Our Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. Alexander Buffone, Jr.

Assistant Professor: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering (Joint), 2022-Present

Research Associate: University of Pennsylvania, Bioengineering, 2019-2021

Postdoc: University of Pennsylvania, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2015-2019

Postdoc: Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2012-2015

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, SUNY Buffalo, 2012

B.S. Chemical Engineering, SUNY Buffalo, 2006

Graduate Students

Issa Funsho Habeeb

Degree Pursuing: Ph.D.

M.S. Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, 2021.

B.S. Biotechnology, Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Nigeria, 2016

Area of Research: I am researching how perturbing the cancer cell glycocalyx mediates response to mechanical and chemical stimuli.

Subham Guin

Degree Pursuing: Ph.D

M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami, 2023

M.S. Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, 2016

B.S. Microbiology, University of Calcutta, 2014

Area of Research: I am researching what signals govern upstream migration in neutrophils

Zeinab Amoabediny

Degree Pursuing: Ph.D.

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, 2021

Area of Research: I am researching what makes neutrophils and other immune cells so sticky

Aman Mittal

Degree Pursuing: M.S.

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, NJIT, 2023

Area of Research: I am researching what those “tricky” Machrophages do in response to stiffness

Undergraduates

Ben Lapin

Degree Pursuing: B.S. BME NJIT 2025

Alex Goodwin

Degree Pursuing: B.S. BME NJIT 2025

Daniella Delgado

Degree Pursuing: B.S. Biology NJIT 2024

Juan Ramirez

Degree Pursuing: B.S. BME NJIT 2024

Nanma Biju

Degree Pursuing: B.S. BME NJIT 2025

Seejal Padhi

Degree Pursuing: B.S. BME NJIT 2024

Lab Alumni

Habibul Islam, Now Ph.D. student, University of Rochester

Honorary Lab Members

Sonja Buffone Seraphina Buffone