Group Members

PI & Administration

Ana Jaklenec

Ana Jaklenec

Principal Investigator
jaklenec@mit.edu

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Sydney MacDonald

Sydney MacDonald

Program Assistant
sydneysm@mit.edu

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Tracy Hernandez

Administrative Assistant
thernand@mit.edu

Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows

Behnaz Eshaghi

Behnaz Eshaghi

Biomaterials, Drug delivery, Nanomedicine
beshaghi@mit.edu

Tina Huang

Drug Delivery, Vaccines, Biomaterials, Microfluidics, Biomimicry
tinayh@mit.edu

Amy Lee

Amy Lee

Vaccines, Drug delivery, Women’s health
ahl@mit.edu

Shuai Liu

Drug Delivery, Inhaled Delivery, mRNA, Lipid Nanoparticle
shuai25@mit.edu

Brett Pogostin

Brett Pogostin

Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Supramolecular Chemistry, Cancer Immunotherapy
bpogo@mit.edu

Khanh Tran

Khanh Tran

Drug and Vaccine Delivery, Medical Devices, Disease Diagnosis, Biomaterials
ktmtran@mit.edu

Xin Yang

Xin Yang

AI-powered Nutrient Delivery, MOF/COF for Nutrient Delivery, Drug Delivery
xin_yang@mit.edu

Mason Zadan

Stretchable Electronics, Liquid Metals, Shape Memory Polymers
mzadan@mit.edu

Graduate Students

Litsa Kapsalis

Drug delivery, Biomaterials, Controlled Release, Immunology
litsakap@mit.edu

Jinbi Tian

Jinbi Tian

Soft bioelectronics, Microfabrication, Nanofabrication, Nanomaterials, Drug delivery
jinbi@mit.edu

Technical Associates

Ruairi Brown

Vaccines, Drug Delivery, Cancer, Medical Devices
brownr2@mit.edu

Aki Gurram

Aki Gurram

Vaccines, Drug delivery, Biomaterials, Immunotherapies
agurram@mit.edu

Jaya Hamkins

Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery, Biomaterials, Medical Devices
jhamkins@mit.edu

Graeme Pugsley

graemep@mit.edu

Zongting Wu

Zongting Wu

Nanofabrication, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery
wzt@mit.edu

Visiting Scientists

Sonika Chibh

Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow
Cancer, Drug Delivery, Biomaterials 
sonika24@mit.eduaduan@mit.edu

Undergraduate Students