Kevin J. McHugh, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Departments of Bioengineering and Chemistry
Rice University
kevin.mchugh@rice.edu
Education & Training
Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014-2019
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2009-2014
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2005-2009
Tyler Graf
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Bioengineering
tg24@rice.edu
Marina Yu
Ph.D. Candidate
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
my28@rice.edu
Lynna Baryakova
Ph.D. Candidate
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
tb44@rice.edu
Heather Chia-Chien Hsu
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemistry
ch108@rice.edu
Alyssa Kunkel
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Bioengineering
aak11@rice.edu
Shengyue Piao
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemistry
sp122@rice.edu
Katherine Chen
Ph.D. Student
Department of Bioengineering
kc128@rice.edu
Emily Henrich
Ph.D. Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
eh66@rice.edu
Chaoyang Tang
Ph.D. Student
Department of Bioengineering
ct72@rice.edu
Siamalan Krishnathas
Ph.D. Student
Department of Bioengineering
sk273@rice.edu
Erin Shen
Ph.D. Student
Department of Bioengineering
es108@rice.edu
Sofia Hernandez
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
sh152@rice.edu
Gabby Lea
Masters Student
Class of 2025
Department of Bioengineering
Haonan Huo
Visiting PhD. Student
Department of Chemistry
Yosan Embafrash
Lab Technician
Krish Choksi
Lab Technician
Sam Wu
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2025
Department of Bioengineering
Ruhi Rachakonda
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2026
Department of Bioengineering
Miller Harris
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2027
Department of Bioengineering
Ananya Gimmy
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2027
Department of Natural Science
Bess Glenn
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2027
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Past Trainees & Alumni
KA Foyez Mahmud, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Bioengineering
Miusi Shi, M.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Bioengineering
Dhruv Varshney
Masters Student
Class of 2021
Department of Bioengineering
Sherry Yue Qiu
Masters Student
Class of 2021
Department of Bioengineering
Gautham Budaraju
Masters Student
Class of 2022
Department of Bioengineering
Nicholas Ho
Masters Student
Class of 2023
Department of Bioengineering
Sarah Melhorn
Laboratory Technician
Pujita Munnangi
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2021
Department of Bioengineering
Virginia Osueke
Summer REU Student, 2021
Department of Bioengineering
Chrishanna Dautruche
Summer REU Student, 2021
Department of Bioengineering
Nay Nay Hein
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2025
Department of Biosciences
Arnav Garyali
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2024
Department of Biochemistry
Carlos Torres
Summer REU Student, 2022
Department of Bioengineering
Belvi Bwela
Summer REU Student, 2022
Department of Bioengineering
Paul Kim
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2023
Department of Bioengineering
Hayden Deans
Summer REU Student, 2023
Department of Bioengineering
Laavanya Devarajan
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Department of Bioengineering
Tracy Lin
Masters Student
Class of 2023
Department of Bioengineering
Brett Pogostin
Ph.D. Student
Graduated Spring 2024
Department of Bioengineering
Erin Euliano
Ph.D. Student
Graduated Spring 2024
Department of Bioengineering
Mei-Li Laracuente Bice
Ph.D. Student | Baylor M.D. / Ph.D. Program
Graduated Summer 2024
Department of Bioengineering
Kate Mischlich
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2024
Department of Bioengineering
Gabriel Saenz
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2024
Department of Chemistry
Anushka Agrawal
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2024
Department of Bioengineering
Diane Moturi
Undergraduate Student
Class of 2026
Department of Bioengineering
Undergraduates:
- Skirmante Survilaite, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015-2018
- Austin Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015-2017
- Friederike Buck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
- Chase Kelley, Northeastern University, 2015
- Ariel Choi, Brown University, 2013
- Michael Zhang, Boston University, 2012-2013
- Aimal Khankhel, Boston University, 2012-2013
Technical Staff:
- Mache Cruz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018-2019
- Stephanie Tomašić, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016-2019
- Tyler Graf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018-2019
- Zachary Tochka, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015-2019
- Sean Severt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016-2018
- Sviatlana Rose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015-2018
- Matthew Taylor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017-2018
- Allison Linehan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015-2017
- David Yang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014-2015