Staff
Michael D. Brodt
Lab Manager
brodtm@wudosis.wustl.edu
314-362-8588.
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
Michael is an Iowa native who joined the lab in 1997. He is our Lab Manager and has co-authored more than 15 manuscripts. He is using tibial compression to stimulate bone formation in osteoporotic mice.
Michelle Lynch
Research Technician II
lynchm@wudosis.wustl.edu
314-362-8579
B.A. Biology, Washington University
Michelle is a St. Louis native who re-joined the lab in 2004 (she first worked here as an undergraduate). She is using whole-body vibration to stimulate bone formation in osteoporotic mice.
Mario Martinez, B.S.
Research Technician II
martinezm@wudosis.wustl.edu
314-362-8499.
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Washington University
Mario is a native of Honduras who joined the lab 2007. He is studying skeletal responses to bone fatigue loading and cartilage impact.
Tim Morris
Research Technician II
morrist@wudosis.wustl.edu
314-362-8456
Tim is a St. Louis native and has been in the Orthopaedic Surgery Dept. since 1996. He is a Licensed Animal Technician.
Dan Wood
Research Technician
woodd@wudosis.wustl.edu
314-747-5165
B.S. Biology, University of Missouri
Dan is a native of Hannibal, Missouri who joined the lab in 2008. He is working on several experiments using reporter mice to track osteoblasts after fracture and mechanical loading.
Graduate Students
Jennifer A. Lynch, B.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
lynchj@wudosis.wustl.edu
314-454-8198
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri
Jenny is an Iowa native who joined the lab in 2005. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering. She is examining molecular and vascular responses to different types of mechanical loading.
Post Doctoral Fellows
Akhilesh Kotiya, Ph.D.,
Post Doctoral Research Associate
kotiyaa@wudosis.wustl.edu
314-362-8587
Ph.D. (2008) Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2008.
B.E. (2000) Mechanical Engineering, VJTI, University of Bombay, India
Akhilesh is a native of India who joined the lab in 2008. He did his Ph.D. with John Criscione on “Mechanical Characterization and Structural Analysis of Normal and Remodeled Cardiovascular Soft Tissue”. He is examining skeletal responses to different types of mechanical loading, focusing on vibrational loading.
Undergraduate Students
Mark Willingham
willinghamm@wudosis.wustl.edu
Mark is a biomedical engineering undergraduate who is measuring bone properties in mice of different ages.
Abby Stephens
Als4@cec.wustl.edu
Abby is a recent WU Biomedical Engineering graduate who will enter medical school in the fall ’09. She is working on mouse loading studies.
Elise Bixby
ecbixby@artsci.wustl.edu
Elise is a chemistry major and pre-med who is analyzing microarray data from rat loading studies.