Team
Gluck Tissue Engineering Lab Team
Jessica M. Gluck, PhD
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF GLUCK Tissue Engineering LAB
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN TEXTILE ENGINEERING, cHEMISTRY, AND SCIENCE
Research Scientist, Precise Bio, 2017-2019
Health Content Manager, Discovery Place Science, 2016-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow University of California – Davis, 2013-2016
PhD Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Physiology, University of California – Los Angeles, 2013
MS Biomedical Engineering, University of California – Los Angeles, 2008
MS Biomedical Textiles, North Carolina State University, 2007
BS Textile Technology, North Carolina State University, 2005
Areas of Expertise: Tissue Engineering, Stem Cell Biology, Medical Textiles, Nanotechnology
Contact:
919-515-6637
jmgluck@ncsu.edu
Suh Hee Cook
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Project: Conductive scaffolds for the electrophysiological maturation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
in progress PhD Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University
MS Textile Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2019
BS Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016
Contact:
tacook3@ncsu.edu
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Nasif Mahmood
PH.D. STUDENT
Project: Electrospun scaffolds for corneal tissue engineering applications
in progress PhD Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University
MS Consumer and Design Science, Auburn University, 2020
BS Textile Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 2016
Contact:
nmahmoo3@ncsu.edu
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Kiran M. Ali
PH.D. STUDENT
Project: Scaffolds for the in vitro recapitulation of Purkinje fibers
in progress Ph.D. Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University
MS Textile Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2020
BE Textile Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, 2018
Areas of Study: Dermal Tissue Engineering, Wound Healing Scaffolds (Kaneka Corporation)
Contact:
kmmumtaz@ncsu.edu
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Ziyu Wang
PH.D. STUDENT
Project: Antimicrobial scaffolds for hernia mesh repair
in progress Ph.D. Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University
MS Textile Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2022
BS Textile Engineering, Jiangnan University
Contact:
zwang77@ncsu.edu
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Meiji Wang
MASTER’S STUDENT
Project: Electrospun polyaniline scaffolds for cornea tissue engineering
in progress MS Textile Engineering, North Carolina State University
BTech Textile Engineering, Soochow University, 2021
Contact:
mwang34@ncsu.edu
D’Artagnan Otto-Meyer
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Project: Ultrasound-mediated piezoelectric stimulation for the maturation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
in progress BS Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contact:
deottome@ncsu.edu
Lucy Payne
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Project: Decellularized matrices from porcine left ventricular tissue as electrospun scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering
in progress BS Biochemistry with Biomaterials Concentration and Biotechnology Minor
Contact:
lcpayne3@ncsu.edu
Eelya Sefat
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Project: Biosynthetic noggin-coated scaffolds for the treatment of corneal ulcers
in progress BS Polymer and Color Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Contact:
esefat@ncsu.edu
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Lab ALUMNI
Alaowei Amanah
PART-TIME LAB MANAGER
in progress MD, Duke University
MS Physiology, North Carolina State University, 2020
BS Biology with Chemistry Minor, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, 2018
Contact:
alaowei@gmail.com
Jasmine Rouse
MASTER’S STUDENT
MS Textile Engineering, North Carolina State University
BS Textile Technology with Medical Textiles Concentration, North Carolina State University, 2020
Research Interests: Biomedical Textiles, Tissue Engineering
Contact:
jorouse@ncsu.edu
336-253-2615
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Garyn Levitan
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
currently New Product Development Research Associate, Humacyte
BS Textile Technology with a Medical Textiles Concentration
Research Interests: Tissue Engineering, Biomedical Textiles
Contact:
glevita@ncsu.edu
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Katarina McGarry
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Project: Comparison of biocompatibility between natural and synthetic electrospun scaffolds
BS Materials Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2022
Contact:
kmcgarr@ncsu.edu
Juan Garcia Garcia
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
Project: In vitro biocompatibility comparison of sterilization methods for electrospun tissue engineering scaffolds
currently Incoming Freshman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sophie van der Klashorst
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
Project: In vitro biocompatibility comparison of sterilization methods for electrospun tissue engineering scaffolds
currently Incoming Freshman, North Carolina State University
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