
Engineering Solutions to the Most Challenging Problems in Cardiovascular Biomaterials, Nanoparticle Drug Delivery, and Thrombosis & Hemostasis.
Engineering Solutions to the Most Challenging Problems in Cardiovascular Biomaterials, Nanoparticle Drug Delivery, and Thrombosis & Hemostasis.
Engineering Solutions to the Most Challenging Problems in Cardiovascular Biomaterials, Nanoparticle Drug Delivery, Thrombosis & Hemostasis, and Metabolic Disorder
About our Lab
Patrick Jurney is the Kordestani Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at San Jose State University as well as a Visiting Scholar in The Department of Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford University. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in Thermal Fluid Systems and Transport Phenomena.
Professor Jurney completed a postdoctoral fellowship as a National Institutes of Health T-32 Fellow, at Oregon Health & Science University, developing cardiovascular biomaterials and novel microfluidic platforms and devices.
As an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at San José State University, Dr. Jurney is focused on mentoring students and running his laboratory, developing relevant and impactful curriculum teaching foundational and applied topics in biological transport phenomena, and serving the wider biotechnology ecosystem in Silicon Valley.
As a Visiting Scholar in The Department of Chemical and Systems Biology in the Stanford School of Medicine, Dr. Jurney has been working in the laboratory of Professor Daria Mochly-Rosen to elucidate the role of mitochondrial network architecture in cardiovascular disease as well as developing pharmacological approaches to study relationship between mitochondrial form and function in the endothelium
Our laboratory is keen on establishing collaborations with industry partners to foster mutually beneficial partnerships aimed at enhancing human health and well-being. We welcome inquiries, questions, or comments and are always open to exploring new collaboration opportunities. Please feel free to contact us at the bottom of this page or on LinkedIn.

Lab Personnel
Prospective Graduate students should review our previous job posting for a Postdoctoral Associate in order to understand the strengths of SJSU and our laboratory.
Lab Director and Principal Investigator
Professor Jurney
Graduate Students
Tallah
Modirzadeh
Shweta Raghuraman
Nourdean Shraim
Diane Castellanos
Michele Picard
Albina Abatova
Undergraduate Students
Bitania Shewandagn
Dax
Yuhasz
Raymond Mok
Lab Alumni
Juliette Noyer (2025) - University of Texas at Austin
Christian Catano (2025) - University of California Santa Barbara
Romina Iranmanesh (2025) - NVIDIA
Orion Capuyon - (2025) - Abbott
Ammar Babiker (2025) -
Carolina Fonseca E Silva (2025) - Thermo Fisher
Raul Michael (2025) - University of California Los Angeles
Elaine Huynh (2025) -
Tida Ngov (2025) -
Jose-Enrique Rodarte (2025) - University of California Davis
Elyes Essanaa (2025) - University of San Francisco
Gabriela Acevedo Munares (2024) - Amgen
Mackenzie Bean (2024) -
Christian Leycam (2024) - Neptune Medical
Keith Sistoso (2024) - STERIS
Rosa Silva Hernandez (2024) -
Ramzi Abu Manneh (2024) - Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Moira Moore (2024) - MMVS
Gavin del Rosario (2024) - Stryker Neurovascular
Soo Buei (Sam) Peterson (Née Lee) (2023) - Element Biosciences
Donna Abido (2023) [co-advised w/ HeartFlow] - HeartFlow
Noel Fabionar (2023) [co-advised w/ HeartFlow] - Abbott
Donal Hanneman (2023) - Element Materials Technology
Eyerusalem Abiy (2023) - Noah Medical
Neale Baria (2023) - Falcon Ambulance
Ryan Fallon (2023) - Saint Louis University
Saumya Baddela (2023) - Shockwave Medical
Rhea Michael (2023) - Azenta Life Sciences
Brian Lindskog (2023) [co-advised w/ Jabil] - Varian
Maipaluku Moua (2022) - Charge EPC
Britanie Butts (2022) - Abbott
Sandra Ladjadj (2022) - Elixir Medical
Shruti Hooda (2022) - Onda Corporation
Kyle Groves (2022) - Cosco Wholesale
Alex Guerra (2021) - Graduate Student, UC Irvine
Alyssa Occiano (2021) - Catalent Pharma
Amelito Reyes (2021) - Curia (formerly AMRI)
Feyza Yazar (2021) - Graduate Student, UCSF/UC Berkeley
Audrey Jebasingham (2021) - Covaris
Aldrich Estonlio (2021) - Gridtential Energy
Sarita Kumari (2021) - Lucira Health
Rabena Amanuel (2021) - Avantec Vascular
Izza Murtaza (2021) - Arbor Vita Corporation
Opinder Dhami (2020) [co-advised w/ NASA] - Tioga Medical
Danny Do (2020) - Sheathing Technologies
Brianna Felix (2020) - Boehringer Ingelheim
Vanessa Aldaz (2020) -
Sneha Srinivasan (2020) - Graduate Student, Columbia University
Colby Loop (2020) - Gilead
Harsimran Hothi (2020) -
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JurneyLab - Spring 2025

JurneyLab - Spring 2022

Sponsors
Our work is supported by grants from the following agencies, institutes, foundations, and industry partners:
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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American Heart Association
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W.M. Keck Foundation
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California State University Program for Education & Research in Biotechnology (CSUBIOTECH)
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Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering
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San José State University Division of Research and Innovation
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McNair Scholars Program















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