BME Master's Student 

(Year joined: 2025)

Contact: 

jorgemelendez2023@u.northwestern.edu

Research Interests: 

My projects revolve around utilizing protein engineering to design proteins that hitch a ride on immune cells to deliver therapies to immunological regions of interest.

Interests:

Research: Protein engineering, antibody/biologic design, immunoengineering, metabolic disease, and autoimmune disease.

Personal: Photography, cycling & triathlon, books with maps (fantasy/world building), and Olympic weightlifting.