Graduate Students
Education:
Ph.D, Bioengineering, Stanford University, ongoing.
M.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland, 2007
M.Sc. level Engineering degree ("Diplome d'Ingenieur"), General Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris, Paris, France, 2007
Awards:
2009 Graduate Student Fellowship from the Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM)
2009 New Entrant Stipend Award for the 17th ISMRM Scientific Meeting
2009 nominated to the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Science Program for Excellence in Science
2008 Graduate Fellowship from Weiland Fund, Stanford University
2008 Fulbright Science and Technology Graduate Scholarship Award for PhD in Bioengineering at Stanford University
2007 Student Travel Award - Joint Molecular Imaging Conference
2006 Travel grant from Huber-Kudlich foundation at ETH Zurich for M.S. thesis-related travel to the U.S
2006 TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) Double-degree Program Fellowship for M.S. at ETH Zurich
2005 Regional Scholarship from Region Alsace for promoting International Studies
2005 Mobility Scholarship from Ecole Centrale Paris for studying at ETH Zurich
Contact Information:
James Clark Center E150
Department of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
318 Campus Drive
Stanford, CA-94305
Research Interests:
Molecular Imaging of Stem Cell based therapy for Cancer
Stem Cell Engineering
Imaging for Early Detection of Cancer and Therapy
Recent Publications:
- Sasportas LS, Kasmieh R, Wakimoto H, Hingtgen S, van de Water JA, Mohapatra G, Figueiredo JL, Martuza RL, Weissleder R, Shah K. Assessment of therapeutic efficacy and fate of engineered human mesenchymal stem cells for cancer therapy. ePub - PMID: 19264968. P Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.