#  Irini Sotiri 

Research Fellow

2015-2016

 

 

 



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 Irini graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015 with a BS in materials science & engineering, and an additional major in biomedical engineering. She joined the Wyss Institute as a Research Fellow in the Aizenberg lab shortly after, and is working on applications of SLIPS spanning cell sheet engineering, patterned wettability, and protein/biological interactions. When not in lab, she enjoys hiking and playing the piano.  
  
Her research interests include biomaterials and biomimetic smart surfaces for medical devices, drug delivery, and tissue engineering.

##  Awards and honors

 Small Undergraduate Research Grant, CMU (2013)

 Summer Researcher Grant, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2013)



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Member Role
    
     [Research Fellow](/member-role/research-fellow)
- ## Member Status
    
     [Alumni](/member-status/alumni)