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Principal Investigator |
Honors/Awards: TCE Research Achievement Award (2024); Faculty Research and Scholarship Achievement Award (2023), Thomas & Ruth Clark Excellence in Chemical Engineering Award (2021); DARPA's Director Fellowship (2019); TCE Teaching Fellow Award (2019); Chancellor Research & Creative Achievement/Professional Promise Award (2018); TCE Professional Promise in Research Award (2018); Ferguson Faculty Fellow (2017), DARPA YFA Award (2017); ASEE New Researcher Award (2017); CBE Outstanding Teaching Award (2017); NSF CAREER Award (2016); Thomas & Ruth Clark Chemical Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (2016); CoE Professional Promise in Research Award (2016); CBE Outstanding Teaching Award (2014); Professional Development Award (2014). |
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Researchers |
Seunghyun Ryu, PhD, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Research Assistant Professor Project Coordinator
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Graduate students |
David Dooley, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering B.S.: Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech University Project: CRISPR-Cas Antimicrobials and OMICS Integration
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Christopher Cotter, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering B.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chaper Hill Project: CRISPR-Cas Antimicrobials and OMICS Integration |
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Carrie Sanford, Energy Science and Engineering M.S.: Biological and Argicultural Engineering, NCSU Project: Modular Cell Engineering |
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Galib Khan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering B.S.: Chemical Engineering, BUET, Bangledesh Project: Modular Cell Engineeering |
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Prince Samoh, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering B.S.: Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, Ghana Project: Modular Cell Engineeering |
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Raktim Chowdhury, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering M.Sc.: Chemical Engineering, BUET, Bangledesh Project: CRISPR-Cas Antimicrobials and OMICS Integration |
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Postbaccalaureate Research Associates |
Duc Nguyen B.S.: Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Project: CASPER Development
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Undergraduate students |
Grant Trivette, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee, Knoxville Project: Modular Cell Engineering
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Hannah Boyd, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee, Knoxville Project: CRISPR-Cas Antimicrobials
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Sierra Paolicchi, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Alumni |
Postdoctoral researchers Dr. Narayan Niraula (postdoc; 2012-2014; scientist @ Pfizer Inc.) Dr. Adam Thompson (postdoc; 2016; scientist @Lanzatech Inc.) Dr. Donovan Layton (postdoc; 2016-2017; scientist @Ginkgo Bioworks) Dr. Charles Phillips (postdoc; 2017-2018) Dr. Seunghyun Ryu (postdoc; 2013-2019; scientist @CJ Research Center, Boston, MA) Dr. Xianliang (Nic) Zheng (postdoc; 2018-2019; scientist @Angel Yeast Co., LTD, China) Dr. Md Golam Mostofa (postdoc; 2018-2019) Dr. Jong-Won Lee (postdoc; 2021; scientist @CutisBio, Korea) Dr. Brian Mendoza (scientist, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2020-2021; scientist @Aether, CA) Dr. Caleb Walker (postdoc, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2021; scientist @ Cellibre at San Diego, CA) Dr. Hyeongmin Seo (postdoc, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2021; Assistant Professor at University of Iowa) Dr. Ranti Dev (postdoc, 2022) |
Graduate students David Flowers (Masters, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2011-2012; PhD at MIT; scientist @ Applied BioMath, MA) Michael Wierzbicki (Masters, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2011-2013; engineer @AdvanSix, Hopewell, VA) Andrew Kirkpatrick (Masters, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2015-2016; scientist@ 490 BioTech, Knoxville, TN) Adam Thompson (Ph.D., Energy Science and Engineering; 2011-2016; scientist @Lanzatech Inc., Chicago, IL) Donovan Layton (Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2011-2016; scientist @Ginkgo Bioworks, CA) John Caruthers (Masters, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2018-2019; engineer @Astrazeneca) Brian Mendoza (Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2014-2020; scientist @Ether, CA) Sergio Garcia (Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2015-2020; Assistant Professor at IE University) Jong-Won Lee (Ph.D., Energy Science and Engineering; 2015-2020; scientist @CutisBio, Korea) William Khomtchenko (Masters, CBE, UT; 2019-2021) Caleb Walker (Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2014-2021; scientist @Cellibre at San Diego, CA) Hyeongmin Seo (Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2016-2021; Assistant Professor at University of Iowa) Bindica Poudel (Masters, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2020-2022) Rotation graduate students Yan Liu (CBE; 2013-2014) Matthew Entler (GST; 2015-2016) John George (ESE; 2017-2018) Rebecca O’Toole (ESE; 2018) Ali Al-Najada (CBE, 2019-2020) Naintai Li (CBE; 2019-2022) Emily Smith (GST; 2020) Ben Nordick (GST; 2020) Meagan Adler (CBE; 2022-2023) Laura Brady (CBE; 2022-2023) Jordan Pyron (GST, 2023) Nathan Gladden (GST, 2023) Visiting graduate students Lorenzo Briganti (visiting master student, Microbiology, Brazil; 2012) Paulo Avila (visiting PhD student, Microbiology, Brazil; 2012) |
