Meet the

Team :

Meet our principal investigator, Jonathan Silva, PhD

Dennis & Barbara Kessler Career Development Associate Professor

Whitaker Hall, Room 290G

(314) 935-8837
admin@silvalab.science
Jonathan Silva CV
Professor Silva joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis in July 2012. He received the prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI), which is given to scientists with backgrounds in physics, mathematics, computer science, and engineering who want to explore the new frontier of biology.

Current lab members

Jonathan Moreno, Silva Lab member

Jonathan Moreno

Assistant Prof of Medicine
Education: BS, Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, UMass ‘06; MD/PhD, Cornell University ‘13; Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow, WUSTL ‘17-'22
Martina Marras, Silva Lab member

Martina Marras

PhD Candidate, BME, WUSTL
Education: BS, BME, Saint Louis University ‘20
Thao Chau, Silva Lab member

Thao Chau

Staff Research Scientist
Education: BS, Biology, University of Memphis ‘97
Emily Wagner, Silva Lab member

Emily Wagner

PhD Candidate, BME, WUSTL
Education: BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Druv Bhagavan, Silva Lab member

Druv Bhagavan

MD/PhD Candidate (MSTP) Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Education: BS, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University ‘16
Lucy Woodbury, Silva Lab member

Lucy Woodbury

PhD Candidate, BME, WUSTL
Education: BS, BME, University of Arkansas ‘20
Lucas (Chang Hi) Lee, Silva Lab member

Lucas (Chang Hi) Lee

PhD Candidate, BME, WUSTL
Education: BS, BME, WUSTL ‘20, MS, Computer Science & Data Analytics and Statistics, WUSTL '22
Shashi Kumar, Silva Lab member

Shashi Kumar

Research Lab Supervisor
Education: MS, Foods & Nutrition
Team member photo coming soon

Jacob Kelley

Research/Lab Technician II
Weiwei Ma, Silva Lab member

Weiwei Ma

MS, Computer Science, WUSTL, Research Assistant
Education: BS, Pharmacology, Shanxi Medical University, 2012, BS, Computer and Information Sciences in Software Development, Auckland University of Technology, 2017
Anna Li, Silva Lab member

Anna Li

B.S. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

Alumni Spotlight

Paweorn (Eve) Angsutararux, PhD, Silva Lab alum

Paweorn (Eve) Angsutararux, PhD

Post doctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
BS, University of Pennsylvania '17, PhD, Washington University '22
Kathryn Mangold, PhD, Silva Lab alum

Kathryn Mangold, PhD

Research Fellow , Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
BA, St Olaf College '14; PhD, Washington University '21
Khrystyna Sukhanova, Silva Lab alum

Khrystyna Sukhanova

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University School of Medicine
BS, MS Kiev State University, Ukraine ‘90; PhD, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Ukraine ‘16,
Zoltan Varga, PhD, Silva Lab alum

Zoltan Varga, PhD

Faculty/Biophysics/University of Debrecen, Hungary
PhD, University of Debrecen, Hungary '2000 ; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington University '13 -'14
Wandi Zhu, PhD, Silva Lab alum

Wandi Zhu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
BS, Stony Brook University '13 ; PhD, Washington University '18
Taylor Voelker, Silva Lab alum

Taylor Voelker

PhD candidate , Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of California, Davis
Billy Kang, Silva Lab alum

Billy Kang

MD/PhD Candidate (MSTP) Biomedical Engineering (BME)
BS, John Hopkins University '14
Kuo Chan Weng, PhD, Silva Lab alum

Kuo Chan Weng, PhD

Director of WashU iPSC Core Facility
PhD, Texas A&M University '14 ; Postdoctoral Research Fellow '17- '20
Christopher Andrews, PhD, Silva Lab alum

Christopher Andrews, PhD

Systems Engineer/Sentiar
PhD, Washington University '19 ; Postdoctoral Research Fellow '19-'20
Carlota Abella, Silva Lab alum

Carlota Abella

PhD candidate, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
BS, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, The University of Manchester ‘19
Nicholas Bach, Silva Lab alum

Nicholas Bach

BS, Computer Science and Financial Engineering, WUSTL '20, MS, Computer Science, WUSTL '21