Who We Are

We are a creative, innovative, collaborative team of researchers and domain experts from across Cornell University exploring frontier science and developing revolutionary technology that brings engineered living materials and structures out of the realm of science fiction and into an unprecedented reality, advancing our society.

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Leadership

Director of ELMI

Meredith Silberstein

Meredith Silberstein

Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Meredith Silberstein’s Profile
Silberstein Lab

Associate Director of ELMI

Adrienne Roeder

Adrienne Roeder

Professor
Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology

Adrienne Roeder’s Profile
The Roeder Lab

Faculty

Buz Barstow

Buz Barstow

Associate Professor
Biological and Environmental Engineering

Buz Barstow’s Profile
Barstow Research Team

Nikolaos Bouklas

Nikolaos Bouklas

Associate Professor
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Bouklas Lab

Ilana Brito

Ilana Brito

Associate Professor, Mong Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Ilana Brito’s Profile
The Brito Lab

Eric Dufresne

Eric Dufresne

Professor
Physics, Materials Science & Engineering

Eric Dufresne's Profile
Lab

Andrea Giometto

Andrea Giometto

Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Andrea Giometto's Profile
Giometto Group

Laura Gunn

Laura Gunn

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science

Laura Gunn’s Profile

Maria Harrison

Maria Harrison

William H. Crocker Professor
Boyce Thompson Institute

Maria Harrison’s Profile & Lab

Sarah Hormozi

Sarah Hormozi

Associate Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sarah Hormozi's Profile
Lab

Lori Huberman

Lori Huberman

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science

Lori Huberman's Profile
Huberman Lab

Sijin Li

Sijin Li

Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sijin Li’s Profile
Sijin Li Group

Jenny Sabin

Jenny Sabin

Professor, Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture
Architecture

Jenny Sabin’s Profile
Jenny Sabin Lab

Robert Shepherd

Robert Shepherd

Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robert Shepherd’s Profile
Organic Robotics Lab

Rong Yang

Rong Yang

Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Rong Yang’s Profile
The Yang Lab

Jingjie Yeo

Jingjie Yeo

Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jingjie Yeo’s Profile
J2 Lab

Postdocs & Research Associates

Si Chen

Si Chen

Fleming Postdoctoral Fellow
Silberstein Lab

Lanxi Hu

Lanxi Hu

Postdoctoral Researcher
Roeder Lab

Kwang-Won Park

Kwang-Won Park

Postdoctoral Researcher
Yang Lab

Purnendu

Purnendu

Postdoctoral Researcher
Shepherd Lab

Nan Xue

Nan Xue

Postdoctoral Researcher
Dufresne Lab

Students

Kaylee Bagdan

Kaylee Bagdan

Plant Biology, PhD Candidate
Roeder and Rose Labs

Miranda

Miranda "PJ" Brunette

Materials Science and Engineering, BS Candidate
Silberstein Lab

Ruohong Chen

Ruohong Chen

Mechanical Engineering, PhD Candidate
Yeo Lab

Patrice Crosby

Patrice Crosby

Microbiology, PhD Candidate
Yang Lab

Raju Dantuluri

Raju Dantuluri

Biological Engineering, PhD Candidate
Giometto Lab

Madison Jill Feely

Fashion Design Management, BS Candidate
Sabin Lab

Dong Oh Han

Dong Oh Han

Chemical and Biological Engineering, PhD Candidate
Li Lab

Katia Larina

Physics, PhD Candidate
Dufresne Lab

Ruye Li

Ruye Li

Chemistry, PhD Candidate
Yeo lab

Emma Miller

Plant Biology, PhD Candidate
Li Lab

Mohammad Mousavi

Mohammad Mousavi

Mechanical Engineering, PhD Candidate
Bouklas Lab

Kobe Phillips

Kobe Phillips

Design Technology, MS Candidate
Sabin Lab

Tanner Robison

Tanner Robison

Plant Biology, PhD Candidate
Gunn Lab

Marina Rosolem

Design Technology, MS Candidate
Sabin Lab

Ruby Schnirman

Ruby Schnirman

Genetics, Genomics, and Development, PhD Candidate
Huberman Lab

Harry (Haonian) Shu

Harry (Haonian) Shu

Chemical and Biological Engineering, PhD Candidate
Yang Lab

Ellen Van Wijngaarden

Ellen Van Wijngaarden

Mechanical Engineering, PhD Candidate
Silberstein Lab

Christine Wu

Christine Wu

Genetics, Genomics, and Development, PhD Candidate
Huberman Lab

Advisory Board

José Dinneny

José Dinneny

Professor of Biology at Stanford University

Peter Girguis

Peter Girguis

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University

Gillian Isabelle

Gillian Isabelle

CEO and founder of Enlivity

Nancy Kelley-Loughnane

Nancy Kelley-Loughnane

Director, Tri-Service Biotechnology for a Resilient Supply Chain (T-BRSC) Program

Christine Ortiz

Christine Ortiz

Founder and Director Station 1
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT

Roy Rodenstein

Roy Rodenstein

Angel Investor and Tech Startup Advisor

Lynn Rothschild

Lynn Rothschild

Research and Technology Lead, NASA HQ Sci Tech Mission Directorate

Abe Strook

Abe Strook

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Cornell University

Ponsi Trivisvavet

Ponsi Trivisvavet

CEO and Director of Inari, the SEEDesign™