Remziye E Wessel

BME Ph.D. Student, Graduated in Summer 2025

Remziye graduated with her PhD from UVA BME in 2025. In the Dolatshahi Lab, she investigated placental antibody transfer dynamics using a blend of computational and experimental approaches toward the design of rational prenatal vaccine strategies. She is currently a postdoc in Doug Lauffenburger's lab at MIT where she is investigating how maternal and environmental exposures shape early life immune development and childhood vaccine efficacy. Remziye is passionate about both research and mentorship and looks forward to leading her own Systems Immunology lab one day! Outside of the lab, she enjoys exploring running trails with her dog Rosie, road cycling, crafting, and serving up new dishes at home for dinner.

Email:  wesselr@mit.edu

LinkedIn:  Remziye Wessel | LinkedIn

Google Scholar:  ‪Remziye E Wessel‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

Awards:

  • Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Student Award (2025)

  • Jill E. Hungerford Prize in Biomedical Sciences (One student receives this award out of all of the School of Medicine PhD students across departments).

  • Endowed Victor Orphan Graduate Fellowship (2024-2025)

  • Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar award (2024-2025): one of the 100 women out of 827 school-selected nominees selected to receive a $25,000)

  • American Society of Reproductive Immunology (ASRI) travel award (2024)

  • Most helpful TA of the year, selected by the Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Society at the BME formal (May 2024)

  • NIH T32 Systems Biology and Data Science Training Grant T32GM145443 (2022-2023)

  • American Society of Reproductive Immunology (ASRI) honorable mention poster award, 2022 Annual meeting

  • Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference (CVCRC) best oral presentation award (December 2023)

  • SEAS “Engineering is Beautiful” art contest (May 2024)

  • UVA Engineering School Dean’s Scholar (2020-2022)