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The team is seeking enthusiastic engineers and scientists! Please consult the opportunities page for information on how to apply.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Caroline R. Szczepanski
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado, 2014
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado, 2011
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College, 2009
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RESEARCH TEAM
Reed blocksomE
3rd year undergraduate, Materials Science & engineering
blocksom@msu.edu
VENUS DASHTPEIMA
Graduate student in chemical engineering
dashtpei@msu.edu
Rodin Esmaeilzade
Graduate student in chemical engineering
esmaeilz@msu.edu
Jeffrey Masten-Davies
Postdoctoral Researcher
mastend3@msu.edu
Surbhi Punhani Schillinger
Graduate Student in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
punhani1@msu.edu
Grant Vanwoert
1st year undergraduate, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
vanwoer8@msu.edu
PHD ALUMNI
Allie van zanten
PHD student in materials science and engineering (2020-2025)
Currently an Adhesive Technology Developer at Tesa Tape
Denghao fu
PHD student in Materials Science & engineering (2020-2025)
Currently a post-doc at the Forsyth Institute
Sabrina Curley
PHD Student in Materials Science & engineering (2019-2024)
Currently a post-doc at the University of Delaware
Ingrid Calvez
PhD student in Wood Sciences (2020-2022)
Jointly supervised with Véronic Landry (Université Laval, Québéc)
POST-DOC & VISITING RESEARCHER ALUMNI
Md nuruddin
postdoctoral researcher (2020-2021)
Currently at Intralox
Ph.D. Materials Engineering, Purdue University 2020
SHAFI UR REHMAN
VISITING RESEARCHER (2021)
National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI
Shubhan Nagarkar
undergraduate Researcher, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2023-2026)
Currently: PhD Student in Chemical Engineering - University of Washington
Trong khang nguyen
undergraduate Researcher, chemical engineering (2023-2026)
Aditya Ketkar
undergraduate Researcher, chemical engineering (2024-2026)
Cooper Priest
Professorial assistant, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2024-2026)
ALLISON HUCKINS
undergraduate Researcher, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2021-2025)
Currently at Abbot
Emily England
Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2024)
Currently: PhD Student in Materials Science & Engineering - Northwestern University
William Gaal
undergraduate researcher (2022-2023)
Karolina Colon-Rivera
Ensure Summer Researcher (2022)
Universidad Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
Walter Kretzer
undergraduate Research assistant (2022)
Justin hamlin
PROFESSORIAL ASSISTANT (2020-2022)
Sarah beth holles
Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2022)
Currently: PhD student in Materials Science, University of Virginia
