Former Graduate Students

Photo of Michael Crain-Zamora

Michael Crain-Zamora

Title/Position
MS, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, December 2019
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Amir Mohammad Farnoud

Title/Position
PhD, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, May 2013
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Sachin Gharse

Title/Position
PhD, Pharmaceutics, May 2018
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Brittany Givens

Title/Position
MS, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, May 2017
Portrait of Bharath Kumar Gowdampally

Bharath Kumar Gowdampally

Title/Position
PhD, Pharmaceutics, December 2022
Photo of Rania Hamed

Rania Hamed

Title/Position
PhD, Pharmaceutics, May 2011
Samir Khoda

Samir Khoda

Title/Position
MS, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, May 2016
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Benjamin King

Title/Position
PhD, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, December 2018
Portrait of Christopher Ruben

Christopher Ruben

Title/Position
PhD, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Fall 2023
Dan Schenck Headshot

Daniel Schenck

Title/Position
PhD, Pharmaceutics, December 2017
Portrait of Riannon Smith

Riannon Smith

Title/Position
PhD, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Spring 2023
Photo of Stacy Sommerfeld Ross

Stacy Sommerfeld Ross

Title/Position
PhD, Pharmaceutics, May 2013
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Emily Thomas

Title/Position
MS, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, May 2009
Photo of Mai Tu

Mai Tu

Title/Position
PhD, Pharmaceutics, May 2015

Former Staff Researchers

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Timothy Brenza, PhD

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010
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Buffy Stohs

Title/Position
Research Assistant, 2007-2008

Former Undergraduate Researchers

  • Hiba Bhatti (May 2023-May 2024), BS candidate in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  • Olivia Clark (Aug 2022-May 2024), BS candidate in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  • Sushma Santhana (Jan 2022-May 2023), BS candidate in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  • Anthony Wagner (Sept 2020-present), BS candidate in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  • Adriana Rosario (May-Jul 2024), BS candidate in Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
  • Logan Whitesel, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (May 2022 - August 2022)
  • DJ Guillory, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (April 2021 - May 2022)
  • Nolan Burson, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Sept 2020 - May 2022)
  • Barrin Hendricks, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Sept 2019 - May 2022)
  • Nathan Schoen, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Summer 2019 - December 2020)
  • Grace Williamson, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Summer 2019 - May 2022)
  • Katelyn Murhammer, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Jan 2020 - Dec 2020)
  • Collin Haught, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Fall 2019 - March 2020)
  • Joseph Mondschean, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Fall 2018 - May 2019)
  • Mason Shriver, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Fall 2018 - May 2021)
  • Michael Leyden, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Spring 2017 - May 2020)
  • Kaitlyn Wiegand, Chemistry, Illinois Central College (Summer 2019)
  • Christine Czarnecki, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Fall 2016 - Spring 2019)
  • Sarah Chou, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Spring 2017 - Spring 2019)
  • Chan Lee, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Fall 2018)
  • Gil Gonzalez, Chemistry, Kalamazoo College (Summer 2018)
  • Mohammed Moumen, Environmental Public Health, Ohio State University (Summer 2018)
  • Colin Waldron, Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2018)
  • Killian Tracey, Forensic Chemistry, Western Illinois University (Summer 2017)
  • Kolten Hagens, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Spring, Summer 2017)
  • Kevin Hillshafer, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Spring 2017 - Fall 2018)
  • Ojas Pradhan, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Fall 2015 - Summer 2019)
  • Travis Kelley, Electrical Engineering (Fall 2015 - 2017)
  • Alexandra Bess, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Summer 2015 - 2018)
  • Elizabeth Wilson, Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University (Summer 2016)
  • Alexandra Thompson, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Summer 2015 - Spring 2016)
  • Sarah Goettler, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Fall 2014 - Fall 2015)
  • Edwin Sagastume, Biomedical Engineering, UIowa (Summer 2013 - Spring 2017)
  • Morgan Timm, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College (Summer 2015)
  • Jessica Gelberg, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Fall 2014 - Spring 2015)
  • Wade Hutson, Pre-Pharmacy and Human Physiology (Summer 2013 - Summer 2015)
  • Nick Weeg, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Summer 2014)
  • Brandon Pham, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Summer 2012 - Spring 2014) 
  • Nicole Garvin, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Summer 2013)
  • Natalia Sola, Biological Sciences, University of Puerto Rico (Summer 2012)
  • Aishwarya Vijay, Electrical Engineering, Yale University (Summer 2012)
  • Alex Carli, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Fall 2011)
  • Africa Fahra, Biochemistry, UIowa (Summer 2011)
  • Lucero Sanchez, Chemistry, UIowa (2010 - 2011)
  • Kyle Merrill, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Summer 2010)
  • Annie Kock, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (2009 - 2011)
  • Clarisse Baba, Chemistry, UIowa (Fall, Spring 2009)
  • Tianjiao Wang, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Spring 2010)
  • Taryn Tang, Chemistry, Monmouth College (Summer 2009)
  • Laura Northrup, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Summer 2009)
  • Leticia Fernandez Carballo, Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Fall, Spring 2009)
  • Nikhil Anand, Biomedical Engineering, UIowa (2008 - 2009)
  • Stacy Sommerfeld, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (2007 - 2008)
  • Nearco Rodriguez, Biology, Medgar Evers College (Summer 2008)
  • Alexander Benson, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (Summer 2008)
  • Cassie Archer, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UIowa (Fall 2007)