Principal Investigator
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor
Shayn Peirce-Cottler develops computational models and combines them with wet lab experiments and machine learning to study how tissues heal after injury and to develop new therapies for inducing tissue regeneration.
Lab Manager
Anthony Bruce
Anthony is the lab manager for the Peirce-Cottler Laboratory at the University of Virginia. He graduated from James Madison University with a Master of Science in Biology in 2000, and from Bridgewater College with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1997. His technical expertise spans microsurgical techniques, pre-clinical models, intravital imaging, and molecular biology techniques. His research interests are in studying microvascular adaptations in settings of chronic and acute inflammation.
Graduate Students
Ramon Castellanos-Sanchez
Ph.D. Candidate (2019-present)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University
Tien Comlekoglu
Ph.D. Candidate (2021-present)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
David Csordas
Ph.D. Candidate (2021-present)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Connecticut
Lilly DeCostanza
Ph.D. Candidate (2021-present)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University
Kareem El-Ghazawi
Ph.D. Candidate (2020-present)
B.S. Nanomedicine, University of Virginia
Scott Skalak
Ph.D. Candidate (2023-present)
B.S. Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate Students
Dori Beck
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering Candidate (2023-present)
Lilly Cucuzzella
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering Candidate (2023-present)
Yash Veeramasu
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering Candidate (2022-present)