Leslie Chan, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
Leslie Chan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory School of Medicine. She earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2009 and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in 2015 with Suzie Pun, where she developed peptide-functionalized polymer materials to treat coagulopathies after traumatic injury. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts of Institute of Technology with Sangeeta Bhatia. There, she engineered nanoscale materials to detect and treat of infections. Her lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering uses molecular and nanoscale engineering to develop biosensing and drug delivery strategies to address gastrointestinal diseases, infections, and autoimmune disorders. She is a recipient of an NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award and the Caltech Young Investigator Lecturer Award in Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Graduate Students
Jaibyung Choi, M.S.
Jaibyung (JB) is a first-year Ph.D. student in the BioE program under the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biotechnology from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, where he researched applications of microneedle-based drug delivery systems for vaccination and ocular delivery as a graduate research assistant. Now part of the Chan Lab at Georgia Tech, JB is interested in developing biosensing and drug delivery strategies for gastrointestinal disease. Outside the lab, JB enjoys going to the gym, watching soccer, traveling, and is excited to explore Atlanta.
Vishal Manickam
Vishal graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California in Davis, not far from where he grew up in the greater Bay Area. At U.C. Davis, he worked in Dr. Jamal S. Lewis’s Lab to investigate the immunomodulatory effects of biomaterials on dendritic cell populations and in Dr. Steven C. George’s Lab to develop a pancreatic tumor-on-chip platform. Vishal has also worked in various biotech companies including GigaGen, where he contributed to the development of therapeutic antibodies for treatment of COVID-19. In the Chan Lab, Vishal leads the effort to establish ingestible probes for breath-based detection of gastrointestinal diseases. Outside of lab, Vishal enjoys hiking, cooking and baking, karaoke, volleyball, and playing board games.
Khoi Le
Khoi earned his BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2021. He worked as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Stephanie Fraley’s lab, where he studied the effects of 3D collagen architecture and fluid flow on cancer cell migration and metastasis. For his graduate research, Khoi is currently developing probes for breath-based detection of respiratory disease. His hobbies outside of lab include cooking and food photography, gardening, and card games.
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
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