PI & Administration
Ana Jaklenec
Principal Research Scientist and Principal Investigator
jaklenec@mit.edu
Sydney MacDonald
Program Assistant
sydneysm@mit.edu
Tracy Hernandez
Administrative Assistant
thernand@mit.edu
Postdoctoral Associates/Fellows
Behnaz Eshaghi
Biomaterials, Drug delivery, Nanomedicine
beshaghi@mit.edu
Tina Huang
Drug Delivery, Vaccines, Biomaterials, Microfluidics, Biomimicry
tinayh@mit.edu
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
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Supramolecular Chemistry, Cancer Immunotherapy
bpogo@mit.edu
Khanh Tran
Drug and Vaccine Delivery, Medical Devices, Disease Diagnosis, Biomaterials
ktmtran@mit.edu
Erika Wang
Drug delivery, Biomaterials, Nanofabrication, Tissue engineering
erikayw@mit.edu
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
Soft bioelectronics, Microfabrication, Nanofabrication, Nanomaterials, Drug delivery
jinbi@mit.edu
Technical Associates
Aki Gurram
Vaccines, Drug delivery, Biomaterials, Immunotherapies
agurram@mit.edu
Olivia Sheridan
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
Kaloyan Staykov
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Drug and oral peptide delivery, synthetic biology
kstaykov@mit.edu
Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang
Drug delivery, Micronutrients, Vaccines, Biomaterials, Polymer chemistry
zlzx@mit.edu
Undergraduate Students
Jason Hrkach
Drug Delivery, mRNA, and Vaccines
jhrkach@mit.edu