Biomedical Polymer Science Laboratory

College of Pharmacy | Biopharmaceutical Sciences
College of Medicine | Ophthalmology and Visual Science
UIC | College of Engineering | Bioengineering

Lab Manager
	Name	Current Position	Location
	Ernie Gemeinhart	Lab Manager and Safety Officer	University of Central Florida, NanoScience Technology Center and Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC)
Postdoctoral Fellows
	Name	Current Position	Location
	Milind Gandhi, Ph.D.	Chief Medical Officer	Y-Carbon, Inc.
	Thomas Hauk, Ph.D.	Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Stuttgart
Ph.D. Students
	Name	Current Position	Location
	Jovita Tauro, Ph.D.	Team Leader	Syngene
	Chunqiang Guo, Ph.D.	Scientist	Abbott Laboratories
	Vandana Keskar, Ph.D.	Scientist	GE Global Research
	Deepali Vartak, Ph.D.	Scientist	Celgene Corp.
M.S. Students
	Name	Current Position	Location
	Amy Ross	TBD	TBD
	Kristin (Schwarz) Thomas	Pharm.D. Student	Midwestern University,Downers Grove, IL
	Mohammad Rahman	Ph.D. Student and Technician	University of Illinois at Chicago, Bioengineering, Chicago, IL
	Esha Desai	Scientist	Baxter, Round Lake, IL (moved to India, Summer 2010)
	Xiaoliang Yan	Technician	University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Somali Chaterji	Ph.D. Student (Completed 2010)	Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering Program, West Lafayette, IN
	Catherine E. (Clark) Kang	Postdoctoral Fellow	Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
	Christopher Bare	Senior Research Engineer	Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL
	Aneta Samaranska	Staff Engineer	Medtronic, Memphis, TN

August 2009 Group Picture

Left to Right: Misuk Bae, Melanie Köllmer, Ernie Gemeinhart, Rick Gemeinhart, Emina Duzo (Rotation), Mark Desjardins (Rotation), Milind Gandhi, and Kristin (Schwarz) Thomas
Missing: Melody Lee, Mohammad Rahman

December 2008 Group Picture

Front Row Left to Right: Misuk Bae, Vandana Keskar, Kristin (Schwarz) Thomas, and Melanie Köllmer
Back Row Left to Right: Rick Gemeinhart, Mohammad Rahman, Milind Gandhi, Deepali Vartak, and Ernie Gemeinhart
Missing: Yang Yang (Rotation), Grace Yu, Sushma Kola, and Karthik Vantakala

November 2007 Group Picture

Back Row Left to Right: Ja Hye Myung, Melanie Köllmer, Ernie Gemeinhart, and Rick Gemeinhart
Front Row Left to Right: Deepali Vartak, Misuk Bae, Esha Desai, Kristin Schwarz, and Vandana Keskar
Missing: Arpita Kadakia, Mohammad Rahman, Jesse Rickelman, and the Undergraduates

August 2006 Group Picture

From Left to Right: Vandana Keskar, Deepali Vartak, Ernest Gemeinhart, Chunqiang Guo, Misuk Bae, and Richard A. Gemeinhart.
Missing: Xiaoliang Yan and all undergraduate students.

August 2005 Group Picture

From Left to Right: (Front Row) Misuk Bae (Rotation Student) Jovita Tauro, Deepali Vartak, Vandana Keskar, and Somali Chaterji.
(Back Row) Ernest Gemeinhart, Richard A. Gemeinhart, and Xiaoliang Yan.
Missing: Chunqiang Guo and all undergraduates.

Spring 2004 Group Picture

From Left to Right: Chunqiang Guo, Deepali Vartak, Aneta Samaranska, Ernest Gemeinhart, Jovita Tauro, Catherine Kang, Richard A. Gemeinhart, and Xiaoliang Yan.
Missing: Topher Bare, Samir Shah, Tyler Ayalin, and Billy Michael.

Summer 2003 Group Picture

Clockwise from Back Left: Chunqiang Guo, Topher Bare, Ernie Gemeinhart, Aneta Samaranska, Deepali Vartak, and Jovita Tauro.
Missing: Richard Gemeinhart, Xiaoliang Yan, Catherine Clark, Samir Shah, and Kalpesh Patel.

Fall 2002 Group Picture

Clockwise from Back Left: Ernest J. Gemeinhart, Richard A. Gemeinhart, Ph.D., Chunqiang Guo, Eunjung Jeon (BPS Rotation Student), Jovita Tauro, Camellia Zamiri (Dr. Groves' Student), Xiaoliang Yan
Missing: Topher Bare, Catherine Clark, Aneta Samaranska, Samir Shah

Input Richard A. Gemeinahrt: BPS, College of Pharmacy in Other

Last Modified: 10/20/2011

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