The Team

Group members

Shaafique Chowdhury
3rd year Chemical Engineering
B.S. in ChemE
Bangladesh University of Eng and Tech

Paola Marquez-Gomez
2nd year Chemistry
B.S. in Chemistry
Macalester College

Amisha Patel
3rd year BioEngineering
B.S. in ChemE
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ray Westenberg
2nd year BioEngineering
B.S. in Biochemistry
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

McKenna Downey
2nd year Chemical Engineering
B.S. in ChemE, North Carolina State University

Akshita Singh
2nd year BioInformatics
B.T. in Biotechnology
Manipal Institute of Technology

Ryan Langevin
1st year Chemistry
B.S. in Biochemistry
California Polytechnic State University

Prarthana Sanjeeva
1st year BioInformatics
B.E. in Biotechnology RV College of Engineering

Kimberly Wennerholm
Research Support
B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Georgia Tech

Garrett Helwig
Undergraduate Researcher
4th year Chemical Engineering

Haden Archer
Undergraduate Researcher
2nd year Chemistry

Nicholas Chang
Technical Assistant 2nd year Computer Science

Lily Gao
Undergraduate Researcher
3rd year Industrial Engineering


Former group members

Graduate students

Nick Kruyer, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2021.
Now: Strain Engineer at Zymergen
Emily Yasi, Ph.D. Chemistry, 2020.
Now: Protein Engineer at JoynBio
Stephen Sarria, Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018.
Now: Research Scientist at Manus Biosciences
Amy Ehrenworth, Ph.D. Chemistry, 2017.
Now: Research Scientists at Air Force Research Laboratory

Vincent Peterson, M.S. Chemistry 2016.
Souryadeep Bhattacharyya, M.S. Chemical Engineering 2014

Postdocs

Rebecca Howie, postdoctoral researcher, May 2018-May 2020.
Now: Microbiologist at CDC
Kuntal Mukherjee, postdoctoral researcher, November 2012-May 2016
Now:  at Qiagen

Undergraduate student researchers

Sophia Oyelere, CHEM, Georgia Tech, Summer 2023
Tori Knox, CHEM, Macalester College, Summer 2023
Gabrielle Stevens, CHEM, Georgia Tech, Spring 2023
Lily Torp, BioSci Georgia Tech, 2018-2022
Now: Graduate student at University of Washington
Jennifer Newlon, CHEM University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Summer 2022
Now: Graduate student at UNC Wilmington
Jack Williams, CHEM Carleton College, Summer 2019
Now: Research intern at UW Madison (Amador-Noguez lab)
Paola Marquez-Gomez, CHEM, Macalester College, Summer 2019
Now: Graduate student at Georgia Tech (Peralta-Yahya lab)
Natalia Wauldron, ChBE Georgia Tech, Spring 2019
Now: FUEL emerging talent rotation program, Amgen
Adam Verga, MSE Georgia Tech, Fall 2016-Spring 2018
Now: Graduate student at Georgia Tech
Amani Petersen, ChBE Georgia Tech, 2017
Widianti Sugianto, ChBE Georgia Tech, Spring 2016-Spring 2017
Now: Graduate student at University of Washington (Carothers Lab)
Beth Qu, ChBE Georgia Tech, Fall 2016
Justin Dubbin, AE Georgia Tech, Fall 2016
Jayce Taylor, CHEM Macalester College, Summer 2017
Now: Graduate student at UC Davis (Atsumi Lab)
Catherine Liu, CS Georgia Tech, Summer 2017
Robyn Park, CHEM Macalester College, Summer 2015
Morgan Rex, BME Georgia Tech, 2014-2015
Jonathan Striepen, BIO Georgia Tech, 2014,
After: Graduate student at UC Boulder (Voeltz Lab).
Wen Liu, ChBE, Georgia Tech, Spring 2014
Mitchell Haines, CHEM Fairmont State University, Summer 2013
Crystal Wu, CHEM Michigan State University, Summer 2013