John R. Martin, Ph.D. (2017): now a post doc with Dr. Paula Hammond in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; starting in 2020 as Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Cincinnati.

Kelsey (Beavers) Mayo, Ph.D. (2016): now Program Manager at Precision Medicine Initiative, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kristin Poole O’Grady, Ph.D. (2015): now a Research Instructor in Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Christopher Nelson, Ph.D. (2014): now an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Arkansas

Martina Miteva, M.S. (2014): now Life Sciences Consultant and Client Engagement Manager at CGI

Rucha Joshi, Ph.D. (2016): completed M.S. at Vanderbilt (2011) and Ph.D. at Purdue (2016); now BME Assistant Tenure Track Lecturer at U California Davis

Former Post Docs

Eric Dailing, Ph.D.: now a Senior Scientific Engineering Associate at the Molecular Foundry of Berkeley National Lab.

Kellye Kirkbride, Ph.D.: now Senior Biological Scientist at StemSynergy Therapeutics.

Hongmei Li, Ph.D.: now a Scientist at Nektar Therapeutics.

Former Lab Techs, Research Assistants, Visiting Scholars:

Jacob Ayers is currently a chromatography technician for Pfizer.
Linus Lee is now pursuing his MD at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Alvin Mukalel is a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Constance Lents is now in medical school pursuing an MD at the University of Kentucky.
Arnold Kim is now in medical school pursuing an MD at the Ohio State University.
Ann Hannah is now a graduate student at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Join the Lab

Postdoctoral Positions Open

Dr. Duvall is currently accepting postdoctoral applications from highly qualified and motivated researchers interested in working at the interface between polymer science and nanomedicine.  Please send CVs and a brief statement of research interests to craig.duvall[at]vanderbilt.edu

Graduate Students

Graduate students interested in joining the Advanced Therapeutics Laboratory should apply to the Vanderbilt University Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program. The application page can be found through the Graduate School. More information is available on the School of Engineering’s prospective graduate students page. Interested students are also welcome to contact students and professors directly with specific questions–see our personnel page for info.