Daniella Walter

Daniella is a third year Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering Department and is working in the Stowers Lab.  As a NSF Graduate Research Fellow, she researches how extracellular matrix mechanics influence mammary morphogenesis. Through the DDB program, she has implemented a deep-learning based algorithm for cellular segmentation to further understand how the stiffness of the extracellular microenvironment influences membrane tension within induced pluripotent stem cells, which will be useful in understanding stem cell differentiation in varying developmental and pathological contexts. She looks forward to continuing to engage in innovative methodologies to generate new knowledge at the intersection of bioengineering and quantitative biology.