Current Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Beckman 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
* Elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical & Biological Engineers (AIMBE), 2017
* Inaugural University of Texas “Emerging Inventor of the Year” Award, 2015
* Texas Exes Teaching Award for the College of Engineering, 2012
* 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
Senior Scientist
Dr. Annalee W. Nguyen
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara
-
NIH NRSA F32 award
-
NSF GRFP award
Graduate Students
Yimin Huang
BM, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
PhD Candidate, Cellular Molecular Biology (defending Nov 2020)
Ahlam Qerqez
BS, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (5th year)
-
2018 NSF GRFP award recipient
Rui Silva
BS, Biology, University of New Orleans
PhD Candidate, Biochemistry (5th year)
Yutong Liu
BS, Chemical Engineering, Berkeley
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (4th year)
Laura (Azouz) Yuan
BS, Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (3rd year)
Dzifa Amengor
BS, Biology, Upper Iowa University
MS, Biology, Southern Illinois University
PhD Candidate, Microbiology (3rd year)
Rebecca Wilen
BS, Chemical Engineering, with Biochemistry/ Biophysics minor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2nd year)
Alison G. Lee
BS, Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh (2nd year)
Undergraduate researchers
-
Shlok Mohanty, ChE Class of 2021
-
Kyle Kaeo, ChE, Class of 2021
-
Maha Ikram, ChE, class of 2024