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Graduate students 

Wright Makambi
PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2024
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, 2019
Dinara Konakbayeva
PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2024
MS, Chemical Engineering, Howard University, 2019
BS, Chemical Engineering, Nazarbayev University, 2017
Current position: Merck
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​Marzyeh Kheradmand-Hajibashi 
MS, Chemical Engineering, 2021
BS, Chemical Engineering, Arak University, 2019
Years in lab: 2020-2021
Current position: PhD student, Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park
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Sayanee Adhikari
​PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2020
MS, Chemical Engineering, 2017
BTech, Petrochemical Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology - Pune, 2010
Years in lab: 2016-2020
​Current position: Intel
Jesse Leissa
MS, Chemical Engineering
BS, Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2017
Years in lab: 2017-2017
Current position: R&D Associate, AstraZeneca
Parisa Moghaddam-Taaheri
PhD, Bioengineering, 2018
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2013
Years in lab: 2014-2018
Current position: Consultant
Nagashree Ramesh
MEng, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2017
BEng, Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, 2014
Year in lab: 2017
Current position: ​Process development engineer, ImmunoGen, Boston, MA
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Svetlana Ikonomova
PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2017
BS, Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 2011
Years in lab: 2013-2017
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
​Zifan Gong
PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2017
BS, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2012
Years in lab: 2013-2017
Current position: Senior scientist, Pfizer, St. Louis, MO
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Undergraduate  students

 
Victoria Chiu
​​​BS, Biochemistry
​Years in lab: 2019-2023
 
Sahana Long
Pre-college intern
​Years in lab: 2022
 
Uzair Ahmad
​​BS, Biongineering
​Years in lab: 2020-2022
 
Andrea Fox
​​BS, Chemical Engineering
​Years in lab: 2019-2022
Noor Al-Shalabi
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2020-2021
 
Martina Mensah
​BS, Chemical Engineering
​Years in lab: 2020-2021

Funke Okunrinboye
​BS, Chemical Engineering​ 
Years in lab: 2018-2020
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Katherine Sniezek
​​BS, Chemical Engineering​
​Years in lab: 2019-2020
Yiwon Yu
BS, Biotechnology, Yonsei University
Years in lab: 2020

Vince Wedekind 
​​BS, Chemistry​
​Years in lab: 2019
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​Thomas Matherly
BS Candidate, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2018-2019​
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Neha Kalla
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2016-2019

​Katherine Duda
​BS Candidate, Bioengineering
Years in lab: 2018-2019

​Megan Le
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2015-2017

​Turki Alahmadi
BS, Bioengineering
Years in lab: 2016-2018

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​Amanda Voll
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2017-2018

Tomer Zohar
BS, Bioengineering
Years in lab: 2015-2017

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Janna Wisniewski
BS, Bioengineering
Years in lab: 2014-2017

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Mack Walls
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2014-2016
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​Jennifer Goleman
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Years in lab: 2015

​Vivi He
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2012-2015

​Woojin Han
BS, Bioengineering
Years in lab: 2013-2014

​Kirsten Smulovitz
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2012-2014

​Teddy Wescott
BS, Chemical Engineering
Years in lab: 2012-2014

​Mayuri Khatri
BS, Chemical Engineering
Year in lab: 2014

​Amanda Filie
BS, Chemical Engineering
​Years in lab: 2012-2013
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High school students


Vanessa Aguocha-Sam
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
​Years in lab: 2018-2019 (with Akua Asa-Awuku)

​​Rhapsody Dearing
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Years in lab: 2017-2018 (with Akua Asa-Awuku)

​Rosemary Iwuala
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Years in lab: 2016-2017

​Alisha Karley
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
​Years in lab: 2014-2015
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​Anam Khatib
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
​Years in lab: 2013-2014
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