Current Members
- Yuhua Song, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Principle Investigator
E-mail: yhsong@uab.edu
Group Web site: https://sites.uab.edu/yhsong
Yuhua Song Curriculum Vitae; Yuhua Song NIH Biosketch;
- Rory A Greer, B.S., PhD student
Graduate Student
- Ryan A. Tuckey, B.S., MD/PhD student
Graduate Student
- Garrett Michael Lepkowski, B.S., Master Student
Graduate Student
- Afsana Mehrab, B.S., PhD student
Graduate Student
- Lin, Sydney, M.S., PhD student
Graduate Student - Shangzhong Yang, PhD
Researcher V
- Caedmon T Isaacson
BME Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s student
Cancer Research Immersion Summer Program (CRISP), 2023 summer
- Amanda M Plain, M.S., PhD student
Graduate Student
B.S., MS. Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham - H’ng, Jason Junjie
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UAB - Annabel Lynne Johnson
Undergraduate Student
Presidential Summer Innovation Fellowship, 2023
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UAB
- Shalarria Cooper
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UAB - Mayfield, Andy Lee
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UAB - Alyssa Pentas
Undergraduate Student in Neuroscience at UAB - Baraa Aljawawdeh
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UAB - Prithak Shrestha
Undergraduate Student
RAMP-UP program (UAB Research in Aging through Mentorship and Practice – Undergraduate Program
Alumni
- Brewer, Levi W (PhD student, rotation, Spring 2004);
- Hughes, Hannah Mackenzie (PhD student, rotation, Fall 2023);
- Shalarria Cooper (PhD student, rotation, Fall 2023);
- Hunter B Dean, M.S., MD/PhD student at UAB (2018 – 2023), PhD awarded 2023, currently Medical school student at UAB
- Sarah G. Van Winkle (2022 Jan – 2023 May), Undergraduate Student in Biophysics at UAB
- Thi Kieu Duyen Tran, Research Assistant (2021 Jan-2023 Feb)
- Helen E Brinyark, PhD student (2021-2022)
- Han Jing (2022 summer), currently Undergraduate Student in BME Department at UAB
- Kyla Alexsa Gabriel (2019 – 2022), currently Harvard Medical School, Biomedical Informatics Research Fellow
Undergraduate Student - Hrithik Praveen (2019 – 2022), currently Medical School student, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Undergraduate Student - Yuwei Song (2019 – 2021), Research Scholar, currently PhD graduate student in Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics theme, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Jason Zhang (2020 – 2021), currently MIT biological engineering PhD graduate program
Undergraduate Student
Awarded Honors College Presidential Summer Fellowship 2020
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Biomedical Engineering - Zainab Ameir Ahmad (2018-2020), currently Medical School students at University of Mississippi Medical School
Undergraduate Student
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Biomedical Engineering - Caleb M Graham, B.S. M.D. Master student (Rotation student, Fall 2019)
- Adam E Bashir, B.S., MD student, 2018-2019
- Molly Sears Buckley, Master student (Rotation student, Fall 2018)
- Khanh T Nguyen, PhD student (Rotation student, Fall 2018)
- Seoeui (Lisa) Hong (Spring 2018)
Undergraduate Student
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Biomedical Engineering - Kishan M Patel (Spring and Summer 2018)
Undergraduate Student University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Biomedical Engineering - Romone Fancy, M.S., PhD (PhD graduated in December 2017)
Graudate student
B.S. Chemistry, University of South Carolina
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham - Romone was awarded a two-year graduate fellowship from The Comprehensive Minority Faculty and Student Development Program at UAB
- Romone was Awarded a two-year NSF Bridge to the Doctorate fellowship from The Office for Equity and Diversity at UAB
- Romone was Awared a AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award 2012
- First-Place for poster presentation in Biomedical Engineering Research Symposium at UAB, 2012
- Aufan, Muhammad Rifqi, M.S., PhD student (rotation student, Fall 2017)
Graduate Student
