Lab Personnel

Principal Investigator

Dr. Pavimol Angsantikul

 Pharmaceutical Development Scientist and Laboratory Head
Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council 

Dr. Angsantikul holds a B.Eng. in Nano Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in 2012, where she graduated first in her class, and a Ph.D. in Nano Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2018 under the mentorship of Prof. Liangfang Zhang. Before joining the Council, She has been a postdoctoral research fellow working with Prof. Samir Mitragotri at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.  

Dr. Angsantikul has authored and co-authored over 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Several of her published bioinspired and translational platforms includes ionic liquids for oral monoclonal antibody delivery, biomimetic nanoparticles for targeted antibiotic delivery, red blood cell-mimicking nanosponges for toxin neutralization, active micromotor-enabled oral drug delivery, and nanoparticle-hydrogel hybrid system for topical delivery. At the Council, she seeks to leverage biological knowledge and engineering design principles in order to develop innovative bench-to-bedside technologies. 

Current Lab Members

Dr. Nagavendra Kommineni

 Postdoctoral Fellow

Thierry Bonnaire

 Senior Research Technician II

Jihad Gadsden

 Senior Research Technician

Former Lab Members

Name
Dr. Gillian Mahumane 
Dr. Sunday N. Okafor

Shruti Gadkari
Avery Williams

Position
Visiting Scholar
Visiting Scholar

Research Intern
Research Intern

Year
2023
2022

2023
2021

Former Mentees

Harvard University

Name
Kevin Peng
Alexander Curreri
Morgan Goetz

Jessica Ehondor
Kevin Chen
Selena Chua

Position
Graduate/PhD
Graduate/PhD
Graduate/PhD

Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate

Year
2018-2020
2018-2020
2019-2020

2019-2020
2019-2020
2019-2020

University of California, San Diego

Name
Jennifer Yang
Kevin Spiekermann
Merrick Chai
Yidong Miao
Aaron Chen
Richard Samakapiruk
Christopher Lo

Position
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate

Year
2013-2015
2014-2018
2014-2016
2014-2016
2014-2017
2015-2017
2017-2018