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PhD students
- Dr. John P. Pantina, Micromechanics of Model Colloidal Aggregates, 5/06
- Dr. Myung Han Lee, Structure and Microrheology of Particulate Gels, 7/07
- Dr. Ji Yeon Huh, Structure and Dynamics of Colloid-Polymer Solutions, 9/08
- Dr. Travis H. Larsen, Microrheology of Responsive Hydrogels, 10/08
- Dr. Indira Sriram, Active and Non-linear Microrheology, 1/10
- Dr. Manish Mittal, Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Particles Using External Fields, 4/10
- Prof. Pushkar Lele, Directed Self-Assembly in Electrical and Optical Fields, 5/10 (Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M).
- Prof. Bum Jun Park, Interactions, Micromechanics and Applications of Colloidal Particles at Fluid Interfaces, 6/10 (Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Korea).
- Prof. Kelly M. Schultz, High-Throughput Microrheological Characterization of Biocompatible Hydrogelators, 4/11 (Chemical Engineering, Purdue University).
- Dr. Mark Panczyk (co-advised with Norman Wagner), Directed Self-Assembly of Dicolloid Suspensions, 8/13.
- Prof. Peter Beltramo, Polarization and Self-Assembly of Colloids, 12/13. (Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
- Dr. Kathryn (Whitaker) Grzesiak, Microrheology of Colloidal Glasses and Gels, 4/15
- Dr. Jonathan Bauer, Directed Self-Assembly in Toggled Fields, 6/15
- Dr. Lilian Lam Josephson, Microrheology for Protein Therapeutics Development, 11/16
- Dr. Jillian Emerson (co-advised with Thomas H. Epps III), The Thermodynamics of Polymer Mixtures in Solution and Their Applications in Functional, Microstructured Films, 12/16
- Dr. Mahlet Woldeyes (co-advised with Christopher Roberts), Molecular-scale understanding of protein interactions and solution viscosities, 10/18
- Dr. Céleste Prilezsky, Structural programming: Balancing external stress with internal structure in shape-responsive emulsions, 12/18
- Dr. Caitlin Wood (co-advised with Christopher Roberts), Mechanistic insights of protein aggregation at interfaces, 8/20
- Dr. Kimberly Dennis, Applications of diffusing wave spectroscopy to complex fluids in industry, 11/20
- Dr. Hojin Kim, Field-directed self-assembly of colloidal particles for engineering phononic materials, 1/21
- Dr. Brian Paul, Structure, rheology, and phase behavior of protein formulations under high pressure, 12/24
Postdoctoral trainees
- Dr. Byeong Seok Chae, 2001–2003
- Dr. Chandra Sekhar Palla, 2003–2004
- Dr. Cecile Veerman, 2004–2005
- Dr. Tristan Williams, 2005–2006
- Prof. Paula Vasquez, 2007–2009
- Dr. Florian Nettesheim, 2007–2008
- Dr. John Paul Bir Singh, 2007–2008
- Prof. Prachi Thereja, 2010–11 (Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar)
- Dr. Whirang Cho, 2010–2012 (NIST)
- Prof. James Swan, 2011–2013 (Chemical Engineering, MIT) -- About Jim Swan (1982-2021)
- Dr. Matthew Shindel, 2011–2013
- Dr. Joel Roevner, 2012–2015, co-advised with Chris Roberts and Steve Hudson
- Dr. Yu-Jiun (Nate) Lin, 2018–2020 with N. Wagner (Merck)
- Prof. Yimin Luo, 2018–2020 with N. Wagner (Mechanical Engineering, Yale)
- Dr. Qi Li, 2020-2022 (GSK)
Undergraduate honors and senior theses students
- Dr. John Bishop (BChE, 2003; PhD 2008, Princeton).
- Dr. Brian Bush (BChE, 2003; PhD 2009, Berkeley).
- Dr. Richard Dombrowski (BChE, 2003; PhD 2007, University of Queensland).
- Javier Salcedo, (BChE, 2003)
- Jed Johnhope, (BChE, 2003)
- Steven Kestel, (BChE, 2004)
- Phuong Nguyen, (BChE, 2005)
- Andrew Marshall, (BChE, 2005)
- Becky Gable (BChE, 2006). Recognized by Sigma Xi Undergraduate Thesis Award
- Matthew Rosborough (BChE, 2007).
- Eric Bennung (BChE, 2009).
- Michael Boyle, (BChE, 2009)
- Prof. Alexandra Bayles (BChE, 2013; PhD UC Santa Barbara). Goldwater Scholar, recognized by Sigma Xi Undergraduate Thesis Award
- Dr. Yifei Liu, (BChE, 2013; PhD University of Wisconsin)
- Kaelan Reed (BChE, 2017; PhD program at MIT).
- Tyler Gaeman (BChE, 2020)
- Matthew Zhang (BChE, 2024; PhD program at Princeton). Goldwater Scholar