Principal Investigator
Name Jacinta C.
ConradPh.D. Harvard University
M.A. Harvard University
S.B. University of Chicago
Email@uh.edu jcconrad
Phone 713-743-3829
Office S226
Graduate Students
Name Maede ChabiB.S. Sharif Institute of Technology
M.S.
Email@uh.edu mchabibahmanshiri
Phone
Office
Research Lateral flow assays (with Katerina Kourentzi and Richard Willson)
Name Gary ChenB.S. National Taiwan University
M.S. National Taiwan University
Email@uh.edu gchen22
Phone 713-743-4306
Office S334A
Research Colloidal crystallization (with Peter Vekilov)
Name Peter EdimehB.S. Federal University of Technology, Minna
M.S.
Email@uh.edu poedimeh
Phone 713-743-4306
Office S334A
Research Transport in glassy matrices
Name Mariah GallegosB.S. University of New Mexico
M.S.
Email@uh.edu mjgallegos
Phone 713-743-4306
Office
Research Colloidal bridging gels
Name Udayanidhi Ramesh KumarB.S. Anna University
M.S.
Email@uh.edu urameshkumar
Phone 713-743-4306
Office
Research Bacterial adhesion at interfaces (with Patrick Cirino)
Name Elvio Melo FilhoB.S. Universidade Tiradentes
M.S.
Email@uh.edu
Phone 713-743-4306
Office
Research Crystallization using microfluidics (visiting)
Name Farshad Safi SamghabadiB.S. Amirkabir University of Technology
M.S. Sharif University of Technology
Email@uh.edu fsamghabadi
Phone 713-743-4306
Office S334A
Research Nanoparticle transport in polymer matrices
Name Diego SoetrisnoB.S. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
M.S.
Email@uh.edu ddsoetrisno
Phone 713-743-4306
Office S334A
Research Extensional rheology of suspensions
Alumni
Name Silambarasan AnbumaniCollege University of Campinas
Program Postdoc (visiting), 2022
Position Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medical College of Wisconsin
Name Simone AlexandrovaCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate (SURF), 2016–2017
Name Firoozeh
Babaye KhorasaniCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2012–2015
Position Research Associate, University of New South Wales
Name Jennifer BernardCollege Hastings College
Program REU 2017
Name Ashkan BerenjiCollege University of Houston
Program BME undergraduate, 2011–2012
Name Beth BimberCollege Penn State University
Program REU 2010
Name Kristen BischoffCollege Louisiana State University
Program REU 2010
Name Phuong BuiCollege University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Program REU 2017
Position PhD Candidate, Drexel University
Name Michael
ByingtonCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2013–2017
Position Data Scientist, INGU
Name Gildardo CeballosCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate, 2010
Name Narendra DewanganCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2016–2020
Position Scientist-Analytical, Kraft Heinz
Name Thomas DonicaCollege Liberty University
Program REU 2019
Name Kailee FujimotoCollege Villanova University
Program REU 2011
Name Anisleidys GarciaCollege University of Houston
Program PetE undergraduate, 2016
Name Marjorie HernandezB.S. University of Houston
Program RET 2012
Name Sean HaddadB.S. University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate (honors thesis), 2011–2012
Name Jack JacobCollege University of Houston
Program Postdoc, 2014–2017
Position Laboratory Safety Specialist, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Name Andrea Jaimes-LizcanoCollege University of Houston
Program Postdoc, 2014–2017
Position Senior Scientist, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
Name Tahir JanoowalaCollege University of Texas at Austin
Program REU 2012
Name Puja JavalagiCollege University of Houston
Program PetE undergraduate, 2016
Name Fahimeh KhakzadCollege University of Houston
Program Postdoc, 2018–2021
Position Senior Scientist, Lubrizol
Name Jinsu KimCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2012–2016
Position Senior Scientist, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Name Corey Knutson-HuddlestonCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate, 2013
Name Tzu-Han LiCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2017–2021
Position PS Plant Support Supervisor, TotalEnergies
Name Caleb LouisCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate, 2014
Name Deepak MangalCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2017–2021
Position Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northeastern University
Name Nico MarioniCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate, 2018–2020
Position PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
Name Tara MarsCollege University of Houston
Program PetE undergraduate, 2016–2017
Name Stephanie MartinezCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate (SURF), 2021
Name Ryan McLayCollege University of Houston
Degree MS, 2015–2016
Name Anna McRobertCollege Rice University
Program REU 2013
Name Zihao MengCollege Missouri University of Science and Technology
Program REU 2018
Position PhD Student, University of Houston
Name Shaoyan MouCollege Chinese Academy of Sciences
Program Visiting scholar, 2016–2017
Name Quang NgoCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate (PURS), 2010–2011
Name Rahul PandeyCollege University of Houston
Degree PhD, 2011–2015
Position Senior Member of the Technical Staff, PARC
Name Nayoung ParkCollege University of Houston
Degree PhD, 2015–2019
Position Research Scientist, Daisy Brand
Name Benjamin PerezCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE Undergraduate (SURF), 2017
Name Ryan Poling-SkutvikCollege University of Houston
Degree PhD, 2014–2018
Position Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island
Name Lizabeth RichterPh.D. Baylor College of Medicine
Program RET 2011, RET 2013
Name Ryan RobertsCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2016–2020
Position Senior Engineer, Aspen Technology
Name Blake RonnenbaumCollege Kansas State University
Program REU 2015
Name Mohammad SafariCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2014–2018
Position Team Manager, Sequirus
Name Sumedha SharmaCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2012–2016
Position Strategy Analyst, Plug Power
Name Ali SlimCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2018–2022
Position Senior Research Engineer, ExxonMobil
Name Maxwell
SmithCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2016–2021
Position Merck
Name Melissa SpannuthPh.D. Yale University
Program Postdoc, 2011–2012
Position Sustainable Innovation Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Name Leslie StilesB.S. North Carolina State University
Program RET 2010
Name Nhi TranhCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate, 2019–2021
Name Esmeralda UmanzorCollege University of Houston
Program Tier One Scholar, 2017
Name Jing Wang-ReedCollege University of Houston
Program ChBE undergraduate, 2019–2020
Name Yi
(Bill) XiaCollege University of Houston/East China University of Science and Technology
Program ECUST 2012
Name Vivek YadavCollege University of Houston
Program PhD, 2013–2017
Position Principal Engineer Lead, Micron Technology
Name Michael ZhouCollege University of Houston/East China University of Science and Technology
Program ECUST 2013