Group Members

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