Our People – Students and Postdoctoral
Olaoluwa Demilade Adegbohungbe
BS, Biochemistry (Chemistry), Exploring how tangential flow filtration can be optimized to advance nanomedicine engineering through improved purification and consistency
Sowmya Alichy
PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Developing innovative computational methods, bioinformatics tools, and chemical-biology platforms to enable chemo-enzymatic retrosynthesis of complex synthesis of complex synthetics molecules and natural product analogs.
MS (Pharm), Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, India, Structure-based design and optimization of therapeutics
B (Pharm), JNTU, Kakinada, India
MS (Pharm), Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, India, Structure-based design and optimization of therapeutics
B (Pharm), JNTU, Kakinada, India
Diana Betancur Mesa
Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Lignocellulose, liquefaction and fermentation
BS, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Optimizing biological processes through molecular biology
BS, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Optimizing biological processes through molecular biology
Noah Brooks
BS, Biological Engineering, Designing a biobattery cell capable of regenerating redox reactors using enzyme catalysis and a selectively permeable proton-diffusible membrane for sustained energy output
Stella Chang
Graduate Student, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
US Air Force Academy
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Purdue Military Research Institute Fellow, MS Student
US Air Force Academy
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Purdue Military Research Institute Fellow, MS Student
Erin Chapmond
BS, Biological Engineering, Develop in-vitro biologically driven (NADH) electrical power supply
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
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
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
BS, Utah State University, Using machine learning to optimize disease vector control measures
Joel Kuriakose
MS, Biological Engineering, Predictive Enzymatic Reaction Chemistry Algorithms
BS, Biological Engineering
BS, Biological Engineering
Kole Allen Luckett
BS, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology.
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
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
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
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
Aarav Vineet Rajgarhia
BS, Biological Engineering, Helping with lab experiments like protein probes and protease activity to support research hypotheses.
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
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
Zeno Ruttens
MS, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Nutraceutical profiling and recovery from dry grind corn ethanol processes.
BS, Biological Engineering
BS, Biological Engineering
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
MS (Pharm), Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, India
BS (Pharm), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Peter John Thompson
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Protein Engineering
PhD, Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Design, Engineering & Characterization of a PQQ Containing Artificial Metalloenzyme
MS, Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Economic and Technical Analysis of Hyperloop.
BS, Physics and Mathematics, Purdue University, Biophysical Understanding of Metals within Biology
PhD, Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Design, Engineering & Characterization of a PQQ Containing Artificial Metalloenzyme
MS, Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Economic and Technical Analysis of Hyperloop.
BS, Physics and Mathematics, Purdue University, Biophysical Understanding of Metals within Biology
Carlos Alberto Torres Canizares
PhD, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, "Biokinetics - Enzymatic hydrolysis (Liquefaction) of biomass at high solids concentration and rheological evaluation of slurries for biofuel applications
BS, Chemical Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogot?, Colombia, Optimization of biomass fermentation processes using yeast strains for biofuel production
BS, Chemical Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogot?, Colombia, Optimization of biomass fermentation processes using yeast strains for biofuel production
Madelyn Watson
BS, Biological Engineering, In vitro reconstitution of predicted biosynthetic pathways
Bianca de Paula Macedo
MS, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Protein expression, purification, and enzymatic characterization
BS, Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeira, Brazil
BS, Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeira, Brazil