Principal Investigator
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Prof.
Thomas M. Truskett
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Physics, Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering
Email:
truskett at
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Postdoctoral Fellows
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Dr. Tanay Paul
PhD, Physics, University of Calcutta (2021)
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Dr. Rakshit Jain
PhD, Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University (2023)
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Dr. Dingwen Qian
PhD, Physics, Northwestern University (2024)
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Graduate Students
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Mohammed Kawelah (co-advised w/
K. P. Johnston and A. Marras)
Chemical Engineering
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Tanner Wilcoxson (co-advised with D. J. Milliron)
Chemical
Engineering
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Charles Kofi Ofosu (co-advised w/
D. J. Milliron)
Chemistry
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Tyla Holoman
Chemical Engineering
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William Kimball (co-advised w/
K. P. Johnston)
Chemical Engineering
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Chieh-Chih (George) Yeh
Chemical Engineering
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William Brackett (co-advised w/
D. J. Milliron)
Chemical Engineering
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Tsung-Lun Lee
Chemical Engineering
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Jongyeong Jeon (co-advised w/ A. E. Marras)
Chemical Engineering
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Recent Group Alumni
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Dr. Allison Green (co-advised w/
D. J. Milliron)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
Thesis: Understanding effects of disorder on the plasmonic response of nanoparticle assemblies
Current Position:
Bain Capital
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Dr. Alfredo Lanzaro (co-advised with K. P. Johnston)
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester (2011)
Current Position:
Research Associate, University of Glasgow (Scotland)
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Dr. Taejin Kwon
PhD, Physical Chemistry, Sogang University (2022)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Jeju National University (South Korea)
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Prof. Zachary Sherman
PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT (2019)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
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Dr. Amjad Chowdhury (co-advised w/
K. P. Johnston)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2023)
Thesis: Protein-protein interactions and rheological properties of monoclonal antibodies at high concentration
Current Position:
Scientist I at Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Dr. Neha Manohar (co-advised w/
K. P. Johnston)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2020)
Current Position:
Senior Research Specialist at Dow
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Dr. Emily Lin
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2020)
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Dr. Jaeuk Kim
PhD, Physics, Princeton University (2020)
Current position: Research Associate, Princeton University, Princeton University
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Dr. Sanket Kadulkar
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin (2022)
Current position: Senior Engineer, AspenTech, Bedford, MA
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Dr. Laxmicharan Samineni (co-advised w/
M. Kumar)
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin (2022)
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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Dr. Murari Singh
PhD, Physics, IIT-Delhi (2014)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Physics, IIT-Tirupati (India)
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Dr. Mike Howard
PhD, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University (2018)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
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Dr. Xilan Zhu (co-advised with Roger T. Bonnecaze)
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2020)
Current position: Senior Process Engineer 3, Lam Research
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Dr. Camila A. Saez Cabezas (co-advised with Delia J. Milliron)
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2020)
Current position: Senior Research Specialist, Dow
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Dr. Ryan Jadrich
PhD, Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)
Current position: Staff Scientist, Los Alamos
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Dr. Beth Lindquist
PhD, Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)
Current position: Staff Scientist, Los Alamos
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Dr. Debapriya Banerjee
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015)
Current position: Quantitative Risk Analyst at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Dr. Ehsan Moaseri (co-advised w/ K. P. Johnston)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2018)
Thesis: Biodegradable NIR-active contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging Current Position:
CEO/Founder, Nulixir, Inc.
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Dr. Barton Dear (co-advised w/ K. P. Johnston)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2018)
Thesis: Relation of protein-protein interactions to rheological properties and stability of highly concentrated solutions of monoclonal antibodies
Current Position:
Senior Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Dr. Jessica Hung (co-advised w/ K. P. Johnston)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2018)
Thesis: Design of co-solute formulations for stable, highly concentrated monoclonal antibody solutions with low viscosity
Current Position:
Principal Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Dr. William Pineros
PhD, Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin (2018)
Thesis: Novel methods for crystal self assembly
Current Position:
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Fellow, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Dr. Jonathan Bollinger
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2016)
Thesis: From confinement
to clustering: decoding the structural and diffusive
signatures of microscopic frustration
Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses, Arlington, Virginia.
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Dr. Mark Ferraro (co-advised
w/ R. T. Bonnecaze)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2015)
Thesis: Graphoepitaxy for
directed self-assembly of particle monolayers
Current Position: Baseball Operations Analyst, Scottsdale, Arizona
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Dr. Avni Jain
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2014)
Thesis: Inverse design methods
in targeted self-assembly
Current Position:
Senior Product Manager, Blue Yonder, Hamburg, Germany
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Dr. Ameya Borwankar (co-advised
w/ K. P. Johnston)
PhD, Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2014)
Thesis: Formation of
Nanostructures and Weakening of Interactions between
Proteins to Design Low Viscosity Dispersions at High
Concentrations
Current Position: Director, Biologics Drug Substance, Acelyrin
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Sai Gourisankar (co-advised
w/ K. P. Johnston)
BS Chemical
Engineering and BA Plan II, The University of Texas at Austin
(2015)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
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Kyle Hollingshead
MSE, Chemical Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin (2014)
Thesis: Efficient Computational
Strategies for Predicting Homogeneous Fluid Structure
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Brian Wilson (co-advised
w/ K. P. Johnston)
BS Chemical
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2013)
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Dr. James Carmer
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
(2013)
Thesis: Local structure and
dynamics of complex fluids
Current Position:
Software Engineer, Google
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Dr. Mark Pond
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin (2011)
Thesis: Structure and
dynamics of fluids: From molecular to colloidal perspectives
Current Position:
Senior Business Manager, Capital One
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Dr. Gaurav Goel
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2009)
Thesis: From polymer
collapse to confined fluids: Investigating the implications of
interfacial structuring
Current Position:
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT
Delhi
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Dr. William P. Krekelberg
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2008)
Thesis: Relationships
between structure and dynamics of attractive colloidal fluids
Current Position: Chemical
Engineer, Chemical and Biochemical Reference Data
Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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Dr. Jeetain Mittal
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2007)
Thesis: Structure, thermodynamics, and
dynamics of confined and supercooled liquids
Current Position:
Professor, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M |
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Dr. Jason K. Cheung
PhD, Chemical Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin
Thesis: Coarse-grained
modeling of concentrated protein solutions
Current Position:
Distinguished Scientist, Biologics R&D, Merck Research Laboratories
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Dr. Pooja Shah
Postdoctoral Associate, Chemical
Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin
Current Position: Adjunct
Faculty, Dallas County Community College (DCCD)
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Tanuj Kumar
MSE, Chemical Engineering, The University
of Texas at Austin
Current Position:
Digital Transformation & Innovation Leader, Swiss MNC,
New Delhi, India
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Dr. Scott Carmichael
BS, Chemical Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin
PhD,
Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Dr. Artemis Ailianou
BS, Chemical Engineering,The
University of Texas at Austin,
PhD , Chemical Engineering,
Caltech
Current Position: Regulatory Affairs Manager, iStar Medical
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Poonam Kulkarni
BS, Chemical Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin
Senior Honors Thesis: Using
a thermodynamic model and data from the human proteome to
understand protein stability
MCEE, Environmental Engineering,
Rice University
Current Position: Senior Environmental
Engineer, GSI Environmental Inc
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Dr. Katherine Clarridge, MD
BS, Chemical Engineering,
BA, Plan II, &
Plan II Honors Thesis:
Predicting protein behavior in a confined space
MSE, Biomedical Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin,
MD, University of Texas Southwestern,
Current Position:
FDA medical officer, FDA
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