Organizer Bios


Bryce Stottlemire

Bryce StottlemireBryce is a third-year graduate student in the Bioengineering Program and the Director of Biomaterials Day for KU’s Society For Biomaterials chapter. His research is focused on the development of a high-throughput, remote-controlled magnetic composite interface system for dynamic cell culture.

Victoria Drapal

Victoria DrapalTori is a third-year graduate student in the Bioengineering Program and the Co-President of KU's SFB chapter. Her research is focused on the development and testing of a novel clinically relevant biomimetic bioreactor to analyze an orthopedic implant that uses piezoelectric properties.

Mikala Heon

Mikala HeonMikala is a fourth-year graduate student in the Bioengineering Program and Co-President of KU's Society For Biomaterials chapter. Her research is focused on characterization methods of tissue engineered structures of the lymph node.

Anna Trofimoff

Anna TrofimoffAnna is a senior undergraduate student in the Chemical Engineering Program and the Vice President of KU's SFB chapter. Her research is focused on tunable electrospun meshes for drug delivery applications (mentored by Dr. Jennifer Robinson and Pamela Johnson).

Nicole D'Souza

Nicole D'SouzaNicole is a senior in the Chemical Engineering Department and Treasurer for the KU chapter of the Society For Biomaterials. A volunteer researcher in the Allgeier Lab, her current research focuses on the drying kinetics of nanocellulose fibers.

Aya Cloyd

Aya is a first-year graduate students in the Bioengineering Program and Secretary of KU's Society For Biomaterials chapter. Her research is focused on studying the application and efficacy of anti-microbial peptides in dental and orthopedic applications (mentored by Dr. Candan Tamerler)

Lisa Friis, Ph.D.

Lisa Friis, Ph.D.Dr. Friis is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at KU and is a Co-Director of the Biomedical Product Design & Development track for the Bioengineering graduate program. Her research interests are in structural biomaterials, spine biomechanics, and the design and testing of medical devices. She serves as a Co-Faculty Advisor for the KU Society For Biomaterials chapter.

Jenny Robinson, Ph.D.

Jenny Robinson, Ph.D.Dr. Robinson is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at KU and serves as a core faculty member for the Bioengineering graduate program. Her research interests include sex and age-specific biomaterials, regeneration of soft-to-hard tissue interfaces, and determination of sex differences in musculoskeletal tissue. She serves as a Co-Faculty Advisor of the KU student chapter of Society For Biomaterials.