Current Lab Members
Principal Investigator
ZD Bonner Professor of Chemical Engineering at UT Austin
BA, Human Biology with Honors, Stanford University
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Postdoc, Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University
* National Academy of Inventors, senior member
* American Institute of Medical & Biological Engineers Fellow
* University of Texas “Emerging Inventor of the Year” Award
* Texas Exes Teaching Award for the College of Engineering
* Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Award
* Packard Fellowship, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
* Dreyfus New Faculty Award
* National Research Service Award, NIH F32
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Annalee W. Nguyen
Director, CPRIT Advanced Protein Therapeutics Core
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara
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NIH NRSA F32 award
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NSF GRFP award
Research Associate
Dr. Brant Gracia
BS, Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M
PhD, Biochemistry & Strutural Biology, UT Austin
Post-doc, Genetics & Systems Biology, MD Anderson
Research Assistants
Mathew Soto
BS Biology: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, UT-Austin
Graduate Students
Rebecca Wilen
BS, Chemical Engineering, with Biochemistry/ Biophysics minor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (defending soon!)
Alison G. Lee
BS, Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh
PhD Candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology (6th year)
Samuel Blackman
BS, Biological Engineering, NC State University
MS, Chemical Engineering, UC Boulder
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (5th year)
NSF GRFP
Kelli Hager
BS, Animal Science, Ohio State University
MPH, Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, UC Berkeley
PhD Candidate, Microbiology (4th year)
McKenna Flynn
BS, Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
PhD Candidate, Biochemistry (4th year)
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Agata Turula
BE Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
Chemical Engineering (3rd year)
(co-supervised with Lydia Contreras)
Yakendra Bajgain
BS Biology, Troy University
MS Biology, Villanova University
Cell and Molecular Biology (3rd year)
Kate McConnell
BS Biochemistry, Western Washington University
Biochemistry (3rd year)
Truong Nguyen
BS Molecular, Cell & Dev Bio, University of Washington, Seattle
Cell & Molec Biology (2nd year)
Mica Cabrera
BS Biochemistry, Cal State East Bay
Cell & Molec Bio (2nd year)
Undergraduate Researchers
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Anna Prestwood, ChE class of 2025
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Grace Lai, ChE class 2025
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Shruthi Garla, BME class 2025
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Alina Garcia, ChE class 2025
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Jay Dileep, ChE class of 2025
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Gaby Bastidas, ChE class 2025
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Saeha Lee, ChE class of 2026
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Kailey Pittman, Computational Bio, class of 2026
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Ashley Hardy, Chem class of 2026
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Esdras Lopez, ChE class of 2025
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Irene Alapatt, Biochem class of 202x
We periodically seek undergraduate research assistants to help with our efforts. If you are an undergraduate interested in joining the lab, please complete the google form here. We will review these and reach out as needs arise. Thank you for your interest!
