To celebrate Lehigh University rivalry week the TGF lab have participated in a 5K turkey trot through the beautiful fall Lehigh campus!
Krishna Jayaram awarded with the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Award
Congratulations to TGF lab undergraduate student Krishna Jayaram for being awarded the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Her research currently focuses on optimizing an in vitro model of osteoarthritis to recapitulate cartilage degradation under inflammatory conditions. As a CBL scholar, Jayaram receives two years of funding for her UG research as well as conference travel. The funding is offered on behalf of the Henry Luce Foundation and the Rossin College and supports women seeking to study or teach science, engineering, and mathematics. It is awarded to those with excellence and motivation in academics and research during their undergraduate studies.
Dr. Gonzalez-Fernandez selected as a Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Young Scientist
Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, an assistant professor of bioengineering, has been selected to participate in the 72th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (LINO23) this summer in Germany.
Gonzalez-Fernandez was nominated as LINO23 Young Scientist by the University of California, where he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Leach Laboratory at UC Davis before joining the Rossin College faculty in January 2022.
PhD student Josh Graham wins prestigious NSF GRFP Award
PhD student Josh Graham has been awarded with the prestigious NSF GRFP award that will support the completion of his PhD at the TGF Lab at Lehigh University.
This award is a huge milestone in Josh’s career and we can’t wait to see his future research endeavors.
Congrats Josh!
Dr. Gonzalez-Fernandez Chosen Track Chair of Biomanufacturing in the BMES 2023 Annual Meeting
Dr. Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez has been chosen as the Chair of the Biomanufacturing Track together with Prof. Jian Yang (Penn State) for the BMES 2023 Annual Meeting in Seattle.
Grad student Chiebuka Okpara Black in BME spotlight
First lab winter get together!!
Also celebrating the end of the first semester for the lab grad students Lisette Werba, Josh Graham and Chiebuka Okpara! 
TGF lab Halloween get together!
Start of the 2022-2023 Academic Year at The TGF Lab
The TGF Lab welcomes all its members for the start of the 2022-2023 academic year.
Grad students: Lisette Werba, Joshua Graham and Chiebuka Okpara
Undergraduate researchers: Owen Fitz, Isabella Federico and Sofia Ruiz
We are all very excited to celebrate your future accomplishments!
Sofia Ruiz and Michael You Present their Research at the STEM-SI Summer Symposium
STEM-SI undergraduate students Michael You (Mechanical Engineering) and Sofia Ruiz (Bioengineering) did a great work presenting at the Lehigh Undergraduate Research Summer Symposium. They presented posters focusing on 3D bioprinting (Michael You) and Mesenchymal Stromal Cell culture and chondrogenic differentiation (Sofia Ruiz). 