Current
Graduate Students

Kelly Badilla
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of South Alabama, AL
Research Area: Lyophilized protein stability prediction and instrument development
kbadilla3@gatech.edu

Jimin Park
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley, CA
Research Area: Green and continuous production of paracetamol
jimin.park@gatech.edu

Ananya Vajapayajula
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University, CO
Research Area: Aggregation of Alzheimer’s disease associated proteins
avajapayajula3@gatech.edu

David Witdorchic
B.S. Chemical and Molecular Engineering & Physics, Stony Brook University, NY
Research Area: Introduction of nitrogen to biomass-derived materials
dwitdorchic3@gatech.edu

Gard Gudvangen
B.S. Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
Research Area:
ggudvangen3@gatech.edu

Loly Amaya
B.S. Chemistry, Appalachian State University, NC
Research Area:
lamaya3@gatech.edu

Jeeyoung (Christina) Han
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University, NJ
Research Area: Protein & enzyme engineering for drug delivery and biomedical applications
jhan486@gatech.edu

Nuna Dumakor
B.S. Chemistry, Young Harris College
tdumakor3@gatech.edu
Undergraduate Students
- William Poindexter – ChBE
- Tanay Sinha – ChBE
- Carl Gamba – ChBE
Alumni
Graduate Students
- Patrick Harris, Ph.D., Eli Lilly & Co, Indianapolis, IN
- Colton Lagerman, Ph.D., Zymtronix, NC
- Kyungsoo Kim, M.S., Samsung, Austin, TX
- Adam Caparco, Ph.D., University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Robert Franklin, Ph.D., Merck, Rahway, NJ
- Nicholas Kruyer, Ph.D., Zymergen, Emeryville, CA
- Matthew McDonald, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Michael Stellato, Ph.D.
- Michael J. Abrahamson, Ph.D., Abbvie, Chicago, IL
- Gaurav Agrawal, Ph.D., Exxon-Mobil, Houston, TX
- Samantha Au, Ph.D., BASF, White Plains, NY
- Prabuddha Bansal, Ph.D., Celanese, Florence, KY
- Janna K. Blum, Ph.D., Georgia State University, Dunwoody, GA
- James M. Broering, Ph.D., Novozymes, Franklinton, NC
- Hilda S. Castillo, Ph.D., Operations Manager, Harvard Med School, Boston, MA
- Ryan Clairmont, Ph.D., Dority & Manning, Greenville, SC
- Natasha J. Chrisandina, Frontiers, Seattle, WA
- Andria L. Deaguero, Ph.D., Denver Public School System, Denver, CO
- Anshul I. Dubey, Ph.D., Pepsico, Dallas, TX
- Luis Gerardo Encarnacion-Gomez, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Manati, PR
- Karl J. Hüttinger, Ph.D., Teacher (Gymnasium) of Chemistry and Physics, Tübingen, Germany
- Rongrong Jiang, Ph.D., Asst. Prof., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Yuzhi Kang, Ph.D., Enzymatic Deinking Technologies, Norcross, GA
- Thomas Kwok, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Merck, Rahway, NJ
- Bernard L.W. Loo, Ph.D., Singapore Inst. of Tech., Singapore
- Matt Mistilis, Ph.D., Janssen, King of Prussia, PA
- Jungmin Oh, Ph.D., Avantor Performance Materials, Center Valley, PA
- Amanda M. Ousley, Ph.D., Education Management, St. James School, Montgomery, AL
- Jonathan Park, Ph.D., Genentech, San Francisco, CA
- Marietou Paye, Ph.D., Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
- Karen M. Polizzi, M.P.H., Ph.D., RCUK Fellow, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Thomas A. Rogers, Ph.D., Inscripta Inc., San Diego, CA
- Michael K. Rood, Ph.D., BLinkBio, Jupiter, FL
- Harrison B. Rose, Ph.D., Merck, Rahway, NJ
- Jonathan Rubin, Ph.D., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA
- Hally A. Shaffer, Ph.D., Shorter University, Rome, GA
- Aditi Sharma, Ph.D., Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Tracey L. Thaler, Ph.D. Chesterfield, MO
- Shan Tie, Ph.D., Takeda, Lexington, MA
- Eduardo Vázquez-Figueroa, Ph.D., Merck, Singapore
- Russell B. Vegh, Ph.D., AT&T, Atlanta, GA
- Yanto Yanto, Ph.D., McKinsey & Co, Djakarta, Indonesia
- Victor Yeh, M.S., Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA
Postdoctoral Associates
- Hossein Salami, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Merck, Rahway, NJ
- Javier F. Chaparro-Riggers, Ph.D., Rinat, South San Francisco, CA
- Phillip R. Gibbs, Ph.D., Associate Director, Sriya Corporation, Marietta, GA
- Mélanie Hall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Graz, Austria
- Adrian Katona, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
- John “Mick” Robbins, Ph.D., Associate Director, Medpace, Cincinnati, OH
- Vaijayanthi Thangavel, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Associate, Kyoto, Japan
- Nathan J. Wymer, Ph.D., Pfizer, Groton, CT
Visiting Scientists
- Amalie Vang Høst, Ph.D., Visiting Graduate Student Scientist, University of Copenhagen
- Shin-Geon Choi, Prof., Visiting Professor, Kangwon National University, South Korea
- Jun-Ichiro Hirano, Ph.D., Visiting Graduate Student Scientist, University of Keio, Japan
- Simeon Leupold, M.S. Visiting Graduate Student Scientist, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Juliane Merz, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
- Lukas Bromig, M.S., Visiting Graduate Student Scientist, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
- Carolin Stark, M.S. Visiting Graduate Student Scientist, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany