Principle Investigator
Madeline Andrews is an Assistant Professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering. Her lab utilizes neural organoids, transplantation models, and omics approaches to study human brain development and disease. She is interested in the dynamic interactions in the cortical niche that inform how the brain is organized during normal and atypical development. Currently,…
Master's Student
Ammar is an undergraduate student currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, with a specific focus on the development of biological devices. He currently works as an instructional aide, providing assistance to junior-level undergraduate students in their studies of molecular and cellular biology laboratory methods. As part of his research in Dr. Andrews’ lab,…
Medical Student
Annalise is a medical student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix. She completed her B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Cell and Molecular at Duke University in 2021. Here she studied the role of RNA localization and translation in radial glial cell endfeet during neurodevelopment in Dr. Debra Silver’s lab. She…
PhD Student
Alex received her bachelors of science in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University. During her undergraduate studies, her research activities involved looking at the effect of a high fat diet in rats on insulin resistance in Dr. Richard Herman’s lab. She also evaluated how impedance changes in cardiac and brain tissue can detect heart attacks…
PhD Student
Gradi received his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rochester. During his undergraduate studies his research activities involved an HIV stigma assessment, the development and implementation of stigma reduction interventions in Muslim communities in sub-Saharan Africa (case of Senegal) to improve treatment behaviors, and outcomes for People Living with HIV under…
PhD Student
Kaila completed her B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology with minors in Chemistry and Computing Applications at SFSU. She continued her scientific training through the postbac program at UCSF in Dr. Arnold Kriegstein’s Lab. Currently, she is a PhD student in the Neuroscience program at ASU. In the Andrews’ lab, she is using bioinformatic approaches…
PhD Student
Taylor completed her BSE and MS through the Biomedical Engineering 4+1 program at Barrett, the Honors College at ASU. During that time, her research involved using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics to identify characteristic VOCs of drug metabolism in the gut microbiome with applications for personalized diagnostics. As a PhD student in Dr. Madeline Andrews’ lab, she…
Research Technician
Megan received her BS in Biological Sciences & BS in Neuroscience from Arizona State University. During her undergrad, she studied the effects of stress on the brain in the behavioral neuroscience lab of Dr. Cheryl Conrad. Currently, as a technician in Dr. Madeline Andrews’ lab, she is interested in understanding how disruptions in early signaling…
Sun Devil Alumni - Previous Lab Members
Christian is currently a senior undergraduate student pursuing his bachelor’s in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior. After two years as a clinical lab assistant working in a major trauma hospital, Christian decided to switch gears and focus on pre-clinical research. Currently in the Andrews Lab, he is excited to study the differences in gene expression during…
Sun Devil Alumni - Previous Lab Members
Fabiha completed her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in Mathematics at Arizona State University. She is pursuing her master’s degree in biomedical engineering. During her undergraduate program, she conducted research in Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery’s Sensorimotor Research lab. She completed an honors thesis for Barrett, The Honors College, studying the effects of…
Sun Devil Alumni - Previous Lab Members
Tran is currently a senior pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering through Barrett, the Honors College at ASU. She is interested in neurodevelopment and tissue engineering strategies. In Dr. Madeline Andrews’ lab, she is currently studying how oxygen impacts the growth and development of neural cell types. Outside of the lab, Tran loves being…
Undergraduate Student
Madhumanti is currently pursuing a bachelors of science in Biological Sciences with a concentration in neurobiology, physiology and behavior at ASU. She is passionate about undergraduate research and is an ATA for a seminar taught by Dr. Susan Holechek which prepares students to be competitive applicants for STEM labs. In Dr. Madeline Andrews’ lab, she…
