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