Members

Principal Investigator

Wei R. Chen, PhD

Principle Investigator

Email:

Wei-R-Chen@ou.edu

Principal Investigator

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Education:

PhD Physics

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1988

BS Physics

Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 1982

Research Interests:

Biophotonics in biology and medicine

Local intervention-based cancer immunotherapy

Nanotechnology-based laser immunotherapy for cancer

Other Interests:

Walking, traveling, and reading

Kaili Liu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow:

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email:

kaili-liu@ou.edu

Education:

PhD, biochemistry and molecular biology

Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011

BS, Biology

Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 2005

Research Interest:

Cancer therapeutics

RNAseq data analysis

Other Interest:

Walking, traveling, and reading

Ashley Hoover, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow:

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email:

Ashley.R.Hoover@ou.edu

Education:

PhD Immunology

UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2016

BS Microbiology

University of Oklahoma, 2009

Research Interest:

Cancer Immunology

Local intervention-based cancer immunotherapy

Immune Tolerance

Allergy

Other Interest:

Horseback Riding, Gardening,  Hiking, and Reading

Ningli Yu

Lab Manager:

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email: Ningli-Yu-1@ou.edu

Education:

BS Biology

Xinjiang Agricultural University 1985

Research Interest:

Research in biomedicine

Edible fungi and plant pathogenic fungi

Other Interest:

Quilting, cooking, and reading

MD & Ph.D. Students:

OUHSC Medical Student

Medical Student at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

Email

anoushka-mullasseril@ouhsc.edu

Education

BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Rhodes College, 2019)

Research Interests

Cancer on a molecular level

Other Interests

Reading, creating art, traveling, spending time with friends and family

Trisha Valerio

Biomedical Engineering

PhD Student

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email:

tivalerio@ou.edu

Education:

BS Biomedical Engineering

University of Oklahoma, 2019

MS Biomedical Engineering

University of Oklahoma, 2020

Research Interests:

Cancer therapeutics

Cancer nanomedicine

Other Interests:

Traveling and reading

MS Students

Coline Furrer

Biomedical Engineering

Master Student

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email:

coline.furrer@ou.edu

Education:

Clermont-Auvergne INP, Biological Engineering 2018

Research interests:

Nanotechnology-based laser immunotherapy for cancer treatment

Other interests: Reading, cooking, traveling,

Undergraduate Students:

Kunal Patel

Biomedical Engineering

Email:

kunal.a.patel-1@ou.edu

Education:

Working on BS, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interest:

Biomimetic Nanoparticles

Other Interest:

Running, traveling, and trivia

Sayre Tillery

Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate Student:

Biphotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email:

Sayreatillery@ou.edu

Education:

Working on BS, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interest:

Immunotherapy 

Immunomodulation 

Immunoengineering

Other interest:

Reading, music

Sophie Patrock

Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Researcher

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email

sophia.joy.x.patrock-1@ou.edu

Education

Working on BS, Chemical Engineering

Research Interests:

Cancer Immunology

Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine Development

Nanotechnology-based laser immunotherapy

Other Interest

Baking, Kpop, Drawing

Anar Purevbaatar

Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate Student

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email

anar.purevbaatar-1@ou.edu

Education

Working on BS, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Novel cancer therapy

Other Interests

Cooking, working out

Ghainaa Abousleiman

Biomedical Engineering

Undergraduate Student

Biophotonics & ImmunoEngineering Laboratory

Email:

Ghainaa.abousleiman-1@ou.edu

Education:

Working on BS, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:

Immuno-mechanics of GC in different cell types 

Histology of NALT and lung tissues 

Other Interests:

Baking, Traveling, Painting 

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