Members

Margaret Bennewitz, Ph.D.

Director, BESTeam; Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

+1 (304) 293-0567

margaret.bennewitz@mail.wvu.edu

PhD, biomedical engineering, Yale University, 2012

Hassan Alkhadrawi

Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

ha0038@mix.wvu.edu

BS, biomedical engineering, WVU, 2021

Kokeb Dese

Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

kdg00008@mix.wvu.edu

BS, Biomedical Engineering, Jimma University, 2016 and MS, Biomedical Imaging, Jimma University, 2018

Dhruvi Panchal

Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

dp00016@mix.wvu.edu

B.Pharm, India, 2017, and M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics, India, 2020

Jenna Abdalrahman

Undergraduate Student
Department of Biology

jaa00027@mix.wvu.edu

Sophomore, WVU Department of Biology

Sara Demircan

Undergraduate Student
Department of Biology

sd00044@mix.wvu.edu

Sophomore, WVU department of Biology

Benjamin Roland

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

bcr00010@mix.wvu.edu

Freshman, biomedical engineering, WVU

Anthony Scalzo

Undergraduate Student
Department of Biology

ajs00091@mix.wvu.edu

Freshman, WVU Department of Biology

Alex Silverman

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

als00040@mix.wvu.edu

Junior, Biomedical Engineering

Kasey Freshwater

Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

kaf0005@mix.wvu.edu

BS, biomedical engineering and BA, chemistry, WVU, 2020

Celia Martinez de la Torre

Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

cemartinezdelatorre@mix.wvu.edu

BS, chemical engineering, WVU, 2018

Hunter Snoderly

Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

htsnoderly@mix.wvu.edu

BS, biomedical engineering, WVU, 2018

Esra Al Abazaid

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

eaa0012@mix.wvu.edu

Senior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Macy Carder

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

mdcarder@mix.wvu.edu

BS, biomedical engineering, WVU, 2019

Michael Elkins

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

mde0008@mix.wvu.edu

Junior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Alexia Gorman

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

arg00001@mix.wvu.edu

Senior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Jasmine Grossman

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

jhgrossman@mix.wvu.edu

BS, biomedical engineering, WVU, 2019

Cathy Li

Visiting Undergraduate Student
Engineering

jl3253@cornell.edu

Sophomore, engineering, Cornell University

Mara Looney-Sanders

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

ml0067@mix.wvu.edu

Sophomore, biomedical engineering, WVU

Olivia Miller

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

oam0001@mix.wvu.edu

Senior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Dylan Moon

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

dgm0004@mix.wvu.edu

Senior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Jenna Ostasiewski

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

jko00001@mix.wvu.edu

Junior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Huy Pham

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

hgpham@mix.wvu.edu

BS, biomedical engineering, WVU, 2019

Alex Pueschel

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

arp0031@mix.wvu.edu

Senior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Barrick Silverman

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

bs0117@mix.wvu.edu

Junior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Cody VanAllen

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

crv0007@mix.wvu.edu

Junior, biomedical engineering, WVU

Jenna Vito

Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

jnv0006@mix.wvu.edu

Junior, chemical engineering, WVU

Joy Wu

Visiting Undergraduate Student
Chemistry

jw2454@cornell.edu

Junior, chemistry, Cornell University