Jason Szafron is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Szafron received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University, where he completed his undergraduate thesis on endovascular medical device design. He went on to receive his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Yale University studying the computational optimization of polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineered vascular grafts. As a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University, he worked on experimental and computational methods for quantifying mechanobiological changes during the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Jon Ibinson is a PhD student, studying Biomedical Engineering. Jon graduated from The Ohio State University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Statistics. Here, Jon worked with Dr. Cynthia Roberts and Dr. Matthew Reilly to study intraocular pressure measurement systems. Jon also spent a summer at Purdue University, joining Dr. Vitaliy Rayz’s group to model intracranial aneurysms using computational fluid dynamics. Currently, he is interested in the potential cardiovascular complications of lung transplantation and the mechanobiological differences of single vs double lung transplants. Originally from the Pittsburgh area, Jon enjoys hiking, rock climbing, weightlifting, watching baseball, and visiting Pittsburgh’s museums.