News
2024
Emily Gardner and Quincy Lyons are selected as predoctoral trainees in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
Danna Du successfully defends her M.S. thesis.
Emma Zelus successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Josh Mesfin successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis.
Josh Mesfin and Alex Chen receive a TERMIS travel grants to the TERMIS World Congress.
Michael Nguyen receives an AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Alex Chen receives an AHA Predoctoral Fellowship.
2023
Dr. Christman is awarded a Sanford Stem Cell Institute Stellar Faculty Award.
Dr. Christman is selected as a Falling Walls Life Sciences Winner
Dr. Christman is elected a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors.
Dr. Christman is elected an International Fellow of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Dr. Christman is awarded the AIMBE Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Michael Nguyen is selected as a NHLBI T32 Trainee in Cardiovascular Physiology
Josh Mesfin receives a Siebel Scholars Award.
Jervaughn Hunter successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis.
Bianca Peña receives the NSF GRFP.
Josh Mesfin receives a TERMIS travel grant.
2022
Dr. Christman receives the Pierre Galletti Endowed Chair for Bioengineering Innovation.
Maria Karkanitsa receives 1st place in a poster competition at the Bioengineering and Translational Medicine conference.
Josh Mesfin receives the AHA predoctoral fellowship.
Jervaughn Hunter receives a Siebel Scholars Award.
Jervaughn Hunter receives the UAB Rising Young Alumni award.
Bianca Peña and Alex Chen both receive the Interfaces Training Grant.
Josh Mesfin receives a ARCS Fellowship.
Kendra Worthington receives the Class of 2022 Award for Excellence in Bioengineering.
Pamela Duran wins the 2022 Englelson Ph.D. Thesis Award.
Miranda Diaz and Jervaughn Hunter receive TERMIS travel grants.
Holly Sullivan successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Miranda Diaz successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Maria Karkanitsa and Kendra Worthington receive the NSF GRFP.
Pamela Duran successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
2021
Dr. Christman receives the Society for Biomaterials Clemson Award for Applied Research
Pamela Duran receives a Siebel Scholars Award.
Marty Spang wins the 2021 Engelson Ph.D. Thesis Award.
Josh Mesfin receives an honorable mention from the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship and from NSF GRFP.
2020
Marty Spang successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis.
Dr. Christman is elected to the 2020 BMES Class of Fellows.
Josh Mesfin is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
Emma Zelus and James Corbitt receive honorable mentions from NSF GRFP.
Miranda Diaz and Holly Sullivan receive NIH predoctoral fellowships.
2019
Marty Spang receives a Siebel Scholars Award.
Dr. Christman's clinical trial publication is featured in the UC San Diego News Center, ScienceDaily, PhysicsWorld, KPBS, and MedicalXpress.
Pamela Duran receives a NIH predoctoral fellowship.
Jervaughn Hunter is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
Melissa Hernandez and Ray Wang successfully defend their Ph.D. theses.
Andrea Carlini's publication is featured in NIH Research Matters.
Dr. Christman is interviewed by Nature on engineering biomaterials to mimic extracellular matrix.
2018
Dr. Christman is featured in the San Diego Tribune about UCSD funding.
Jervaughn Hunter is featured as a Sloan Scholar in the UCSD Engineering blog.
Pamela Duran is awarded Best Poster at the Alternative Muscle Club annual meeting.
Jessica Ungerleider successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Dr. Christman receives the TERMIS Senior Scientist Award.
Melissa Hernandez's and Roberto Gaetani's publication is featured on Advanced Science News.
Holly Sullivan is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program.
Miranda Diaz is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
Melissa Hernandez is selected as a Gordon Fellow for the Jacobs School of Engineering.
Marty Spang receives an AHA predoctoral fellowship, and Gina Policasto receives an AHA postdoctoral fellowship.
2017
Dr. Christman is given Life Science Catalyst Award by Biocom.
Christman lab is granted a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) award.
Dr. Christman is one of the Lead Grant Recipients at UC San Diego for the 2017 Fiscal Year.
Jessica Ungerleider receives a Siebel Scholars Award.
Ray Wang receives a NIH predoctoral fellowship.
Melissa Hernandez receives a NIH predoctoral fellowship.
Melissa Hernandez receives a Society for Biomaterials STAR honorable mention and a SFB Drug Delivery Special Interest Group Student Research Award.
Marty Spang is selected as a Gordon Fellow for the Jacobs School of Engineering
Nicole Friend receives a Cato T. Laurencin Travel Fellowship to attend the Society for Biomaterials meeting.
Pamela Duran is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the NIAMS Training Grant on Translational Musculoskeletal Research.
Jessica Ungerleider receives a NIH predoctoral fellowship.
Dr. Luthi receives a NIH postdoctoral fellowship.
Dr. Christman is appointed as Associate Dean for Students in the Jacobs School of Engineering.
2016
Melissa Hernandez receives the second place poster award at the TERMIS-NA meeting in San Diego.
Eti Sinha is awarded the Genentech US Biologics Technical Development Outstanding Student Award.
Dr. Christman and collaborator Dr. Alperin receive a 2016 Galvanizing Engineering in Medicine (GEM) award
Dr. Christman is promoted to full Professor in the Department of Bioengineering.
Julian Garcia receives a Dept. of Bioengineering Outstanding Research Award.
Melissa Hernandez and Marty Spang are selected as a predoctoral trainees in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
Jessica Ungerleider is selected as a Gordon Fellow for the Jacobs School of Engineering.
Dr. Christman is elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
2015
Sophia Suarez successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Todd Johnson wins the 2015 Shunichi Usami Memorial Awar.d
Ray Wang is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
Gillie Agmon wins 4 Department of Bioengineering awards including the Department Excellence and Research Awards.
