People
Principal Investigator
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Kyle P. Quinn, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director of the Tufts Advanced Microscopic Imaging Center
Tufts University
Email: kyle.quinn AT tufts.edu
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Bio: Dr. Quinn received his B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. He earned his Ph.D. in
Bioengineering in 2010 from the
University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of
Dr. Beth Winkelstein. He then joined the
Department of Biomedical Engineering at
Tufts University as a postdoctoral fellow in
Dr. Irene Georgakoudi's group. As a postdoc, he was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award and an NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99). In 2015, he joined the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His lab has been continuously funded by NIH and received the NSF CAREER award. In 2021, he established the NIH-funded
Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center, which integrates optical imaging, bioenergetics, and data science approaches to solve biomedical research problems involving cell and tissue metabolism. In 2025, he was recruited back to Tufts as a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the
Tufts Advanced Microscopic Imaging Center (TAMIC) . His overall research interests are in developing and utilizing non-invasive quantitative optical methods to characterize the spatiotemporal patterns of disease progression and tissue repair processes.
Graduate Research Assistants
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Michael Blair
Graduate Student, PhD program at the University of Arkansas
Doctoral Academy Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering
B.S., University of Arkansas, 2017
Email: mjblair AT uark.edu
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Divya Gollapalli
Graduate Student, PhD program at Tufts
Department of Biomedical Engineering
B.S., University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
Email: Divya.Gollapalli AT tufts.edu
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Malavika Nidhi
Graduate Student, PhD program at Tufts
Department of Biomedical Engineering
B.S., University of Houston, 2020
Email: Malavika.Nidhi AT tufts.edu
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Marcos Rodriguez
Graduate Student, PhD program at the University of Arkansas
P.K. Kuroda Endowed Graduate Fellowship
Department of Biomedical Engineering
B.S., University of Puerto Rico, 2019
Email: mrr021 AT uark.edu
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
We have recently moved to Tufts University. Please reach out if you are interseted in joining the Quinn Lab!
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
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Isaac Vargas Lopez
M.S., University of Arkansas, 2019
Position after graduation: Configuration Officer at Phillips
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Hallie Ramser
M.S., University of Arkansas, 2019
Position after graduation: Sales Application Specialist, Fluorescence Microscopy Division of Bruker, Inc.
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Dr. Jake Jones
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2020
Position after graduation: Product Manager at Olympus Corp.
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Dr. Mamello Mohale
Laboratory Manager
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2021
Msc., Rhodes University, 2014
Bsc., Dublin Institute of Technology, 2009
Email: mmohale AT uark.edu
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Dr. Alan Woessner
Imaging & Spectroscopy Core Manager for the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2022
B.S., University of Arkansas, 2016
Email: aewoessn AT uark.edu
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Ruth Shen Huey Chan
Graduate Student, PhD program
P.K. Kuroda Endowed Graduate Fellowship
Department of Biomedical Engineering
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio, 2019
B.S., Nanyang Technological University, 2010
Email: rchan AT uark.edu
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Olivia Kolenc
Graduate Student, PhD program
William R. Hearst Foundation Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering
B.S., University of Texas at El Paso, 2015
Email: oikolenc AT uark.edu
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
Shivani Koundinya
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2025
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Olivia Vedock
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2025
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Nicole Hooten
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2023
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Jack Murphy
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2022
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Gianna Busch
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2021
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Caila Hanus
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2021
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Anna McCoy
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2021
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Rebekah Townsley
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2021
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Ayman Yousef
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2021
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Madison Belew
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2020
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Haydn Thurber
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2020
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Lucy Woodbury
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2020
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Robin Raley
Chemistry - Biochemistry, BS
Date of Graduation: 2019
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De'Shanel Maycock
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2019
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James McGee
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Date of Graduation: 2019
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Hannah Peck
Biology, BS
Date of Graduation: 2017
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Staff
Christine Shamblin
Laboratory Manager
2019-2021
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