Undergraduate students Kevin Spellman (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UTK; 2011) Genesis Minter (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2011-2012) Katie Lutes (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2011-2012) Chris Ludtka (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2012) Akshitha Yarrabothula (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2011-2013; M.D. at New York Medical College) Patrick Caveney (Biomedical Engineering, UT; 2013; PhD in Energy Science and Engineering at UT) Ivan Geigerman (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2013; engineer at Ethicon Johnson & Johnson, Athens, Georgia) Sergio Garcia (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2014; PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UT) Julie Hipp (B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2012-2015; PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Delaware; scientist @Protor & Gamble Corp.) D.J. Conner (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2013-2015; M.D. at Wake Forest School of Medicine at North Carolina) Andrew Kirkpatrick (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2014-2015; engineer at 490 BioTech, Knoxville, TN) Mathias Lanteli (visiting student, Biotechnology, The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2015) Jordan Leith (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2016) Sterling Kolar (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2016) Rebecka Stockgard (visiting student, Biotechnology, The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2016) Chachthida (Junie) Sukttjavanich (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2016) Brandon Wilbanks (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2012-2017; pursuing PhD at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, MN) Abby Link (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2017) Neel Patel (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2016-2017) Jay Patel (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2017) Ralph Lauren (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2018) Matt Kubis (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2016-2018, pursuing PhD at Dartmouth College) Katherine Krouse (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2017-2018, engineerr @Inscripta, CO) Jared Clements (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2017-2018, pursuing medical school at University of Tennessee, Memphis) David Arellano (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2018) Alisha Chapman (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2018) Lauren McCloud (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 08/2018-12/2018) Samantha Karklins (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 08/2018-03/2019) Dylan Chitin (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2017-2018; pursuing PhD at Clemson U) Daniel Faradji (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2018-2019) Timothy Player (Computer Science, UT; 2019) Josh Herman (Computer Science, UT; 2019-2020) Caleb Young (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2019-2020) Greg Cantrall (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2018-2020; pursuing PhD at UTK) Preston Nicely (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2018-2020; pursuing medical school at Brown University) Noah Dunlap (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2018-2020) John Hill (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT; 2019-2020; pursuing PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware) Abhi Ravi (EECS, UT; 2019-2020) Kentrall Patton (BCMB, UT; 2020-2020) Marina I. Vlasyuk (CBE, UT; 2020-2021) Tanner Fry (EECS, UT; 2019-2021) Anthony Hueber (CBE, UT; 2021-2021) Kishan Tailor (EECS, UT; 2020-2021; pursuing M.S. at Cornell) Jessie Li (CBE, UT; 2020-2021) Nathaniel Blablock (CBE, UT; 2021-2022; pursuing PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Wisconsin, Madison) Gillian Castro (CBE, UT; 2020-2022) Kishore Owusu (Biology, Intern from Cheney U of Penn; 2022) Haley Aponte (Biology, Intern from U of Mass; 2022) Sam Cohen (CBE, UT; 2021-2023) Daniel Haught (CBE, UT; 2022-2023; pursuing PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at U of Delaware) Carrina Tran (Environ Eng, Intern from Arizona State U; 2023) Victoria Rogers (CBE, UT, 2021-2023) Khanh Ha (CBE, UT, 2020-2023, attending UT Medical School, Memphis) Avi Patel (CBE, UT, 2023-2023) Danika Casas (Biomedical Eng, Butler University, 2024) |
Sofware Developers Tanner Fry (Masters, EECS, 2021) Stephen Kelley (MABE, 2021-2022) Technicians Maggie Sumner (Technician; 2018) Hannah Rauhuff (Technician; 2020-2022) Khanh Ha (Technician, 2023-2024) |
High-school students Brandon Wilbanks (Powel high school; 2012-2013; B.S in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UTK; pursuing PhD at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, MN) Sabrina Collins (Gibbs high school, 2013) |
Updated on 09.08.2024 |