Mo Ebrahimkhani, M.D.​
Principle Investigator
Mo Ebrahimkhani is an assistant professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering (SBHSE) who joined ASU from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Mo has an M.D. degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and was awarded a European Association for Study of Liver Sheila Sherlock fellowship to investigate regenerative processes at University College London. Prior to joining ASU, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in MIT biological engineering department and subsequently as a research scientist at MIT center for Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS).  His lab combines in vivo mouse models, stem cell engineering and synthetic biology to understand tissue regeneration and repair and develop technologies to predict and modulate these processes in a personalized fashion. Mo has also been awarded Mayo Clinic accelerated regenerative medicine award as well as new investigator award from Arizona Biomedical Research Council.

Jeremy Velazquez

Jeremy is a graduate student, pursuing his Ph.D. studies in our lab. He graduated from MIT in 2012 with a B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering.  He worked as a technical assistant for two and a half years in Professor Linda Griffith’s lab, where he worked on multiple projects including  human physiome-on-a-chip, biomaterial development for improvement of liver cell culture, and NSF- funded project for the study of emergent behavior of integrated cellular systems. Here at ASU he works on designing and integrating synthetic genetic circuits into stem cells to control their fate and function.  Specifically, he is interested in investigating ways to use modular, extrinsically and intrinsically responsive genetic switches to develop self-vascularizing organoids. He enjoys playing volleyball, video editing, hiking, gaming and singing alone in the TC room (poorly).

​Ryan LeGraw

​Ryan is a graduate student from Northwestern University in 2014 with a BS in Chemical Engineering.  He then worked as a research technician for two years in the laboratory Dr. Hanno Hock in the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.  At MGH, he worked on projects investigating the role of ETV6 in hematopoiesis and specifically in vivo murine B cell development. While pursuing his PhD at ASU, Ryan will be involved in investigating hematopoiesis in the liver bud organoid systems.  He enjoys golfing, volleyball, rooting for Boston sports, going to concerts, and listening to music and podcasts.
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Farzaneh ​Moghadam

Farzaneh is a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in biological design engineering. She graduated from the University of Tehran with a B.S. degree in biology. After moving to the United States in 2013, Farzaneh began her studies at Oklahoma State University where she focused on protein structure-function relationships using molecular science to explain biological functions. Here at ASU, she works on the applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology in genome engineering in vivo. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, camping and hanging out with friends. 
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Joshua Hislop

Joshua Hislop is an undergraduate student in the Barrett Honors program pursuing a degree in Biomedical Engineering. He will be graduating in December 2018, and hopes to continue working in the lab pursuing his Ph.D, also in Biomedical Engineering. He is working on projects investigating cell fate decisions as well as synthetic biology based tissue patterning during development. Joshua's goal is to integrate synthetic biology, neural development and network creation to eventually apply this approach towards the creation of biologically-based novel neural interface devices. Outside of lab, Josh enjoys playing board and card games, creating adventures for his Dungeons and Dragons group, camping, backpacking, and honing his skills as a third degree black belt in taekwondo.

Matthew Pandelakis

Matthew is undergraduate student in Barrett the Honors College working on his B.S. degree in Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology. His research is focused on developing novel CRISPR systems to control cell fate and function, with an emphasis on studying liver cell types. He one day hopes to earn a Ph.D in molecular biology. In his spare time he enjoys learning about history, debating politics, spending time with his family, and sleeping on the beach.


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Jeremy Ellis

Jeremy has received his bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and is currently working as a lab technical assistant in the SKMO lab. He hopes to pursue his Master's degree in synthetic biology and to begin to conduct medical research in this same field.  His passion is cancer research, and he seeks to apply forward engineering to discover novel cures to replace traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation. Outside of lab, Jeremy has been involved in the Biomedical Engineering Society, Engineers Without Borders, and the ASU Baja SAE team.  He enjoys reading, watching movies, hiking, tabletop games, listening to music, and traveling. Jeremy has been to Europe, Central America, and nearly half the states in North America and has plans to visit Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and South America. ​
Honorary member

Hero,
Our Honorary member of the SKMO lab! 
Hero is interested in science from early on AND he is very energetic , hard working and always ready for fun activities. You can't make him tired!


​Alumni

Sharanya Kalasekar (Postdoctoral research associate)-2016
Derek Titus (Master student, 2016)
Angela Hemesath (undergraduate, 2016)
Shaun Wootten (undergraduate, 2016)
Suyen Go (undergraduate, 2016-2017)
Joshua Hsu (undergraduate, 2016-2017)
Shay Carter (Master Student, 2016-2017)
​Ceasar Udave (undergraduate, 2016-2017)
Warner Kostes (undergraduate, 2016-2018)