(Tilton Group)
PI: Maryam Tilton, Ph.D.
(She/Her/Hers)
Email: maryam.tilton@austin.utexas.edu
Office: ETC 4.138
We study how aging rewires skeletal mechanobiology; why the same mechanical cues produce different cellular outcomes with age, and how this shift drives tissue fragility and degeneration. We test mechanisms using complementary in vitro and in vivo systems, spanning single-cell mechanophenotyping to engineered microenvironments.
Primary Appointment
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin
Affiliated Programs
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Cell & Developmental Biology; Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Center for Additive Manufacturing & Design Innovation (CAMDI)
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Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
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Regenerative Sciences Graduate Program, Mayo Clinic
Our Team
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Hossein Shaygani
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering
MS. Mechanical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology
Email: shaygani@utmail.utexas.edu
Pages: Google Scholar
Chanul Kim
PhD Student - Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email: chanul.kim@utexas.edu
Pages: Google Scholar
Ali Ghasemkhani
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering
Elahe Houshmand
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering
Pankaj Mishra
PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering
Trevor E Chesser
MS Student - Mechanical Engineering
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Nikhil Chandra Sunkavalli
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Brendan Duc-Bao Vo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sheng-Teng Ho
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aria Tilton
Emotional Support Member
For any inquiries contact Dr. Tilton!
Lab Alumni
Anastasia Timoshenko
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Maria D. Astudillo Potes
NIH-T32 MD/PhD Student
Former Members
Junhan Liao
Graduate Student
UT Austin
Natalie Rice
Undergraduate Student
UT Austin
Elizabeth AG Flores
Undergraduate Student
UT Austin