People
Tristan P. Driscoll, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University, 2020
Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2015
B.Bm.E., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2009
Email: tdriscoll2@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Office: COE B333
Graduate Students
Ananya Naha
BME Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. Biotechnology, West Bengal University of Technology (2017)
M.S. Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology (2019)
Email: an20bz@fsu.edu
Garrett McDaniel
BME Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University (2022)
Email: gsm19a@fsu.edu
Sailesti Joshi
BME Ph.D. Candidate (Co-advisor Dr. Li)
Email: sjoshi@fsu.edu
Astrid Daugherty
BME Ph.D. Student (Co-advisor Dr. Ricarte)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University (2024)
Email: acdaugherty@fsu.edu
Samuel Pagan
BME Ph.D. Student
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University (2024)
Email: sap19j@fsu.edu
Harrison Craythorne
BME M.S. Student
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University (2023)
Email: hdc18b@fsu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Christian Suastegui
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Expected Spring 2025
Saiabhinav Devulapalli
BME Undergraduate
Expected Spring 2025
FSU Honors in the Major
Juliet Delapena
BME Undergraduate
Expected Spring 2026
Chase Johnson
BME Undergraduate
Expected Spring 2026
Anghea Dolisca
BME Undergraduate
Expected Spring 2025
FSU Honors in the Major
Past Students
Chaitanya Vibhute (2022-2024) M.S. Thesis Student: Actin Binding Sites in Talin Regulate Contact Guidance (FSU M.S 2024)
John Sorensen (2023-2024) HITM: Characterization of Dextran Vinyl Sulfone Hydrogel System for Studying Fibrotic Cues (FSU B.S. 2024)
Santiago Lazarte (2023-2024) HITM: Mechanosensing in Dextran Vinyl Sulfone Hydrogels (FSU B.S. 2024)
Jose Maggiorani (2023-2024) Tropomyosin Regulation of Cell Adhesion Dynamics (FSU B.S. 2024)
Claudia Villalobos (2022-2024) Actin Branching in YAP Mechanosensing, Adiponectin in Endothelial Mechanical Homeostasis (FSU B.S. 2024)
Blake Heath (2022-2023) HITM: Tropomyosin Regulation of Cellular Force Generation and Mechanosensing (FAMU B.S. 2023)
Preston Holt (2022) YAP Activation in Talin Mutant Cells (FSU B.S. 2023)
Amir Sadeghifar (2020-2023) M.S. Thesis Student: Debranched Actin Decouples Cell Spread Area from YAP Activation (FSU M.S. 2023)
Hana Grubb (2021-2022) Cellular Force Sensing in Electrospun Fiber Networks (FSU B.S. 2021)
Yusef Kutbi (2021) miRNA Sensors to Measure Contractile Regulation of miRNA Activity (FSU B.S. 2023)
Mitch Plasir (2021) CAD and Motion Control of a Stretch Bioreactor (FSU B.S. 2022)
Emma Pollard (2020 UROP) Molecular Force Transmission Through Sub-Cellular Structures