Perlman Lung Mechanics Lab

Principle Investigator: Carrie E. Perlman, Ph.D. •B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology •M.S., Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University •Postdoctoral training in pulmonary physiology, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics and Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, Columbia University

Dr. Perlman is interested in understanding the mechanical causes of ventilation-induced lung injury (VILI) and, in particular, in the contribution of surface tension to the development of VILI. She is interested in developing new surface-tension lowering therapies for reducing VILI and in translating those therapies to the clinic, to increase the survival of acute lung injury patients. Beyond research, Dr. Perlman teaches an undergraduate fluid mechanics and transport course and a graduate cardiopulmonary mechanics course. She is an active member of the Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly of the American Throacic Society .

Doctoral student: Charul Singh, M.E. •B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University •M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

Charul brings to the laboratory industry experience as a quality engineer at Zimmer Biomet, where her responsibilities included working to ensure device compliance with FDA guidelines and performing health hazard evaluations, and as a process development engineer at Applied Medical, where she worked on optimization of laparoscopic device development. As a doctoral student, she is training in pulmonary physiology and performing research linking the morphology of lung injury with impairment of pulmonary gas exchange. She is a foodie and a runner.

Doctoral student: John Battikha, M.S. •B.S., Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Insitute of Technology University •M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

John followed his love of cell biology and medical devices in joining the Stevens Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program. In his doctoral studies, he is developing a new electrical method for characterizing mechanical ventilation-induced injury to the alveolar capillary barrier. He is a former collegiate swimmer and diver and enjoys snowboarding and skateboarding. He hopes in the future to develop biomedical devices.

Past lab members
Postdoctoral fellows:
•Tam Nguyen, Ph.D.— Insmed
•Alcendino "Neto" C. Jardim-Neto, Ph.D.— Federal Univerisity of Rio de Janeiro
•Zahra Ansari, D.V.M.— Columbia University

Ph.D. Student/Postdoctoral fellow:
•You Wu, Ph.D.— Eisai

Ph.D. Student:
•Angana Banerjee Kharge — Integra LifeSciences

Master's students:
•Samantha Samuel — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
•Jeffrey Bellanich — Physical Therapy, Columbia University

Undergraduate students:
•Nirali Shah — TIAA-CREF
•Gerald Ricardello — Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
•Garrett Joyal — Stryker
•Chelsea LaRose — Sanofi
•Christopher Sciancalepore — BD
•Neelesh Satpute — EdgePoint Capital
•Leah Spaulding
•Lauren Schultz
•Melanie Caba— Stryker
•Cameron Calder
•Benjamin Schablin— Loreal
•John Lubey
•Micaela Cardile
•Justin Cross — Ph.D. program, Northeastern Univerisity
•Ursula Odd-White — Master's program, Columbia University
•Morgan Whitlock
•Omana Phillips
•Antony Langley
•Valerie Naguib