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Lab Members

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Dr. Koyal Garg received her B.E. in Biomedical Engineering from India in 2006. She received M.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 2008 and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2012 from Virginia Commonwealth University. Throughout her doctoral studies, her research emphasis was on bioengineering electrospun vascular grafts that could stimulate a favorable macrophage phenotype and angiogenic response.

 

During her post-doctoral tenure at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (2012-2014), Dr. Garg's interest in regenerative medicine was further reinforced as she focused on the pre-clinical development and testing of biomaterial and stem cell-based therapies for improving functional regeneration of skeletal muscle following traumatic injuries. As a post-doctoral scholar at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014-2016), she continued her research and developed regenerative therapies utilizing electrical stimulation, laminin-111, and stem cells to improve skeletal muscle mass and function following injury and aging.

Garg Lab Group - Dec 2017

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Garg Lab Group - Dec 2018

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Garg Lab Group - Dec 2021

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Garg Lab Group - May 2023

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Avantika Jain

 

avantika.jain@slu.edu

 

Ph.D. Student

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Jamshid Tadiwala

 

jamshid.tadiwala@slu.edu

 

Ph.D. Student

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Rebecca Sheetz

 

Rebecca.sheetz@slu.edu

Ph.D. Student

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Kevin Sekerak

 

kevin.sekerak@slu.edu

 

Ph.D. Student

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Mia Ridolfo

mia.ridolfo@slu.edu

B.S.-M.S. Student

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Esha Pattan

esha.pattan@slu.edu

B.S. -M.S. Student

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Abigail Mallo

abigail.mallo@slu.edu

B.S.-M.S. Student

 
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
  • Devananda Manjunadh
  • Simra Babu
  • Evan Lennox
  • Sainithya Attota
  • ​Priya Modi
  • ​Nishita Makela

MEDICAL STUDENTS

  • Samantha Spence, Summer Research Fellow, SOM-SLU

  • Sonja Gurbani, SOM-SLU

HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER INTERNS

  • Matthew Ernst, Collegiate intern from St. Louis Public School District, Spring 2023

  • Malak Kamil Qastoma, Lafayette High School, Summer 2023

  • Stephen Shaji, Eureka High School, Summer 2024

  • Natalie Wolk, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Summer 2024

  • Vincent Ly, St. Louis University High School, Summer 2024

 

LAB ALUMNI

Graduate Students

  • Natalia Ziemkiewicz, PhD, Post doc at UT Southwestern Medical Center

  • Andrew Dunn, PhD, Cell Sciences and Imaging Biologist, Bayer, MO

  • Connor Tobo, MS

  • Charles West, MS, Application Consultant US at Brainlab

  • Allison Paoli, MS, Biomedical engineer at Euphrates Vascular

  • Jeffrey Au, MS, Technical Solutions Engineer on the Cupid (Cardiovascular) Team at Epic Systems

  • Hannah Chauvin, MS, GOglobal Procurement Trainee at Millipore Sigma/Merck KGaA

  • Peter Genovese, MS, Clinical Development Manager at Volta Medical

  • Gabriel Haas, MS, CEO at GenAssist, Inc.

  • Madison Marcinczyk, MS, Systems Engineer at GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI

  • Krishna Patel, MS, Midwestern's University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Muhamed Talovic, MS, Neuroimaging Engineer at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Undergraduate Students

  • Jessica Robinson

  • Saloni Shringarpure

  • Meghan Chermack

  • Ryan Mueller

  • Julia Brockhouse

  • Andrew Lin

  • Gerard Pena

  • Aakash Nagarapu, BS, Medical Student at SLU

  • Robert Scheidt, BS, Medical Student at Washington University in Saint Louis

  • Josh Madsen, BS, Contract R&D Engineer, Cardinal Health, St. Louis, and CTO at GenAssist, Inc.

  • Anjali Patel, BS, Medical Student at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Sara Vendrell, BS, Medical Student at Ponce Health Sciences University, University in Ponce, Puerto Rico

  • Mark Schwartz, BS, Graduate Student at University of Virginia

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