Wren joined the lab in September of 2023 as an undergraduate student in the Biomedical Engineering department at UB. Working with two of their peers, they created a stainless steel cardiac preload device that would have allowed for increased viability of cardiac cells. After graduating with their Bachelors degree in May of 2024, they chose to continue with their work with this lab so that they may earn their master’s degree in May of 2025. Their current projects include 3D devices that would allow for more efficient data collection. One of the projects they completed is a waterproof 3D printed perfusion system that will allow for the collection of Optical Mapping data of whole hearts using a panoramic 4 camera set up.