Jean Wang Wassenaar successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Dr. Christman is appointed as a member of the NIH Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences (BTSS) Study Section.
Todd Johnson successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis.
Jessica Ungerleider is selected to participate in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
2014
Todd Johnson and Sophia Suarez both receive a Siebel Scholars Award.
Jessica Ungerleider receives a fellowship from the Interfaces Graduate Program.
Nikhil Rao successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis.
Dr. Christman is highlighted in the UCSD ad in the Sunday New York Times.
Dr. Christman is elected a Fellow of the American Heart Association.
Jean Wang receives an American Heart Association predoctoral fellowship.
Jean Wang receives the best poster award at UCSD Bioengineering Day and the runner-up award for best Bioengineering poster at the UCSD Jacobs School Research Expo.
Jean Wang is selected to participate in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
Gillie Agmon receives the Society for Biomaterials 2014 C. William Hill Scholarship.
Adam Young receives the Society for Biomaterials 2014 Student Award for Outstanding Research.
2013
Adam Young successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis.
Dr. Christman is promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure.
Dr. Christman is selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s 2013 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. (UCSD news release)
Adam Young wins 2nd place in the UCSD Entrepreneurship Challenge Business Plan Competition.
Nikhil Rao receives the best presentation award at UCSD Bioengineering Day.
Sonya (Seif-Naraghi) Sonnenberg receives a STAR (Student Travel Achievement Recognition) award from the Society for Biomaterials.
Our Science Translational Medicine paper is selected for the journal's monthly podcast, and is highlighted by Nature Medicine, the San Diego Union Tribune, U.S. News and World Report, Bloomberg, and several other news outlets.
Adam Young receives the audience vote at the UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge Elevator Pitch competition.
Sonya (Seif-Naraghi) Sonnenberg is selected as a Gordon Fellow at the Jacobs School Gordon Engineering Leadership Center.
2012
Sonya (Seif-Naraghi) Sonnenberg successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Dr. Christman and collaborator Dr. Nathan Gianneschi in Chemistry receive a NIH Director's Transformative Research Award.
Dr. Christman receives the 2012 TERMIS-Americas Young Investigator Award.
Dr. Christman receives 2nd Place in the Wyss Institute - IEEE EMBS Awards for Translational Research.
Nikhil Rao is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
Jean Wang receives a CIRM Predoctoral Fellowship from the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Training Program at UCSD.
Aboli Rane successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Adam Young receives an Acta Biomaterialia Student Award.
Dr. Christman receives an American Heart Association Western States Innovative Sciences Award.
Sophia Suarez is accepted into the UCSD Med into Grad Program.
Dr. Christman is selected as the UCSD faculty delegate for UC Day on Capital Hill to talk with California Congressmen/women and Senators about the importance of funding biomedical research.
Our work on a catheter deliverable biomaterial for treating myocardial infarction is highlighted by the San Diego Tribune, KPBS, The Osgood File, Reuters, and numerous other news outlets.
Todd Johnson receives a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Adam Young receives a ASEE/NSF Engineering Fellowship to work at Cytograft this summer.
2011
Jessica DeQuach successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Dr. Grover receives a AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jessica DeQuach receives a Siebel Scholars Award.
Jessica DeQuach receives the 2011 TERMIS Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award.
Sonya Seif-Naraghi is selected as a Gordon Scholar.
Sophia Harrison receives a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Todd Johnson is selected as a predoctoral trainee in the NHLBI Training Grant on Integrative Bioengineering of Heart, Vessels and Blood.
The poster on Jen Singelyn's thesis work wins 3rd place out of over 400 posters at the American College of Cardiology's Scientific Sessions in New Orleans.
Jessica DeQuach receives a STAR (Student Travel Achievement Recognition) Honorable Mention from the Society for Biomaterials.
2010
Jen Singelyn's thesis work is selected as a Best Poster Award finalist at the American College of Cardiology's Scientific Sessions to be held in New Orleans in April.
Aboli Rane receives the AHA Women in Cardiology Trainee Award for Excellence.
Nikhil Rao receives a fellowship from the Interfaces Graduate Program.
Jennifer Singelyn successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis.
Jessica DeQuach wins $5K in the TATRC Grand Challenge at the 11th Annual UC Wide Bioengineering Symposium.
Jessica DeQuach is selected as a semi-finalist in the TATRC competition at the 11th Annual UC Wide Bioengineering Symposium in June in Davis.
Sonya Seif-Naraghi was runner up for Bioengineering with her poster at UCSD's Research Expo.
Adam Young receives a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Jen Singelyn receives a Keystone Symposia scholarship for the upcoming meeting on Cardiovascular Development and Repair.
2009
Dr. Christman receives a UK-US Collaboration Development Award to begin a new collaboration with Dr. Paula Mendes at the University of Birmingham.
Jen Singelyn receives a Siebel Scholars award.
Dr. Christman is highlighted in the Women to Watch section of IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine.
Dr. Christman co-founds Ventrix, Inc. to translate and commercialize our cardiac ECM hydrogel technology for treating myocardial infarction.
Dr. Christman receives an Early Career Translational Research Award from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.
Jessica DeQuach and Jennifer Singelyn both receive first place at the 10th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium in the Biomaterials, and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine tracks, respectively.
Aboli Rane receives a NSF Pre-doctoral Fellowship.
Amar Miglani receives the Best Research Poster Award at the department's Bioengineering Day.
2008
Dr. Christman is featured in the La Jolla Light
Aboli Rane receives a San Diego Fellowship from UCSD.
Dr. Christman receives a NIH Director's New Innovator Award.
Jessica DeQuach receives a CIRM Predoctoral Fellowship from the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Training Program at UCSD.