Principal Investigator
April M. Kloxin, Ph.D.
Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Development Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Co-Lead of an Integrated Research Group (IRG) within the NSF-funded MRSEC UD CHARM
Associate Director of the NIH-funded UD CBI Program
Staff
Will Trout – Specialist in Instrumentation & Chemistry
Email: Wtrout@udel.edu
Zaining (Jenny) Yun – Laboratory Manager
Email: zyun@udel.edu
Research Scientist
Dr. Lina Pradhan,
Email: linap@udel.edu , joined group in 2017
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Aida Lopez Ruiz, joined group in January 2023
email: alopezr@udel.edu
Dr. Luisa Palmese, joined group January 2024
email: lpalmese@udel.edu
Graduate Students
Claire Lois
Email: clois@udel.edu
Alex Wang
Email: waalexan@udel.edu
Ana Maria Mosquera Rodriguez
Email: anamaria@udel.edu
Eric Slaughter
Email: ersla@udel.edu
Jodi Graf
Email: grafjo@udel.edu
Shweta Burgula
Email: shwetab@udel.edu
Rafael Castro
Email: rcastro@udel.edu
Caitlin DAmbrosio
Email: cdambro@udel.edu
Bree Huntington
Email: breehunt@udel.edu
Sam Swedzinski
Email: sswedz@udel.edu
DeVonte Moore
Email: jayhawk@udel.edu
Undergraduate Students
Qi (Matthew) Zhang
Email: zhangqi@udel.edu
Alumni include
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Bryan Sutherland, Ph.D. (2020) – Currently: Merck
Raghupathi Neelarapu, Ph.D. (2018) – Currently: Adesis
Srimoyee Dasgupta, Ph.D. (2017-2018) – Currently: Celanese
Chen Guo, Ph.D. (2014-2016) – Currently: University of Minnesota
Graduate Students
Eden Ford, Ph.D (2022) and Postdoc (2023)
Paige LeValley, Ph.D. (2021) – Currently: Post-doc at ETH Zürich
Kartik Bomb, Ph.D (2023) – Currently: Merck
Sam Cassel, Ph.D (2023) – Currently: IFF
Philip Taylor, Ph.D (2022), Currently: Post-doc at Sandia National Lab (Future: Faculty at University of Virginia)
Kimberly Wodzanowski , Ph.D (2022), Currently: Post-doc at University of Pennsylvania
Katherine Wiley, Ph.D.(2020) – Currently: Merck
Amber Hiderbrand, Ph.D (2019) – Currently: Merck
Elisa Ovadia, Ph.D. (2018) – Currently: BMS
Megan Smithmyer, Ph.D. (2018) – Currently: Staff Scientist at Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
Lisa Sawicki, Ph.D. (2017) – Currently: Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
Matthew Rehmann, Ph.D. (2016) – Currently: RoosterBio Inc.
Prathamesh Kharkar, Ph.D (2016) – Currently: Oliver Wyman
Undergraduates
Christopher Calo (2017-2019)
Becca Huber (2017-2019)
Mark LaRue (2016-2018)
Harrison Ball (2017-2018)
Christopher Bressette (2015-2017)
Joseph Spohn (2016-2017)
Cody Reeves (2014-2016)
William Ballance (2013 – 2015)
Morgan Dezendorf (2015)
Elaine Stewart (2015)
Rachel Kennel (2013 – 2015)
Harry Yang (2014 – 2015)
Kelsi Skeens (2013 – 2014)
Michael Dummeldinger (2013 – 2014)
Carolin Hartwig (2013)
Eric Macedo (2011 – 2013)
Andrew Garibian (2012)
Visting Scholars
Johannes Dressel – University of Mainz
Marc Rabionet – University of Girona
Katrin Kramer – University of Otago
Laura Macdougall – University of Warwick
Carolin Hartwig – Fraunhofer Visiting Scholar, Dresden University