Principal Investigator
Younghye (Young Hye) Song, Ph.D.
Education/Training:
B.S., Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering (Honors Research Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Hollinger).
Carnegie Mellon University.
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Dr. Claudia Fischbach). Cornell University.
Postdoc, Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Dr. Christine Schmidt). University of Florida.
Teaching:
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (BMEG 2614)
Biomaterials (BMEG 3634)
Tissue Engineering (BMEG 4413/5413)
Select Awards and Honors:
Rising Star Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Arkansas
Outstanding Teaching Award in Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas
Early Career Editorial Board Member, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Review Editor, Frontiers in Medical Technology
Postdoc Excellence Award, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
MOGAM Science Foundation Fellow, Korea
Swanson Graduate Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
Graduate Students
Emory Gregory
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering
Education:
B.S., Biophysics, Ouachita Baptist University
In Ha Baek
PhD student in Biomedical Engineering
Education:
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University
Patrick Kuczwara
PhD student in Biomedical Engineering
Education:
M.S., Biological Engineering, University of Arkansas
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas
Vuong Van Vu
PhD student in Cell & Molecular Biology
Education:
M.S., Biochemistry, Jeju National University
B.S., Biotechnology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Nikolas Ala-Kokko
PhD student in Biomedical Engineering
Education:
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Undergraduate Students
Hyunseo Seok
Hailey Hoog
Adrienne Vaughan
Sydney Hammond
Lillian Hutchinson
Caroline King
Lab Alumni
Graduate Alumni:
Mackenzie Lewis, MS (Currently at AstraZeneca)
Undergraduate Alumni:
Gabriel David, BS (Currently at UAMS)
Reagan Dugan, BS (Currently at Eli Lilly)
Nathalie Cedeno, BS (Currently at CNIC Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research)
Joshua Adams, BS (Currently at Vanderbilt University)
Alyssandra Navarro (Freshman Honors Research, c/o 2025)
Ella Martini (Freshman Honors Research, c/o 2026)
Molly Walker (Freshman Honors Research, c/o 2026)
Devin Gerber, BS (Currently at University of Pennsylvania)
Danielle Jacobs, BS (Currently at Biosense Webster)
Isabel Powers, BS (Currently at Honeywell)
Sarah Aly, BS (Currently at Ozark Dermatology)
Christoff Hauptmann (c/o 2024)