Spotlight Stories
Sep 12, 2025
BIOE Alumna Returns to the Department as a Faculty Member: Meet Victoria D’Agostino, PhD
Victoria D’Agostino, PhD, was uniquely involved in her undergraduate bioengineering program. As one of the first students to enroll, she was perfectly poised to provide feedback and offer her opinion to her professors: Teaching Professor Tim Lannin, COE Distinguished Professor Jeff Ruberti, and Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons, all from the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, back in 2014.
Aug 21, 2025
Creating Impactful Medical Devices to Improve Lives
Caline Pechdimaljian, MS’25, bioengineering, started her career in pharmaceutical process engineering research and development. Her work with pharmaceutical manufacturing sparked her curiosity for looking into targeted therapeutics and medical device development. The bioengineering master’s program led her to discover her passion for working on technology to improve the health and quality of life of patients and communities.
Jul 15, 2025
A Student’s Personal Experiences Inspired Their Career Aspirations
Emmanuel Amoako, MS’25, bioengineering with a concentration in biomedical devices and bioimaging, used his personal experiences from living in Ghana as a driving force to begin developing accessible, low-cost medical devices for low-resource countries. His passion for helping the community, mixed with his co-op experience and research opportunities, has allowed him to jump into the field of bioengineering and make an impact on the world.
Jul 14, 2025
Kavish Khamesra and his Head Start on Sleep… Research
Despite being a first-year undergraduate, bioengineering student Kavish Khamesra, E’28, presented two years of high school research on sleep apnea in Pacific Islanders at the 2025 SLEEP Conference, demonstrating an early passion for neuroscience and medical device research.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Narges Yazdani, PhD’24, Bioengineering
Narges Yazdani, PhD’24, bioengineering, focused her research on integrin-mediated mechanotransduction and its effects on neural stem cell behavior. Her work contributed to peer-reviewed publications and presentations at conferences and had a co-op at AbbVie Bioresearch Center.
May 29, 2025
Pursuing a Career as a Bioengineering Researcher One Step at a Time
Through a range of experiential learning opportunities and project-based coursework, Poulami Mondal, MS’23, PhD’28, bioengineering, not only earned her master’s degree but also found her career path and is continuing her studies for a PhD.
Apr 15, 2025
MS in Bioengineering Program Preps Student for Industry Success
At Northeastern, Cameron Crane, MS’26, bioengineering, has his sights set on the medical devices industry, and is confident that his co-op experience, academic concentration in biomedical devices and bioimaging, and an expanding professional network will lead to a successful career.
Apr 10, 2025
Investigating RNA Dynamics and Modifications
Working in BioE Assistant Professor Sara Rouhanifard’s lab, Keqing Nian, PhD’25, bioengineering, and Oleksandra Fanari, PhD’27, bioengineering, are developing novel tools to study the dynamic nature of RNA and gene expression in live cells.