Previous fellows
| Name | Years | Research Subject |
| Leonard Sender (MD) | 1988-1989 | Glucocerebrosidase (GC) gene expression |
| Joel Weinthal (MD) | 1989-1991 | GC gene expression in murine bone marrow |
| Gay M. Crooks (MD) | 1991-1993 | Gene transfer to human hematopoietic stem cells |
| Wanda J. Krall (PhD) | 1993-1995 | Regulation of gene from retroviral vectors |
| Jan A. Nolta (PhD) | 1994-1996 | Gene transfer into human stem cells |
| Punam Malik (MD) | 1995-1997 | Lineage-directed gene expression, AAV |
| Mei-Mei Huang (PhD) | 1995-1997 | Gene therapy for Hurler disease, Wiskott-Aldrich |
| Robert Cooper (MD) | 1995-1997 | Role of methylation in vector silencing |
| Leo Mascarenhas (MD) | 1996-1998 | Gene transfer into human leukemia cells |
| Renata Stripecke (PhD) | 1995-1999 | Immunotherapy of childhood leukemia |
| Stephanie Halene (MD) | 1997–2000 | Vector expression/silencing |
| Scott Case (PhD) | 1997–2000 | Lentiviral vectors for gene therapy |
| Steve Rawlings (PhD) | 1999–2000 | Vectors encoding HIV inducible apoptosis |
| Diana Fan (MD) | 2000 2001-2002 | Immunotherapy for childhood leukemia |
| Noriko Satake (MD) | 1998–2001 | Immune responses and tolerance to transgenes |
| Barbara Engel (MD) | 1998–2001 | HIV gene therapy |
| Carolyn Lutzko (PhD) | 1999–2004 | Lineage specific gene expression |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi (MD) | 2002–2004 | Gene therapy for lysosomal storage disease |
| Kit Shaw (PhD) | 2002–2007 | Lineage specific gene expression |
| Roger Hollis (PhD) | 2003–2006 | Gene transfer to human hematopoietic stem cells |
| Christof Kahl (PhD) | 2003–2007 | Gene transfer to rhesus CD34+ cells |
| Noriko Satake (MD) | 2005–2007 | Immunotherapy of leukemia |
| Ken Sakurai (MD/PhD) | 2007–2010 | Gene expression in human ESC |
| Satiro De Oliveira (MD) | 2008-2010 | Immunotherapy of leukemia by myeloid effectors |
| Francesca Giannoni (PhD) | 2008-2010 | Immunotherapy for cancer and leukemia |
| Rafael Ruiz de Assini (PhD) | 2010-2011 | β-globin gene correction for sickle cell disease |
| Fabrizia Urbanati (PhD) | 2010-2012 | β-globin gene correction for sickle cell disease |
| Sarah Larson (MD) | 2011-2013 | Immunotherapy for Leukemia |
| Zulema Romero-Garcia (PhD) | 2010 -2014 | Gene therapy for sickle cell disease |
| Kismet Baldwin (MD) | 2011 – 2014 | Gene transfer to human HSC |
| Caroline Kuo (MD) | 2012 – 2014 | Correction of the CD154 gene for X-HIM |
| Gavin Roach (MD) | 2012 – 2014 | Clinical trial of sickle cell gene therapy |
| Carmen Bjurstroem (PhD) | 2013-2015 | Gene editing in hematopoietic stem cells |
| Robert Drummond (MD/PhD) | 2015-2017 | Correction of the sickle cell mutation |
| Alexandra Miggelbrink, (MD) | 2016-2017 | CRISPR-mediated gene correction in HSC |
Dr. Ainur Sabirova
Dr. Ainur Sabirova is a postdoctoral research scholar at Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering. She received her Ph.D. degree at the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. Before that, she completed her master’s degree at the University of Science and Technology of Lille, France. She did her PhD under the supervision of Professor Suzana P. Nunes at the Nanostructured Polymeric Membrane Laboratory and her PhD research was on the advanced nanotechnology methods to fabricate isoporous polymeric membranes for chemical, biological and environmental applications. Currently, her research work is focused on the design and fabrication of chips, membranes, and other porous materials for the enhanced electronics cooling system.
Yubo Song
Yubo Song completed his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University in 2023. During his undergraduate years, he focused on a range of skills including Thermal Management, Particle Image Velocimetry, Finite Element Analysis, Flow Simulation, and PCB Design and Assembly. As a SURF Research Fellow at the Semiconductor Packaging Lab, Yubo worked on applied and advanced efficient heat management strategies for high-density electronics using jet impingement cooling. His research interests include electronics cooling, computational modeling, and experiments on two-phase flow. He enjoys reading, writing, and video games outside of work.
Feifan Xie
Feifan Xie received his bachelor’s degree at Zhejiang University in 2023. He was an exchange student at UIUC,IL and a visiting undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, MD. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette. His primary interest is in fluid mechanics and heat transfer and he is working on semiconductor cooling and packaging technologies. He is open to any interesting ideas and study fields. Aside from research, he likes bake and classic music.
Xinyi Zhang
Xinyi Zhang received her bachelor’s degree in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2024. She is interested in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. During her B.S. studies, Xinyi worked on wave energy converters. Outside of the lab, Xinyi enjoys fishing and photographing.
Akshat Patel
Akshat Patel received his B. Tech (Bachelor of Technology) from Institute of Technology, Nirma University (ITNU) in 2021. He also worked as a research intern at the thermal engineering division of Space Applications Centre (SAC-ISRO) till January 2023. He will be pursuing his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He has worked on novel designs of thermal management systems for space electronics and payloads. His research interests include electronic cooling, computational modelling, multiphase heat transfer and thermoelectric devices. Aside from research, he likes to paint and playing volleyball. He is a recipient of the Purdue Winkelman fellowship.