

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
* 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

Senior Scientist

Dr. Annalee W. Nguyen
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
Graduate Students

Ahlam Qerqez
BS, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (finishing!)
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2018 NSF GRFP award recipient

Rui Silva
BS, Biology, University of New Orleans
PhD Candidate, Biochemistry (finishing!)

Yutong Liu
BS, Chemical Engineering, Berkeley
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (5th year)

Laura (Azouz) Yuan
BS, Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (4th year)

Dzifa Amengor
BS, Biology, Upper Iowa University
MS, Biology, Southern Illinois University
PhD Candidate, Microbiology (4th year)

Rebecca Wilen
BS, Chemical Engineering, with Biochemistry/ Biophysics minor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3rd year)

Alison G. Lee
BS, Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh (3rd year)

Sumit Pareek
BS, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University (1st year)
Undergraduate Researchers
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Kimiya Monfared, ChE, class of 2022
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David Garcia, Biochemistry, class of 2022
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Maha Ikram, Biology Honors, class of 2023
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Justin Owens, ChE, class of 2023
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Bobby Cashman, ChE, class of 2023
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Matthew Ocanas, ME, class of 2024
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Katie Tehas, Biology, class of 2024
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Zoe Gattis, Neuroscience, class of 2024