Russell Urie

I develop and apply deep learning and statistical approaches to mine biological and chemical data for time-series markers of divergence to identify biomarkers, drug targets, and points of necessary modulation.

2025 – Current  Adjunct Research Investigator

      Shea Research Group, University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering (UMich)

2020 – 2025   Postdoc, “Sentinel Biomaterials Identify Transplant Rejection and Prenatal Complications”

      Shea Research Group, UMich Biomedical Engineering 

      Supervised by Professor Lonnie Shea, 

      with co-advising by Daniel Goldstein and Vasantha Padmanabhan

• Developing tissue engineering scaffolds for immunosurveillance of allogeneic immune responses
• Identifying predictive gene panels of heart and skin graft rejection prior to symptom onset in mice
• Characterizing cell phenotypes and gene biomarkers unique to miscarriage-prone pregnancy

Education

2013 – 2019     PhD, Chemical Engineering, “Laser-Activated Nanomaterials for Tissue Repair”

 Molecular and Nanoscale Bioengineering Laboratory, Arizona State University (ASU)

 Supervised by Professor Kaushal Rege, PhD

• Developed rapid sealing nanomaterials to prevent wound dehiscence, infection, and scars.
• Teaching Assistant for two courses and mentored high school, undergraduate, and graduate students

2009 – 2013     BSc, Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University (BYU)

 Mentored by Professors William Pitt, PhD and Roger Harrison, PhD

• Synthesized hydrocarbon bowl-like molecules and polymers for sugar-based fuel cells
• Tutored >300 hours of writing for engineering classes as a BYU Writing Fellow