Biothermal Sciences Laboratory

Current Biothermal Sciences Laboratory Personnel

Director

Jens O.M. Karlsson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Villanova University
Director and Principal Investigator
(since 1996)

Graduate Students

Stephen E. Harhen
(Ph.D., expected 2015)
College of Engineering
Villanova University
Graduate Research Assistant
(Summer 2012 – )
Project:
Intracellular ice formation during cryopreservation of tissue engineered constructs
Noel P. Abraham
(M.S., expected 2014)
Department of Biology
Villanova University
Graduate Research Assistant
(Spring 2012 – )
Project:
Cryopreservation of zebrafish embryos
Kamran Makarian
(M.S., expected 2014)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Villanova University
Graduate Research Assistant
(Fall 2012 – )
Project:
Microfluidically generated droplets as a model system for investigation of ice nucleation and growth
Fatemeh Jalali
(M.S., expected 2014)
Department of Biology
Villanova University
Graduate Research Assistant
(Fall 2012 – )
Project:
Cryopreservation of zebrafish oocytes
Villanova University

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