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AGUI-Lab: A multidisciplinary lab on biophotonics and optical technology

A multidisciplinary lab on biophotonics and optical technologies

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Meet the Agui-Lab Research Team

Principal Investigator


Dr. Aguilar

Dr. Guillermo Aguilar

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
James and Ada Forsyth Professor
Department Head, Mechanical Engineering

Email: agui-lab@tamu.edu

 

Visiting Scholars and Postdocs


Dr. Carla Berrospe-Rodriguez

Dr. Carla Berrospe-Rodriguez
Associate Research Scientist
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Dr. Rana Faryad

Dr. Rana Faryad
Postdoctoral Researcher
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PhD and Masters Students


Crysthal Alvarez
Ph.D. student
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Balaji Baskar
Ph.D. student
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Atiqul Islam Ahad
Ph.D. student
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Salman Ismail
Ph.D. student
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Undergraduate Students


Jordan Morrow
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Yulissa Oretga
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Desiree Gutierrez
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Alumni


Postdocs/Scientists


Dr. Natanael Cuando
Postdoctoral Scholar


Dr. Aditya Pandya
Postdoctoral Scholar


Dr. David Halaney
Postdoctoral Scholar

Graduate Students


Ahad-Ullah
Master of Science


Dr. Nami Davoodzadeh
Ph.D. graduate


Dr. Yasaman Damestani
Ph.D. graduate


Dr. Vicente Robles
Ph.D. graduate


Dr. Juan Carlos
Ph.D. graduate


Dr. Ariana Sabzeghabae
Ph.D. graduate


Dr. Darren Banks
Ph.D. graduate

Undergraduates


Melvin Suarez


Jack Williams


Rhea Dharwadker


Chloe Johnson


Kevin Kim


Juan Hernandez


Divya Shukla


Juan Arriaga


Kayla Willis


Christian Phillips


Karthikeya Gundarapu


Zachary Yousef


Nightingale Tun


Fernanda Velasco


Sohil Goswami

Senior Design teams

2022
Automation of Cryopreserved Microdroplet System for Laser Nano-rewarming
(Left to right: Ricardo Trujillo Vargas, Ryland Miller, Philip Bozeman, Michael Rodriguez-Garza, Collin Elliot, Logan Morris)
2023
Long-Term Storage Container for Vitrified Droplets Containing Biological Specimens
(Left to right: Davis Gaudette, Cristian Sosa, Diego Macias, Savera Sahai, Emma Martindale, Emlynn Daniel )

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