About Han Research Group

We are highly dynamic, interactive, collaborative and diverse group of peoples. We study transport phenomena in biological environments, so-called biotransport, to control and engineer the transport of momentum, energy, and chemical species to develop new therapeutics, biotechnologies and biomaterials.  Our current research is focused on drug delivery to tumor, cell-fluid-matrix interactions in stromal tissues, and engineering of …

Microfluidic Metastasis Model

Our work on developing a microfluidic model of cancer cell adhesion during metastasis process is published at Biomicrofluidics. Analysis of adhesion kinetics of cancer cells on inflamed endothelium using a microfluidic platform Taylor J. Thompson and Bumsoo Han  Abstract Metastasis is the ultimate cause of death among the vast majority of cancer patients. This process …

Bumsoo Han, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

He is a Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, and is also the Program Leader of Drug Delivery and Molecular Sensing Program at NCI-designated Purdue Center for Cancer Research. He is B.S.F. Schaefer Outstanding Young Faculty Scholar and Discovery Park Fellow.  He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota …

Michael Linnes, Ph.D., Research Scientist

Michael is a research scientist in the Han Group.  He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington (2009), and B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota (2003).  His research interests are in tissue engineering and biomaterials. [ap_social facebook=”” twitter=”” gplus=”” linkedin=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlinnes/” dribble=””]

Hye-ran Moon, Ph.D., Postdoc Fellow

Hye-Ran is a Postdoc Fellow in Mechanical Engineering. She received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue Univeristy in 2020, her M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Yonsei University in South Korea. [ap_social facebook=”” twitter=”” gplus=”” linkedin=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/hye-ran-moon-35168912a/” dribble=””]

Natalia Ospina Munoz, Ph.D., Postdoc Fellow

Nataila is a Postdoc Fellow starting from August 2022. She received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the National Univeristy of Colombia. Her Ph.D. research focused on epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cancers. She was a visiting scholar of Han Group in 2019.