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Truskett Research Group

Interfaces and the structure & dynamics of complex fluids

McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin,    1 University Station C0400, Austin, Texas 78712

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Principal Investigator

Prof. Thomas M. Truskett

Professor of Chemical Engineering & Physics, Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering
Email: truskett at che dot utexas dot edu

 
Postdoctoral Fellows
  Dr. Tanay Paul

PhD, Physics, University of Calcutta (2021)

  Dr. Rakshit Jain

PhD, Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University (2023)

  Dr. Dingwen Qian

PhD, Physics, Northwestern University (2024)

 

Graduate Students
  Mohammed Kawelah (co-advised w/ K. P. Johnston and A. Marras)

Chemical Engineering

 

  Tanner Wilcoxson (co-advised with D. J. Milliron)

Chemical Engineering

 

  Charles Kofi Ofosu (co-advised w/ D. J. Milliron)

Chemistry

 

  Tyla Holoman

Chemical Engineering

 

  William Kimball (co-advised w/ K. P. Johnston)

Chemical Engineering

 

  Chieh-Chih (George) Yeh

Chemical Engineering

 

  William Brackett (co-advised w/ D. J. Milliron)

Chemical Engineering

 

  Tsung-Lun Lee

Chemical Engineering

 

  Jongyeong Jeon (co-advised w/ A. E. Marras)

Chemical Engineering

 

Recent Group Alumni
  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

  Dr. Alfredo Lanzaro (co-advised with K. P. Johnston)

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester (2011)

Current Position:  Research Associate, University of Glasgow (Scotland)

  Dr. Taejin Kwon

PhD, Physical Chemistry, Sogang University (2022)

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Jeju National University (South Korea)

  Prof. Zachary Sherman

PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT (2019)

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

  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

  Dr. Neha Manohar (co-advised w/ K. P. Johnston)

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2020)

Current Position:  Senior Research Specialist at Dow

  Dr. Emily Lin

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2020)

  Dr. Jaeuk Kim

PhD, Physics, Princeton University (2020)

Current position:  Research Associate, Princeton University, Princeton University

  Dr. Sanket Kadulkar

PhD, The University of Texas at Austin (2022)

Current position:  Senior Engineer, AspenTech, Bedford, MA

  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

  Dr. Murari Singh

PhD, Physics, IIT-Delhi (2014)

Current position:  Assistant Professor, Physics, IIT-Tirupati (India)

  Dr. Mike Howard

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University (2018)

Current position:  Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

  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

  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

  Dr. Ryan Jadrich

PhD, Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)

Current position:  Staff Scientist, Los Alamos

  Dr. Beth Lindquist

PhD, Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)

Current position:  Staff Scientist, Los Alamos

  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

  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.

  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

  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

  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

  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.

  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

  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

 

  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

 

  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

 

  Kyle Hollingshead

MSE, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2014)

Thesis: Efficient Computational Strategies for Predicting Homogeneous Fluid Structure

 
  Brian Wilson (co-advised w/ K. P. Johnston)

BS Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2013)

 
  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  

  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

  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

  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

  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

 

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

 

 

Dr. Pooja Shah

Postdoctoral Associate, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Current Position:  Adjunct Faculty, Dallas County Community College (DCCD)

 

 

 

Tanuj Kumar

MSE, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Current Position:  Digital Transformation & Innovation Leader, Swiss MNC, New Delhi, India

 

  Dr. Scott Carmichael

BS, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

 

  Dr. Artemis Ailianou

BS, Chemical Engineering,The University of Texas at Austin,

PhD , Chemical Engineering, Caltech

Current Position: Regulatory Affairs Manager, iStar Medical

 

 

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

 

 

 

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