About us

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tanmay Lele, Ph.D.

Professor

Tanmay Lele is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University followed by postdoctoral research in Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital. He obtained his B. Chem. Eng. degree from UDCT, Mumbai.

Dr. Lele is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

Dr. Lele is a member of the BMBI NIH study section

Dr. Lele is a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society

Dr. Lele is a CPRIT scholar

Dr. Lele is Unocal Professor at TAMU

Dr. Lele's google scholar profile

Ph.D. Students

Christina Dubell

Joined Lab: June, 2021

Graduate:
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in progress)

Undergraduate:
B.S. Engineering Physics and Music (Westmont College, 2021)

Email:
cdubell@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student

Hailee Patel

Joined Lab: August, 2022

Graduate:
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in progress)

M.S. Biomedical Engineering (Duke University Durham NC, 2019)

Undergraduate:
B. Tech. Biomedical Engineering (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, 2016)

Email:
hailee@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student

Te-An (Ann) Chen

Joined Lab: June, 2024

Graduate:
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in progress)

M.A. Biology (SUNY Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY, 2018)

Undergraduate:
B.A. Biological Sciences; Psychology (SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2016)

Email:
teanchen@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student

Mohammad Mohajeri

 Joined Lab: April, 2022

Graduate:
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in progress)

M.S. Biomedical Engineering (Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, 2019)

Undergraduate:
B.S. Materials Engineering (Islamic Azad University, 2013)

Email:
mohajeri@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student

Samere Zade

Joined Lab: May, 2022

Graduate:
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in progress)

M.S. Chemical Engineering(University of Tehran, Tehran, 2019)

Undergraduate:
B.S. Chemical Engineering(University of Tehran, Tehran, 2016)

Email:
samerezade@tamu.edu

Lab Coordinator

Kavya Pendyala

 Joined Lab: October, 2018

Undergraduate:
B.D.S (N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, 2011)

Email:
kavyapendyala@tamu.edu

Ph.D. Student

Simran Kaur

Joined Lab: June, 2024

Graduate:
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in progress)

Master of Biotechnology (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 2024)

Undergraduate:
B. Tech. Biotechnology/Amity University, Chattisgarh, India, 2020)

Email:
ksimran12@tamu.edu

Research scientist

Ryan Blanchard

Joined Lab: May, 2024

Graduate:
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in progress)

Undergraduate:
B.S. Biomedical Engineering (Texas A&M University, 2021)

Email:
rblanchard42@tamu.edu