OUR TEAM
Committed to Advancing Science & Medicine
MAI T. LAM, PHD
Principal Investigator & Advisor
Dr. Lam's expertise is in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and stem cells. Her current main focus is in vascular tissue engineering and creating patient-specific vascular grafts.
BIJAL PATEL, MS
PhD Student & Lab Manager
Bijal joined the lab in 2015. Her work focuses on engineering the adventitia.
BRYAN WONSKI, MS
PhD Student
Bryan joined the lab in 2016. His work focuses on stem cells and disease modeling.
JULIAN LEE, MD
Master's Student
Julian joined the lab in 2020. His work focuses on creating disease models using our engineered vessels as a platform.
MOLLY STRAIGHT, BS
Researcher
Molly has been with the lab since 2017. Her work focuses on stent and balloon angioplasty effects on vascular biomechanics.
CHRISTOPHER SPENCER
Researcher
Chris joined the lab in 2020. He is a proud student athlete on the WSU Swim and Dive team. His work focuses on creating an in vitro model of diabetic vasculopathy.