Principal Investigator
Prof. Matthew E. Helgeson
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Postdoctoral scholars
Caidric Gupit
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Tokyo (2022)
B.S. Chemistry, University of the Philippines Diliman (2014)
Office: 1235 Elings Hall
Research Topic: Development of microrheological methods to study dynamically evolving polymer solutions, networks, and stimuli-responsive materials.
Kenneth Cerdán Gómez
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven (2023)
M.S. Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry, University of Cordoba (2018)
Office: 1235 Elings Hall
Research Topic: Develop and extend high-throughput characterization methods for photopolymerizing and dynamically evolving polymer networks.
Graduate students
Anukta Datta
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (2017)
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2019)
Office: 3228 Engineering II
Research Topic: Development of experimental capabilities and analysis techniques for flow scattering measurements of complex fluids.
Manisha Patel
Ph.D. Student, Physics
B.S. Physics, Stanford University (2019)
Office: 3228 Engineering II
Research Topic: Understanding non-classical nucleation pathways of calcium phosphate for the purposes of controlling biomineralization and testing Posner-mediated quantum brain theory.
Tse-Chiang Huang
B.S Chemical Enginnering, National Taiwan University (2019)
Office: 3228 Engineering II
Research Topic: Understanding Charge-modulated Assembly of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins for Biomaterials Discovery and Design
Andrea Perez
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University (2022)
Office: 3228 Engineering II
Research Topic: Understanding phase structure of surfactants in water/oil/surfactant systems.
Anoushka Shandilya
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California San Diego (2022)
Office: 3228 Engineering II
Research Topic: Understanding how the colloidal interactions between proteins determine their self-assembly behavior.
Siobhan Powers
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University (2022)
Office: 3228 Engineering II
Research Topic: Understanding how polymer topology affects deformation and scission
Alumni
- Chelsea Edwards, Ph.D. student (2017-2023)
- Joshua Straub, Ph.D. student (2018-2023)
- Nairiti Sinha, Postdoc (2020-2023), Currently Assistant Professor at Penn State
- Christopher Barney, Postdoc (2020-2023), Currently Assistant Professor at University of Akron
- Tanvi Sheth, Ph.D. student (2017-2023)
- Scott Fenton, Ph.D. student (2017-2023), Currently employed by Dow
- Yimin Luo, Postdoc (2020-2022), Currently Assistant Professor at Yale University
- Ginny Wang (2021-2022), Currently analyst at Deloitte Consulting
- Vedika Shenoy (2018-2021), Currently Ph.D. student at Stanford
- Jiamin Zhang, Ph.D. student (2016-2021), Currently Assistant Professor of Teaching at UC Riverside
- Michael Burroughs, Ph.D. student (2016-2021), Currently Postdoc at Stanford University
- Kareem Lakkis, Undergraduate researcher (2019-2021), Currently employed by Viavi Solutions
- Patrick Corona, Ph.D. student (2016-2020), Currently employed by Bristol Myers Squibb
- Andres Jurzyk, Visiting scholar (2019-2020), Currently employed by Siltronic
- Charlotte Dai, Undergraduate researcher (2018-2020), Currently Ph.D. student at MIT
- Tamás Prileszky, Postdoc (2019-2020), Currently employed by 77 Foods
- Bas van Ravensteijn, Postdoc (2016-2018), Currently Assistant Professor at Utrech University
- Lola Mercier, Visiting scholar (2018), Currently Ph.D. student at TU Munich
- Alexandra Bayles, Ph.D. student (2013-2018), Currently Assistant Professor at University of Delaware
- Mengwen Zhang, Ph.D. student (2013-2018), Currently employed by Wolf Greenfield
- Bas van Ravensteijn, Postdoc (2016-2018), Currently Junior Scientist at Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
- Michael Abramovitch, Undergraduate researcher (2015-2018), Currently Ph.D. student at University of Delaware
- Connor Valentine, Undergraduate researcher (2016-2018), Currently Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University
- Joshua Bartels, Postdoc (2015-2017), Currently employed by W.L. Gore
- Nino Ruocco, Postdoc (2015-2017), Currently employed by ExxonMobil
- Peng Cheng, Ph.D. student (2012-2017), Currently employed by Micron Technologies Inc.
- Juntae Kim, Ph.D. student (2012-2016), Currently employed by Intel Corp.
- Robert Kender, Visiting scholar (2015), Currently Ph.D. student at TU Munich
- Scott Lynn, Undergraduate researcher (2013-2016), Currently employed by Sila Nanotechnologies
- Paula Malo de Molina, Postdoc (2012-2015), Currently Ikerbasque Research Fellow at Centro de Física de Materiales, Spain
- Casey Hebebrand, Undergraduate researcher (2012-2014), Currently employed by Clorox
- Sahger Lad, Undergraduate researcher (2013-2014), Currently employed by New-Indy
- Vahagn Yeranossian, M.S. Student (2013-2015), Currently employed by PaperG
- Yongxiang Gao, Postdoc (2012-2013), Currently Assistant Professor at Shenzhen University
- Thomas Kleiner, Visiting scholar (2013-2014), Currently Ph.D. student at TU Munich
- Dimitri Merger, Visiting scholar (2013), Currently Ph.D. student at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Faris Barudi, Undergraduate researcher (2013), Currently employed by UBS
- Elke Peirtsegaele, Undergraduate researcher (2012-2013), Currently employed by TriSep Corporation
- Christian Lei, Undergraduate researcher (2012-2013), Currently employed by Roadster
- Katherine Santizo, Undergraduate researcher (2012-2013), Currently Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech University
- Kiran Kenekal, Undergraduate researcher (2013), Currently Research Assistant at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- Theiler DePalma, Undergraduate researcher (2012-2013), currently employed by MANN+HUMMEL Water & Fluid Solutions