B.S. Engineering Physics, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea - Mohit A Limdi, B.S. (2016-2017)
Graduate Student, currently MBA student at UAB
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: molimdi@uab.edu - Vaishali Nijampatnam (2016-2017)
Undergraduate student
UAB, Biomedical Engineering Dpartment
Email: vnij@uab.edu - Ruta Sanjay Bhat (2016-2017)
Undergraduate student
UAB, Biomedical Engineering Dpartment
Email: rutabhat@uab.edu - Amy Zhang (2016-2017)
High School student
Hoover High School - Samuel Holder (2016 Jan- 2016 Oct)
Undergraduate student
Biomedical Eneering Department
Email: samwell@uab.edu - Courtney Mobbs (2016 summer)
High School student
Northridge High School in Tuscaloosa
2016 Biomedical Engineering Summer Camp - Justin L. Howell, M.S. (2013 – 2016)
Research Assistant
B.S., MS. Bioengineering, University of Louisville
Current: Covance Inc. - Hongyi (Joyce) Yang, Ph.D (graduated Dec. 2015)
Graduate Student
Co-advise with Dr. Patterson in Chemsitry - Dynisty Everette (2015 summer)
NST REU summer student
Undergraduate student
Savannah State University
NSF REU summer student - Julian Dill (2015 summer)
Undergraduate student
Lawson State Community College
UAB Summer Science Institute (SSI) Research Intern
UAB Center for Community OutReach Development Program - James Browning (2014 – 2015)
High School Student
Creativity, Action, and Service program in
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School - Brady Dulak (2014 summer)
Undergraduate student
NST REU summer student - Lingyun Wang, Ph.D. (2011 – 2014)
Visiting Scientist - Qinghua Zeng, MD, Ph.D. ( 2014 )
Visiting Scientist - Tiara Napier, M.S. (2010 – 2013)
Graduate Student
B.S. Biomedical Enineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
NIH PREP Scholar
Tiara was Awarded a two-year NSF Bridge to the Doctorate fellowship from The Office for Equity and Diversity at UAB
First-Place in the Engineering Category for poster presentation at conference for NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Fellows in Auburn, 2012 - Brea Reese (2013 summer)
High School Research Intern
UAB Center for Community OutReach Development Program - Thomas Schmid （ 2012 )
Visiting Scholar
PhD student in Computer Science at University of Leipzig, Germany
Fulbright Scholarship as visiting scholar in United States - Musa Williams (2012 summer)
Undergraduate student
NSF REU summer student - Kevin J Anderson (2009 -2011)
Undergraduate Student
Currently: Cornell University BME graduate program
Recognized in Science and Technology Honors Program in its Spring Celebration of Excellence at UAB, 2011 - Valentine Nwachukwu (2011 summer)
Undergraduate student
REU summer student
Winning the third place in REU summer exposition
UAB Global and Community Leadership Honors program - Jarvis Williams (2011 summer)
CORD high school summer research intern
A. H. Parker High School - Christopher Evans (2010 and 2011 summer)
Minority Summer High School Research Intern
UAB Center for Community OutReach Development Program
Valedictorian of A. H. Parker High School
Summer Executive Internship in ‘Kids & Jobs’ program of City of Birmingham - Daixi Li, PhD ( 2009- 2010 )
Visiting Scientist - Huikuan Chao (2009 -2010)
Graduate research trainee - Di Pan, M.S. (2007 – 2009)
Graduate research assistant - Qi Yan, M.S. (2007 – 2009)
Graduate research assistant - Nichele Cantrell (2009 summer)
Birmingham’s Ramsay High School
Minority Enrichment Student
K-12 Outreach - Bibo Shi (2008 -2009)
Graduate research trainee - Jonathan Suever (2007 – 2008)
Undergraduate Student
Currently: GeorgeTech BME graduate program
NSF fellowship awardee
Jonathan is a recipient of Jane Knight Lowe Scholarship
Jonathan is in Predient’s list for several semesters - Russell Greeen (2007 – 2008)
Undergraduate Student
Currently: Auburn University graduate program
Russell received Presidential Honors for several semesters - Joseph C Pak (2008)
Undergraduate Student - Theodore Tolvin (2008 summer)
Huffman High School
UAB Summer high School Research Intern from Cords Program
K-12 Outreach; Minority Student - Yuemin Liu, Ph. D (2006 – 2007)
Postdoctoral researcher
