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
Senior Administrative Associate
Tanya Hamlin
BS, Psychology, Texas A&M
Graduate Students
Laura Azouz
BS, Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (6th year)
Rebecca Wilen
BS, Chemical Engineering, with Biochemistry/ Biophysics minor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (5th year)
Alison G. Lee
BS, Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh
PhD Candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology (5th year)
Samuel Blackman
BS, Biological Engineering, NC State University
MS, Chemical Engineering, UC Boulder
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (4th year)
NSF GRFP
Sumit Pareek
BS, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (3rd year)
Kelli Hager
BS, Animal Science, Ohio State University
MPH, Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, UC Berkeley
PhD Candidate, Microbiology (3rd year)
McKenna Flynn
BS, Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
PhD Candidate, Biochemistry (3rd year)
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Agata Turula
BE Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
Chemical Engineering (2nd year)
(co-supervised with Lydia Contreras)
Yakendra Bajgain
BS Biology, Troy University
MS Biology, Villanova University
Cell and Molecular Biology (2nd year)
Kate McConnell
BS Biochemistry, Western Washington University
Microbiology (2nd year)
Research Assistants
Mathew Soto
BS Biology: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, UT-Austin
Undergraduate Researchers
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Matthew Ocanas, ME, class of 2024
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Anna Prestwood, ChE class of 2024
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Jayden Aleman, Biology, class of 2024
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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
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!