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Meet The 2026 Team

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President

Ana Marie Perea

PhD Student at the GSK Cancer Engineering Program at MSKCC.

 

Research Scope: Cell therapies, Drug Delivery, Cancer Nanomedicine.

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President Elect

Xilal Rima

Postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

 

Research Scope: 3D Cell Culture, Adipocyte Signaling, EVs.

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Communications Chair

Gerardo Ortega

Bioengineering PhD Student in the Chow Lab at Lehigh University

 

Research Scope: Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Osteochondral regeneration.

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Communications Chair

Robert Hincapie

Postdoctoral fellow in the Correa Lab at Columbia University

 

Research Scope: Bioconjugate Chemistry, Biomaterials, Immunoengineering

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Community Chair

Alison Veintimilla

PhD student in the Moore Lab at the University of Maryland

 

Research Scope: Immunoengineering, Autoimmunity, Endocrine work and Sex differences

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Professional Development Chair

Camilo Duarte

Postdoctoral fellow in the Myers Soft Tissue Lab at Columbia University

 

Research Scope: Reproductive Biomechanics, Cervical remodeling, Computational modeling

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Social Chair

Anthony Ayala

Masters student in Materials Science and Engineering at Duke University

 

Research Scope: Research Scope: Biomaterials for Engineering Immune Cell Functionality

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Fundraising and Website Development

Rafael Ramos

MD-PhD Candidate at Wayne State University School of Medicine; Albert I King Endowed Scholar

 

Research Scope: Biomaterials, Lab-on-a-Chip, Liver and Vascular Tissue Engineering.

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Board Applications Open Fall 2026

No requirements needed to apply!

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2024-2025 Board Members

Yan Carlos Pacheco

President

Financial Chair

Andrea Monique Rivera Laureano

Communications Chair

Rafael Ramos

Webmaster

Ana Marie Perea

President Elect

Julia Andraca Harrer

Social Chair

Marcos Javith

Communications Chair

Ana Valentin Cabrera

Symposium Chair

Xilal Rima

Professional Development Chair

Anthony Ayala

Community Chair

2023-2024 Board Members

Valentina Dargam

President

Camilo A. Duarte Cordon

Fundraising Chair

Ana Marie Perea

Communications Chair

Yan Carlos Pacheco

President Elect

Rafael Ramos

Social Chair

Xilal Rima

Community Chair

J Jesus Rodriguez Cruz

Symposium Chair

Julia Andraca Harrer

Professional Development Chair

2022-2023 Board Members

Tannia Rodriguez

President

Nicole Felix

Professional Development Chair

Valentina Dargam

President Elect

Chris Figueroa-Espada

Communications Chair

Yan Carlos Pacheco

Social Chair

Katherin Arias

Community Chair

2021-2022 Board Members

Tannia Rodriguez

President-Elect

Santiago Correa, Ph.D.

Professional Development Chair

Yan Carlos Pacheco

Communications Chair

Jorge Jimenez

Community Chair

Valentina Dargam

Social Chair

Andrew Ramirez

Financial Chair

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