Our Team

Principal Investigator

Jennifer J. Kang-Mieler, Ph.D.

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
B.A. in Mathematics
M.S. in Applied Mathematics
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Post-doctoral research, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Dr. Jennifer J. Kang-Mieler is a George Meade Bond Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She directs various projects surrounding ocular drug delivery, retinal imaging and biomarkers, retinal blood flow, and electrophysiology. Her clinical interests include retinal vascular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. In addition to leading research in the LORD, she is also the director of the Semcer Center for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) at Stevens and is an AIMBE and ARVO fellow.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

yjo@stevens.edu

Yongdeok Jo, Ph.D.

Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea
B.E. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
M.S. in Convergence Nanoscience

Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering

Areas of Focus:

1. Design and development of ocular drug delivery systems (Microneedles & Topical drug delivery systems)

2. In vitro & in vivo testing of ocular drug delivery systems

3. Design and development of artificial eye models

4. Imaging of oxygen induced retinopathy rodent model

Doctoral Students

International University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Areas of Focus: Retinal imaging & instrumentation, Ocular disease detection & diagnostics

Chaimae Gouya

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
B.S. in Biology
M.S. in Bioengineering

Areas of Focus: Biomaterials & drug delivery systems

Ashley Muliawan

Graduate and Undergraduate Student Researchers

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
B.E. in Chemical Engineering
M.E. in Engineering Management, 2026

Areas of Focus: Biomaterials & drug delivery systems, Microfluidic modeling

Brian Galasso

Sophia Donskoy

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
B.E. in Biomedical Engineering, 2026

Areas of Focus: Retinal imaging & instrumentation, Biomaterials & drug delivery systems

Lab Alumni

Mohammed Attia, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Aaron Shamouil, M.S.
Graduate Student Researcher