Graduate Students/Lab Manager/Research Associates
John Van Schaik
BS: Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Email: jvansch2@ncsu.edu
Carly Catella
Jointly advised with Dr. Stefano Menegatti
BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
MSE: Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Email: cmcatell@ncsu.edu
Thuan Nguyen
BSE: Food Engineering, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam
MSE: Food Engineering, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam
PhD: Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, South Korea
Postdoctoral Researcher: Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Email: tvnguye4@ncsu.edu
Ibrahim Al'Abri
BS: Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Email: isalabri@ncsu.edu
Deniz Durmusoglu
BS: Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Email: ddurmus@ncsu.edu
Kathryn Polkoff
BS: Animal Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS: Animal Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D.: Cell Biology, NC State University
Email: kmpolkof@ncsu.edu
Scott Collins
Jointly advised with Dr. Chase Beisel
BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Email: spcolli2@ncsu.edu
Ethan Purnell
Jointly advised with Dr. Stefano Menegatti
BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia
Email: efpurne2@ncsu.edu
Trading Desk Operations Specialist at Jane Street
Justin Vento
Jointly advised with Dr. Chase Beisel
Graduated: Dec 2021
BS: Chemical Engineering, Manhattan College
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Email: jmvento@ncsu.edu
Senior Organism Engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks
Fani Ttofali
BS: Biology, University of Colorado, Denver
MS: Master of Biomanufacturing, NC State University
Lab Manager/Research Associate. Spring 2018-Fall 2020
Email: fttofal@ncsu.edu
Lab Manager/Research Associate at Tune Therapeutics
Ethan Gates
BS: Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Research Associate. Spring 2023-Fall 2024
Email: eggates@ncsu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Katie Day
BS: CBE, NC State University
Email: djhaller@ncsu.edu
PhD Candidate at Rice University, Tabor Lab
Daniel Haller
Sean Sullivan
BS: CBE, NC State University
Undergraduate. Fall 2018 - Fall 2019
Email: lamerkel@ncsu.edu
BioTech Rotational Associate at Pfizer
Laura Merkel
Aarati Bothe
BS: CBE, NC State University
Undergraduate. Summer 2020 - Fall 2020
Email: adwill10@ncsu.edu
Novo Nordisk
Allison Williams
BS: Microbial Biotechnology Intent, NC State University
Undergraduate. Fall 2019
Email: amjayara@ncsu.edu
Anuj Jayaram
Daniel Bun
BS: CBE, NC State University
Undergraduate. Summer 2018 - Spring 2020
Email: dtbun@ncsu.edu
PhD Candidate at Iowa State University, Shao Lab
BS: Bioengineering, Northeastern University, China
Undergraduate. Summer 2019
Email: kuaile.531@qq.com
PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago
Shuang Wu
BS: CBE, NC State University
Undergraduate. Fall 2018 -Spring 2019
Email: cmmoody@ncsu.edu
Strategy Analyst at Monitor Deloitte
Caroline Moody
Tyler Jordan
BS: CBE, NC State University
Undergraduate. Summer 2018
Email: tnjorda3@ncsu.edu
The University of Texas at Austin
Ali Alkhater
BS: ChE, University Of Delaware
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Fellow
Undergraduate. Summer 2018
Email: ali.khater@kaust.edu.sa
KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Nick Dasburg
BS: Undergraduate. Biological Sciences, NC State University
Undergraduate. Spring 2018
Email: ncdasbur@ncsu.edu