People

Principal Investigator

Nathan Crook

BS: Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2009.

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PhD: Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2014.

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Postdoc: Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis, 2017.

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Email: nccrook@ncsu.edu

Graduate Students

Ibrahim Al'Abri

BS: Chemical Engineering, Penn State University

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Oman National graduate​ Fellow

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Email: isalabri@ncsu.edu

Carly Catella 

Jointly advised with Dr. Stefano Menegatti

 

BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

MSE: Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania

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Email: cmcatell@ncsu.edu

Scott Collins

Jointly advised with Dr. Chase Beisel

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BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

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Email: spcolli2@ncsu.edu

Deniz Durmusoglu

BS: Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Email: ddurmus@ncsu.edu

Tianyu Li

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BS: Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University.

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MS: Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Email:  tli34@ncsu.edu

Zidan Li

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Jointly advised with Dr. Gregory Reeves

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BS: Bioscience, Jilin University.

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Email: zli49@ncsu.edu

Ethan Purnell

Jointly advised with Dr. Stefano Menegatti

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BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia 

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Email: efpurne2@ncsu.edu

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John Van Schaik

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BS: Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University

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Email: jvansch2@ncsu.edu

Justin Vento

Jointly advised with Dr. Chase Beisel

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BS: Chemical Engineering, Manhattan College

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NIH/NCSU MBTP Fellow

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Email: jmvento@ncsu.edu

Undergraduate Students

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BS: CBE, NC State University

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Email: djhaller@ncsu.edu

Daniel Haller

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BS: CBE, NC State University

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Email: lamerkel@ncsu.edu

Laura Merkel

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BS: CBE, NC State University

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Email: smsulli8@ncsu.edu

Sean Sullivan

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BS: CBE, NC State University

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Email: abothe@ncsu.edu

Aarati Bothe

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BS: CBE, NC State University

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Email: kaday4@ncsu.edu

Katie Day

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BS: CBE, NC State University

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Email: adwill10@ncsu.edu

Allison Williams

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BS: Microbial Biotechnology Intent, NC State University

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Email: amjayara@ncsu.edu

Anuj Jayaram

Alumni

Fani Ttofali

BS: Biology, University of Colorado, Denver

MS: Master of Biomanufacturing, NC State University 

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Lab Manager/Research Associate. Spring 2018-Fall 2020

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Email: fttofal@ncsu.edu

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Lab Manager/Research Associate at Tune Therapeutics

Daniel Bun

BS: CBE, NC State University

Undergraduate. Summer 2018 - Spring 2020

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Email: dtbun@ncsu.edu

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Iowa State University 

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BS: Bioengineering, Northeastern University, China 

Undergraduate. Summer 2019

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Email: kuaile.531@qq.com

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Shuang Wu

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BS: CBE, NC State University

Undergraduate. Fall 2018 -Spring 2019

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Email: cmmoody@ncsu.edu

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Caroline Moody

Tyler Jordan

BS: CBE, NC State University

Undergraduate. Summer 2018

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Email: tnjorda3@ncsu.edu

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Ali Alkhater

 

BS: ChE, University Of Delaware

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Fellow

Undergraduate. Summer 2018

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Email: ali.khater@kaust.edu.sa

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Nick Dasburg

BS: Undergraduate. Biological Sciences, NC State University

Undergraduate. Spring 2018

Email: ncdasbur@ncsu.edu

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