Student Profiles
Michael Lis
Mike is originally from Needham, MA. He received his BSE from Cornell University in Materials Science and Engineering.
Mike's current research focuses on the mechanism of transport and structure-activity relationships of guanidine-rich protein transduction domain mimics (PTDMs) and synthetic mimics of antimicrobial peptides (SMAMPs), using phospholipid membranes as a model for polymer interaction with cell membranes. One such (ongoing) project uses fluorescent dye release experiments to understand the kinetics and structure-activity relationships of PTDM transport across phospholipid membrane models of human cells.
The Institute of Cellular Engineering IGERT program here at UMass recently awarded Mike a fellowship. The ICE IGERT program is a joint collaboration between Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, and several other departments designed to make UMass a center of cellular engineering research.
"In addition to the fantastic research program here, I was drawn back to my home state by the maple syrup and candlepin bowling. Plus, it's beautiful out here!" says Mike.
