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
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
Senior Administrative Associate
Tanya Hamlin
BS, Psychology, Texas A&M
Graduate Students
Laura Azouz
BS, Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (5th year)
Dzifa Amengor
BS, Biology, Upper Iowa University
MS, Biology, Southern Illinois University
PhD Candidate, Microbiology (5th year)
Rebecca Wilen
BS, Chemical Engineering, with Biochemistry/ Biophysics minor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (4th year)
Alison G. Lee
BS, Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh
PhD Candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology (4th year)
Samuel Blackman
BS, Biological Engineering, NC State University
MS, Chemical Engineering, UC Boulder
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering (3rd yr)
NSF GRFP
Sumit Pareek
BS, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
Chemical Engineering (2nd year)
Kelli Hager
BS, Animal Science, Ohio State University
MPH, Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, UC Berkeley
Microbiology (2nd year)
McKenna Flynn
BS, Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Biochemistry (2nd year)
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Agata Turula
BE Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
Chemical Engineering (1st year)
(co-supervised with Lydia Contreras)
Research Assistants
Charles Sanders
BS Biochemistry, Texas State University
Mathew Soto
BS Biology: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, UT-Austin
Undergraduate Researchers
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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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Matthew Ocanas, ME, class of 2024
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Katie Tehas, Biology, class of 2024
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Anna Prestwood, ChE class of 2024
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Ridhi Patel, BME class of 2024
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Jayden Aleman, Biology, class of 2024
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Grace Lai, ChE class 2025