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Erickson Lab Members

thumbnail David Erickson
P.I.

C.V.
Breif Biography

Ph.D.

thumbnail Michael Kalontarov
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Optofluidic Energy
thumbnail Michael Mak
Ph.D. Student
BME

high-throughput methods for screening populations of metastatic cancer cells
thumbnail Erica Eunjung Jung
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Optofluidic Energy
thumbnail Abdurrahman Gumus
Ph.D. Student
ECE

Lab-on-a-bird
thumbnail Xavier Serey
Ph.D. Student
AEP

Optofluidic Transport and Trapping
thumbnail Matthew Mancuso
Ph.D. Student
BME

Smartphone based diagnostics
thumbnail Li Jiang
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Solar-driven diagnostics
thumbnail Vlad-Victor Oncescu
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Autonomous diagnostics
thumbnail Pilgyu Kang
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Optofluidic Trapping
thumbnail Aadhar Jain
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Optofluidics
thumbnail Syed Saad Ashan
Ph.D. Student
AEP

Optofluidic Energy
thumbnail Seoho Lee
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Smartphone based diagnostics
thumbnail Dakota O'Dell
Ph.D. Student
AEP

Optofluidic Trapping
thumbnail Macey Ruble
Ph.D. Student
AEP

Optofluidic Energy
thumbnail Perry Schein
Ph.D. Student
MAE

Optofluidic Trapping

Undergraduate

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Masters of Engineering

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Alumni - Ph.D. and Post-Docs

thumbnail Julie Goddard
Post-Doc 2007-2009

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Massachusettes Amherst
thumbnail Yun Suk Huh
Post-Doc 2007-2010

Current Position: Korean Basic Science Institute
thumbnail Sudeep Mandal
Ph.D./Post-Doc 2005-2010
AEP

Current Position: General Electric Research
thumbnail Allen Yang
Ph.D. Student 2005-2010
CBE

Current Position: Post-Doc, UCSB
thumbnail Bernardo Cordovez
Ph.D. Student 2005-2010, Post-Doc 2010
MAE

Current Position: CTO & Co-Founder, Optofluidics, Inc.
thumbnail Inhee Choi
Post-Doc 2009-2011

Current Position: Post-Doc, UCB
thumbnail Yih-Fan Chen
Post-Doc 2010 - 2011

Current Position: Assitant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
thumbnail Mekala Krishnan
Ph.D. Student 2006-2011
MAE

Current Position: McKinsey & Co.
thumbnail Aram Chung
Ph.D. Student 2006-2011
MAE

Current Position: Post-Doc, UCLA
thumbnail Sean Moore
M.S. Student 2007-2011
MAE


Alumni - Undergraduate and M.Eng.

Akhmechet, RomanM.Eng./Engineer2006-2007
Story, DevonM.Eng.2005-2006
Rubin, EphramM.Eng.2006
Vallejo, AnaM.Eng.2006
Borkar, AbhasM.Eng.2006
Jayakumar, HarishankarM.Eng.2006
Dropkin, AmandaUndergraduate Researcher2005-2007
Youn, PaulUndergraduate Researcher2005-2006
Ahmad, SanaUndergraduate Researcher2005-2006
Tung, StephenUndergraduate Researcher2006
Hoge, JackUndergraduate Researcher2005-2006
Kabadi, SurajCNF-REU2006
Lannon, HerbertCNF-REU2006
Kim, DonnM.Eng2006-2007
Ng, AdrianM.Eng2006-2007
Sheikh, OmerM.Eng2006-2007
Nichols, WestonUndergraduate Researcher2006-2007
Chen, LikunREU2006-2007
Baisch, AndrewCNF-REU2007
Klug, MattM.Eng.2007
Chi, BinbinUndergraduate2007
Kress, MichaelUndergraduate2007
Lerdsuchatawanich, TadsanapanM.Eng.2008
Park, JoonsikUG/M.Eng.2008
D’Souza, AngelaM.Eng.2008-2009
Klingler, KristenNBTC-REU2009
DiFelice, AudreyNIRT(NSF)-REU2009
Duan, HankUG Researcher2010
Huang, TobyUG Researcher2010
Anger, RichardCNF-REU2010
Ogunbo, SamuelCU-LSAMP REU2010
Jasuja, NipunUG Researcher2009-2011
Nielsen, LarsMS Researcher from DTU2010-2011

More Information

For more information on joining our group see the positions page or visit the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Webpage.