Principal Investigator
Dr. Gregory H. Underhill
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Institute of Genome Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email: gunderhi@illinois.edu
Current Graduate Students
Brock Grenci
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton
Research Interest: Microenvironmental Regulation of Liver Progenitor Cell Differentiation
email: bgrenci2@illinois.edu
Regina Giovanni
B.S., Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
M.S., Medical Biotechnology, the University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interest: Engineered Culture Models of Liver Disease
email: rgiova2@illinois.edu
Ariane Tsai
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Research Interest: Microenvironmental Regulation of Liver Progenitor Cell Differentiation
email: ariane2@illinois.edu
Allison Paxhia
B.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Interest: Role of Extracellular Matrix in Cancer Cell Phenotype and Drug Responses
email: apaxhia2@illinois.edu
Undergraduate Students
Katie Zobus (kzobus2@illinois.edu)
Clare Booth Luce Scholar, 2024-2026 ISUR Scholar
Renee Bhanvadia (rbhan5@illinois.edu)
2025-2026 ISUR Scholar
Vanessa Quan (vquan2@illinois.edu)
2025-2026 ISUR Scholar, 2024 IGB Undergraduate Research Scholar
Molly Banos (banos2@illinois.edu)
2025-2026 ISUR Scholar
Alumni
Graduate Students
Dr. Hannah Kimmel, Current Position: Assistant Professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Ash Acharya (M.S.), Current Position: Scientist I at Abbvie
Dr. Hyeon Ryoo, Current Position: Senior Scientist at TSD Life Sciences
Dr. Ishita Jain, Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher at Stanford University (Huang Lab)
Dr. Aidan Brougham-Cook, Current Position: Senior Research Associate at Fork & Good
Dr. Ian Berg, Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (Sethu Lab)
Dr. Stefan Gentile, Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mullen Lab)
Dr. Kerim Kaylan (M.D./Ph.D.), Current Position: Resident Physician at the University of Chicago
Nidhanjali Bansal (M.S.)
Research Staff
Victoriya Ermilova (Research Staff)