Grover Lab

Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside



People


  • William H. Grover

    Dr. Grover is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside. Prior to joining UCR, Dr. Grover received his postdoctoral training in the Biological Engineering Division at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In Prof. Scott Manalis’ group at MIT, Dr. Grover used the group’s microfluidic mass sensors to make the first precision measurements of the density of single living cells. Dr. Grover obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. In Prof. Richard Mathies’ group at UC Berkeley, Dr. Grover developed microfluidic “processors” that bridged the chemical, biological, and computational sciences. A native of Tennessee, Dr. Grover received his B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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  • Huy Tran

    Huy is an undergraduate student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside. His current involvement in the Grover Lab has been designing, fabricating, and testing microfluidic devices that contribute to the control and function of soft robots. Additionally, he is interested in three other areas of microfluidics: organ-on-a chip, flow chemistry, and acoustofluidics. In the very distant future, he hopes to be a Professor of Bioengineering and perform his own research in one or all of his interested areas of microfluidics.



  • Raymond Yeung

    Raymond is a PhD student in the Department of Bioengineering at UCR. He obtained his B.S. in Chemical Biology at the University of California, Berkeley in 2014. During his undergraduate and post-baccalaureate studies, he spent two years in Prof. Angelica Stacy’s lab at UCB where he characterized the process for production of flexible porous aluminum oxide and worked concurrently in Prof. Shuvo Roy’s group at UCSF where he investigated the immunoprotection of pancreatic islets using silicon nanopore membranes. He received his M.S. in Bioengineering at UCR in 2017. For his thesis work in Prof. Victor G. J. Rodger’s group, Raymond studied the separation of proteins using electrically conductive ultrafiltration membranes. His current research interests revolve around tailoring transport characteristics to develop tools for therapeutic and industrial applications.


  • Samantha Robinson

    Sam is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Bioengineering at UC Riverside. She received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at UC Riverside in 2018. In the Grover Lab, Sam is developing microfluidic tools for accelerating the development of new pharmaceuticals.



  • Zinal Patel

    Zinal is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Bioengineering with a minor in Computer Science at the University of California, Riverside. Her current research interests are to design microfluidic devices that control soft robots and their related systems. She hopes to continue expanding her research in microfluidics to create tools for laboratory and medical applications.


Alumni


  • Astha Arora

    Astha obtained her Master’s degree in the Grover Lab. She was most recently an Assistant Specialist in the Grover Lab.





  • Brittney McKenzie

    Brittney was a PhD Student in the Department of Bioengineering at UCR. She earned her B.S. in Bioengineering and minor in Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington in 2013. Before joining the Grover Lab, Brittney spent a year and a half as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Elain Fu’s lab with a focus in paper microfluidic device and tool development for low-cost diagnostic applications. While in the Fu Lab, she developed a new method of sequencing fluids in paper devices and co-authored a publication on this research. Her current research interests are in developing tools and microdevices for diagnostic applications.


  • Douglas Hill

    Douglas Hill graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, in June 1979. Hill’s first job was with Texas Instruments, where he was given the honor of being the only junior engineer awarded ‘key contributor’. Hill then started his own system design house, Advanced Electronic Packaging Corp., solving packaging problems for many of the major corporations in the United States for over 20 years. Currently, Hill is in the Bioengineering graduate program at the University of California, Riverside, investigating the packaging of microfluidics. Hill’s research interests include applying microfluidics in preventive medicine, and developing a FRET based system for measuring reaction kinetics.


  • Heran Bhakta

    Heran obtained his Ph.D. in Bioenginering in the Grover Lab.






  • Jessica Robles

    Jessica was a senior undergraduate student majoring in Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside. She is planning on pursuing her graduate degree in bioengineering. Her current research interests are in creating microfluidic devices that are both cost-effective and easy to implement. In her free time she enjoys swimming and traveling.



  • Junchao Wang

    Junchao Wang is currently a lecturer at Hangzhou Dianzi University in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China. Previously, Junchao was a PhD student in the Grover Lab in the Department of Bioengineering at UCR. He obtained his B.E. in Bioengineering from Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China. During his undergraduate studies, he spent 2 years in Dr. Ye Ni’s lab and focused on producing chiral pharmaceutical intermediates by biocatalysis. In the Grover Lab Junchao developed innovative ways to design microfluidic devices.


  • Miles Uribe

    Miles was an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside. He developed stored programs for valve-based pneumatic logic circuits.






  • Nazila Norouzi

    Nazila was a PhD Student in the Grover Lab in the Department of Bioengineering at UCR. She obtained her B.S. in Biomedical engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 2010. During her undergraduate studies she spent two years as a research assistant in Mechanobiology Lab in Beckman Laser Institute, Irvine and one year in Microfluidic lab. In addition, her senior design project was awarded by National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance’s (NCIIA) BMEidea competition. She also obtained her M.S. in Biomedical engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 2012. During her M.S. studies, her focus was on Microfluidic and Microdevices for diagnostic applications.


  • Shane Hoang

    Shane was a Ph.D. student in the Department of Bioengineering at UC Riverside. He received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis in 2016. During his undergraduate studies, Shane spent two years in Dr. Scott Simon’s lab investigating the biomechanics underlying leukocyte extravasation during periods of inflammation. In the Simon Lab, he focused on fabricating glass substrates, patterned with VCAM-1, as a medium to study monocyte capture during shear flow. In the Grover Lab, Shane developed valve-based pneumatic logic circuits for controlling soft robots.


  • Shirin Mesbah Oskui

    Shirin was a PhD student in the Grover Lab in the Department of Bioengineering at UCR. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied flow dynamics in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Before joining the Grover Lab, Shirin worked as a graduate student researcher in the Vafai Lab studying transport phenomena in porous media. Her research in the Grover Lab included developing tools for precise, real-time measurement of micro-scale pathogens and pollutants affecting our air and water systems.


  • Shivam Kardani

    Shivam was an undergraduate student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside. His current research interests in the Grover Lab are to create and use microfluidic devices to characterize both organic and inorganic substances.



  • Spencer Pak

    Spencer Pak was an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside. His current research interests are to create low cost sensors that perform as effectively as current technologies typically used in laboratories.



  • Vamsi Choday

    Vamsi was an undergraduate student majoring in Bioengineering and conducting research in the Grover Lab at UCR. His senior design project, The Mantis System, leveraged various sensors, a webcam for gaze detection, an Arduino microcontroller, and two Raspberry Pi computers to detect and prevent the events of distracted driving, drowsy driving, and aggressive driving. His current research interests are in utilizing off-the-shelf hardware and electronics to develop cost-effective and easily-accessible instrumentation. He enjoys playing basketball, collecting sneakers, and working on small DIY projects during his free time.