Lab Group Members
| Lab Director: Michael J. Moore, Ph.D.
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Michael was born in Kimball, NE and attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He received his B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering shortly after marrying his wife Lisa. They then moved to Rochester, MN, where Michael attended the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He pursued PhD research in the development of a biodegradable spinal cord implant under the direction of Prof. Michael Yaszemski and Prof. Anthony Windebank, and completed his PhD in 2005. Dr. Moore then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he conducted postdoctoral research in drug delivery for retinal neuroprotection under the direction of Prof. Robert Langer at MIT and Dr. Michael J. Young of the Schepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Moore joined the Tulane Biomedical Engineering faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2007. He and his wife Lisa and their three children live in the Broadmoor neighborhood in New Orleans. |
| Graduate Members | |
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Gary Catig Hometown: Valencia, CA M.S. Biomaterials Science New York University, 2009 B.S. Materials Science & Engineering Johns Hopkins University, 2004 |
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J. Lowry Curley Hometown: Slidell, LA B.S. Ceramics and Materials Engineering Clemson University, 2007 |
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Elaine Horn-Ranney Hometown: Raleigh, NC B.S. Biomedical Engineering Tulane University, 2008 |
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Parastoo Khoshakhlagh Hometown: Rasht, Iran M.S. Biomedical Engineering Amirkabir University of Technology - Iran, 2008 B.S. Materials Science & Engineering Iran University of Science & Technology, 2006 |
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Joseph Majdi Hometown: Houston, TX B.S., M.S. Biomedical Engineering Tulane University, 2011 projected |
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Chris Rodell Hometown: Peachtree City, GA B.S. Biomedical Engineering, and B.S. Physics, M.S. Biomedical Engineering Tulane University, 2011 projected |
| Undergraduate Members | |
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Seth Figueroa Hometown: New Orleans, LA B.S. Biomedical Engineering & Mathematics Tulane University, 2011 projected |
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Renee Huval Hometown: Lafayette, LA B.S. Biomedical Engineering Tulane University, 2011 projected |
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Keishondra Sampson Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA B.S. Chemistry Xavier University, 2012 projected |
