Education

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2018, Union College
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2020, Columbia University
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2024 (expected), Columbia University

Areas of Research Interest

Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, osteoarthritis

Selected Publications

1. Pellicore MJ, Gangi LR, Murphy LA, Lee AJ, Jacobsen T, Kenawy HM, Shah RP, Chahine NO, Ateshian GA, Hung CT. Toward Defining The Role Of The Synovium In Mitigating Normal Articular Cartilage Wear And Tear. Journal of Biomechanics. 2023. link.

2. Kroupa KR, Gangi LR, Zimmerman BK, Hung CT, Ateshian GA. Superficial zone chondrocytes can get compacted under physiological loading: A multiscale finite element analysis. Acta Biomaterialia. 2022 Oct 12;S1742-7061(22)00668-7.

   doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.10.013. link

3. Gangi LR*, Petersen CA*, Oungoulian SR, Estell EG, Durney KM, Suh JT, Ateshian GA, Hung CT. 2022. A Friction Testing-Bioreactor Device for Study of Synovial Joint Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, and Physical Regulation. J. Vis. Exp. 2022 Jun 2. doi:10.3791/63880. link (*contributed equally)

4. Estell EG, Murphy LA, Gangi LR, Shah RP, Ateshian GA, Hung CT. Attachment of cartilage wear particles to the synovium negatively impacts friction properties, Journal of Biomechanics. 2021 Oct 11. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110668. link

5. Ramasubramanian A, Capaldi X, Bradner S, Gangi L. On the Biomechanics of Cardiac S-looping: insights from modeling and perturbation studies. J Biomech Eng. 2019 Mar 6. doi: 10.1115/1.4043077. link (selected as an Editors’ Choice Paper)