PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
KATHLEEN J. STEBE
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Richer and Elizabeth Goodwin Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

EMAIL: kstebe@seas.upenn.edu
Telephone: 1-215-898-4515
Fax: 1-215-573-2093

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Claire Doré
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD (Physics), ESPCI Paris
M2 (Physics), ENS-ICFP
L3 to M1, École polytechnique

EMAIL: cldore@seas.upenn.edu

Woojin Jung
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD (Chemical Engineering), Sungkyunkwan University

EMAIL: woojinj@seas.upenn.edu

Mojtaba Rajabi
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD (Physics), Kent State University

EMAIL: mrajabi@seas.upenn.edu

Yiming Wang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) North Carolina State University
BS (Chemical Engineering), East China University of Science and Technology

EMAIL: wyiming@seas.upenn.edu

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Ivy Dai
Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering), Pennsylvania State University

EMAIL: yuxuand@seas.upenn.edu

Jed-Joan Edziah
Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering), Columbia University
BA (Chemistry), Drew University

EMAIL: jedziah@seas.upenn.edu

Qixing (Jacky) Zhang
Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering), City College of New York

EMAIL: qixzhang@seas.upenn.edu

Oluwafemi Ligan
Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering), City College of New York
AS (Chemical Engineering), Hostos Community College

EMAIL: ligano@seas.upenn.edu

Stephen Crane
Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering), Lehigh University

EMAIL: cranest@seas.upenn.edu

Hoang Dinh
Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering), MIT

EMAIL: hoangtd@seas.upenn.edu

Zhijian Zhou
Ph.D. Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering) Pennsylvania State University
MS (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) University of Pennsylvania

EMAIL: zzj248@seas.upenn.edu

Lily Wang
Ph. D Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemical Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University

EMAIL: wlily@seas.upenn.edu

Philip Iaccarino
Ph. D Candidate (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
MS (Chemical and Molecular Engineering), Stony Brook University
BE (Chemical and Molecular Engineering), Stony Brook University

EMAIL: piacca@seas.upenn.edu

Gabriela Gomez-Dopazo
Ph.D Student (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
BS (Chemistry), University of Puerto Rico

EMAIL: gbgd@seas.upenn.edu

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ALUMNI

Elaine Nagahara
BS (Materials Science and Engineering), Johns Hopkins University

EMAIL: enagaha1@jhu.edu

Chandler Dorris
Intellectual Property Intern
Dickinson Wright
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandler-dorris-8388b35b/

POSTDOCTORAL & VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ALUMNI

Mehdi Molaei

Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Chicago
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehdi-molaei/

Nicholas Chisholm
Assistant Research Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-g-chisholm/

Dr. Giuseppe Boniello
Postdoctoral Associate
CNRS/ Saint-Gobain Joint Research Laboratory
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppe-boniello/

Dr. Yang Lan
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
University College London
https://www.yanglan.co.uk/

Dr. Xu Zhang
Staff Engineer
ams AG
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xu-zhang-66a1285a/

Dr. Laura C. Bradley
Title: Assistant Professor, Polymer Science and Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
https://www.pse.umass.edu/faculty/researchgroup/bradley

Dr. Tagbo H. R. Niepa
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburg
http://www.microbiointerface.pitt.edu/niepa_lab/

Dr. Francesca Serra
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University
http://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/serra-group/

Lisa Tran
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics at Utrecht University
group webpage

EMAIL: l.tran@uu.nl

Dr. Martin F. Haase
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Rowan University
https://www.martinhaase.com/

Dr. Nima Sharifi-Mood
Software Engineer
Siemens PLS Software
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nima-sharifi-mood-41b4a861/

Dr. Yashodara P. Pawar
Unilever

Dr. Jinnan Chen
Retired Professor, Chemical Engineering and Environment
Beijing Institute of Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jinnan-chen-7310305b/

Dr. Nivedita R. Gupta
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
University of New Hampshire
https://ceps.unh.edu/faculty/gupta

Dr. Karen Kennedy Ellison
Innovation Project Leader
Eastman Chemical Company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennedykarenphd/

