Alumni – UW Bioengineering – Archive
Meet Blake Englebert, PharBE alumnus at Shape Therapeutics
Seattle native Blake Englebert completed the UW Master’s of Pharmaceutical Bioengineering (PharBE) program in [...]
Meet Xochitl Vasquez, PharBE alumna at Maze Therapeutics
Xochitl Vasquez graduated from the UW PharBE program in June 2021. She recently accepted [...]
New Ph.D. grad Nuttada Panpradist ready for next challenge: faculty position
Postdoc credits adviser Barry Lutz as example of resilience, collaboration.
Meet Stephanie Baptiste, PharBE alumna and manager at Amgen
UW Master's of Pharmaceutical Bioengineering (PharBE) program alumna Stephanie Baptiste graduated in December 2019. [...]
A-Alpha Bio Wins $620K NSF Grant; Builds on $2.8 Million in Seed Funding
A-Alpha Bio, a startup co-founded and led by UW Bioengineering alumni David Younger (Ph.D. ’17), and Randolph Lopez (Ph.D. ’18, received a $620,472 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue developing their AlphaSeq platform for the discovery of molecular glues.
Bioengineering alumna Jane Grande-Allen receives 2020 UW Diamond Award
UW Bioengineering alumna Jane Grande-Allen (Ph.D. ’98) has received the UW College of Engineering’s 2020 Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia.
BioE Alumna’s Nanodropper Startup Gets Boost from Accelerator Program
Nanodropper, a company co-founded by UW Bioengineering alumna Mackenzie Andrews, MS ’19, has completed this year’s Jones + Foster Accelerator program and received $25,000 in seed funding.
BioE Alumna’s Nanodropper Startup Gets Boost from Accelerator Program
Nanodropper, a company co-founded by University of Washington Bioengineering alumna Mackenzie Andrews, MS ’19, has completed this year’s Jones + Foster Accelerator program and received $25,000 in seed funding.
Bioengineering Alumnus Wayne Gombotz Receives 2019 UW Diamond Award
UW Bioengineering alumnus Wayne Gombotz (M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’88) has received the College of Engineering’s 2019 Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Industry. Dr. Gombotz's work has provided the basis of many drug delivery strategies in use and development today; multiple successful therapeutic products and processes to treat cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases; and it spurred the development of the biotechnology industry in Seattle.
Alumni Anna Blakney, Abbi Helfer, Emily Krogstad and Lael Wentland advance bioengineering worldwide with Whitaker awards
UW Bioengineering alumni Anna Blakney, Abbi Helfer, Emily Krogstad and Lael Wentland received Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program awards in 2016 to pursue independent research projects abroad. They talk about their experiences researching and living in England, Australia, South Africa and Vietnam.