Our People – Students and Postdoctoral

Diana Betancur Mesa
Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Lignocellulose, liquefaction and fermentation
BS, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Optimizing biological processes through molecular biology
Stella Chang
Graduate Student, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
US Air Force Academy
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Purdue Military Research Institute Fellow, MS Student
Olga Costa Alves Souza
PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Validation of biocatalytic processes obtained through computer-based retro biosynthesis tools
BS, University of Brasilia Brazil, Green and Sustainable Pharmacy: minimizing the environmental impact in drug synthesis
Riya Debbarma
PhD, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Measurement and Imaging of Intra Matrix Immunoglobulin G Diffusion
BS, Biotechnology Engineering, BIT, Mesra, India
MTech, Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur, India
Ryan Griffiths
PhD, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Computationally finding enzymatic pathways to synthesize a variety of small molecules
BS, Utah State University, Using machine learning to optimize disease vector control measures
Shivani Mahajan
PhD Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University, Biodynamic Imaging of Biological Tissue, Bacteria and Viruses
MS, Nuclear Engineering, Theoretical analysis of microwave breakdown for microscale gaps
BS, Physics with Biological emphasis, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Raj Nandini
PhD, Chemical Engineering, Swelling, rupture, and rheology of polymer gels for biology and foods
B.Tech + M.Tech (Dual Degree), Chemical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur
Tosin Olanrewaju
PhD, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Technoeconomic Analysis of Integrated Aquaponic Food Production Systems
MS, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Valorization of Bourbon Distilling Waste Using Thermal Conversion Processes for Nutrient-Rich Food
BE, Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Jorge Ramirez Gutierrez
PhD, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Bioseparations engineering of purification, and concentration of biopharmaceutical molecules
MS, ABE, Process Modeling and Techno-economic Assessment of the Formation of Lignocellulosic Slurries as a Fermentation Feedstock for the Production of Biofuels
BS, ChE, Universidad de América, Colombia, Obtaining Chile Pepper Oleoresin Rich in Capsaicin from Vegetables of the Capsicum Genus
Nilanjan Samanta
PhD, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Computational planning of biosynthetic pathways by retrosynthetic analysis for the sustainable production of chemicals, in vitro reconstitution and kinetic analysis of predicted biosynthetic pathways
MS (Pharm), Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, India
BS (Pharm), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India