Dr. Fengqui Fan
Application Development Specialist
Tate & Lyle
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fengqiufan/

Dr. Ram Hanumanthu
Director, Process Development & Integration
Digilens Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramhanumanthu/

Dr. M. Elias Biswas
Senior Technical Services Engineer
Merichem Company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-elias-biswas-15838788/

Dr. Vidya Venkataramani
Manager, Lead Engineer
GE Aviation

Dr. Myung Han Lee
Senior Engineer
LG Chemicals

Dr. Lorenzo Botto
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Fluid Mechanics
Queen Mary University of London
https://bottogroup.wordpress.com/

Dr. Valeria Garbin
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/v.garbin

Dr. Mohamed A. Gharbi
Associate Professor, Physics
University of Massachusetts Boston
https://www.gharbilab.com/

Dr. Rohini Gupta
Scientist
BASF Corporation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptarohini/

PHD STUDENT ALUMNI

Tiancheng (Arthur) Wang
PhD Student Alumni
BS (Materials Science and Engineering) Beihang University
Process Engineer, Lam Research
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiancheng-wang-ba986521b/

Jiayi Deng
Ph.D. Student Alumni
M.S.E. (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering), University of Pennsylvania
B.Eng (Chemical Engineering), Dalian University of Technology, China
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiayi-deng-83b250218/

Wilfredo Méndez Ortiz
Ph.D. Student Alumni
B.S. (Chemical Engineering), University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez
B.S. (Industrial Biotechnology), University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilfredo-mendez-927b25217/

Tianyi Yao
PTD Module & Integration Yield Engineer
Intel Corporation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianyi-yao-b9512312a/

Alismari Read
Senior Research Specialist
Dow Chemical Company

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alismariread/

Giuseppe Di Vitantonio
System Test Engineer at TA Instruments

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppe-di-vitantonio-594746196/

Neha Manohar
Postdoctoral Researcher
The University of Texas at Austin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/neha-manohar-20b95871/

Dr. Yimin Luo
Postdoctoral Researcher
UC Santa Barbara
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yiminluo/

Caroline Cameron
PhD Student
Drexel University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinecameron9391/

Renjing Huang
PhD Candidate
University of Pennsylvania
https://www.linkedin.com/in/renjing-huang-65639b5b/

Dr. Nathan D. Bade
Engineer
Inscripta, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbade/

Dr. Sarah D. Hann
Senior Engineer
The Dow Chemical Company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-hann-282aa058/

Dr. Iris B. Liu
Postdoctoral Associate, Advanced Surface Cleaning
Proctor & Gamble
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-bi-liu/

Dr. Liana Vaccari
Program Officer
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianavaccari/

Dr. Ningwei Li
Research Scientist at Colgate-Palmolive
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ningweili3105

Dr. Lu Yao
Junior Associate
McKinsey & Company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaoluwuhan/

Dr. Marcello Cavallaro
Associate
W. L. Gore & Associates
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcellocavallaro/

Dr. Eric P. Lewandowski
Corporate Strategic Research
ExxonMobile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eric_Lewandowski

Dr. Moniraj Ghosh
Director, Coking and Fouling
Philipps 66
https://www.linkedin.com/in/moniraj-ghosh-19962212/

Dr. Fang Lin
AngularJS Architect
Deutsche Bank
https://www.linkedin.com/in/windmaomao/

Dr. Noshir S. Pesika
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Tulane University
http://www2.tulane.edu/sse/cbe/faculty/pesika.cfm

Dr. Van N. Truskett
Director, Technology Innovation Development
University of Texas at Austin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-n-truskett-4111522/

Dr. Sammy S. Datwani
Sr. Director, R&D
Labcyte, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammydatwani/

Dr. Sekhar Sundaram
NA Technical Service & Development Leader, Dow Adhesives
The Dow Chemical Company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sekhar-sundaram-ph-d-13792b/

Dr. David O. Johnson
Principle Research Fellow
Orica Mining Services
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-o-johnson-50725a61

VISITING STUDENT ALUMNI

Giulia Bigazzi
Project Engineer
Fedegari Technologies, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuliabigazzi/