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. Ketan Yogi
Dr. Ketan Yogi is postdoctoral research scholar at Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering. Before joining Purdue University, he worked as post-doctoral research fellow in Indian Institute of technology (IIT) Bombay, INDIA from 2022 to 2023. He was working on the heat transfer with the combination of jet impingement and periodic metal foam using IR thermography for electronics cooling application. He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical thermal engineering from IIT Bombay in 2023. He joined IIT Bombay in 2017, staring the Ph.D. research on jet impingement heat transfer with porous metal foam. Previously, he served as an assistant professor in Gujarat Technological University (GTU), INDIA from 2016 to 2017. His current research interests lie in thermal management, gas turbine blade cooling, jet impingement, porous media, two phase flow and refrigeration. Currently, he is working on development of a chip-level direct two-phase impingement jet cooling solution to enhance the overall thermal performance while reducing pumping power. Besides research, Yogi enjoys reading mystery books, playing and watching cricket, swimming, playing lawn tennis, and traveling.
Ben Pulver
Ben received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2024. He is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering jointly advised by Dr. Tiwei Wei and Dr. Andreas Jung from the Physics Department. Ben’s research interests are cryogenic, multi-phase, and micro-scale cooling along with particle physics. He works in the S-PACK lab and Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center to explore cryogenic, micro-channel cooling of Compact Muon Solenoid components and carbon composite support structures at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
Dr. Gopinath Sahu
Gopinath earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur, where he worked jointly with Dr. Sameer Khandekar and Dr. K. Muralidhar. His doctoral research focused on investigation of liquid jet and spray impingement heat transfer over high-power electronics. He was working as postdoc with Professor Justin A. Weibel and Prof. Tiwei Wei at CTRC and S-PACK to explore the intrinsic relationship between flow hydrodynamics and heat transfer characteristics for various active thermal management techniques.
Yubo Song
Yubo Song was working as master research assistant with Professor Justin A. Weibel and Prof. Tiwei Wei at CTRC and S-PACK to explore Confined direct on-chip two-phase jet impingement cooling with topology-optimized surface and phase-separating wick structure. He 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.
Feifan Xie
Feifan Xie worked as a research assistant at S-PACK Lab. He 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. 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.
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.
Zhengwei Chen
Zhengwei Chen earned his BSME from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2020 and his MSME from Purdue University in 2021. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, co-advised by Dr. Tiwei Wei and Dr. Steven Wereley. His research interests primarily focus on advanced fluid control techniques and micro-cooler fabrication for high heat flux devices. Outside of his academic pursuits, Zhengwei enjoys playing soccer and guitar.
Shuhang Lyu
Shuhang received his MS in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Tsinghua University in 2022. Before that, he was an undergraduate student majoring in Energy and Power Engineering at North China Electric Power University. He is now pursuing his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette. In his BS and MS study, Shuhang worked on the wetting kinetics of nanodroplets and the phenomena of heterogeneous condensation. His research interest includes electronics cooling and MEMS.