May 2024

Principal Investigator

Wilfred Chen, Ph.D.

B.S: Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1993 

Email: wilfred@udel.edu

Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering                               
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716


Postdoctoral Scholars

James Tang

James Tang

Co-advisor: Prof. Lenhoff

B.S: Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2014
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2019

Email: jdt@udel.edu

Research: Design protein nanocages for Adenovirus purification

Office: Colburn 361


Graduate Students

Hopen Yang

B.S: Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2017

Email: hopen@udel.edu

Research: Develop dynamic protein degradation devices

Office: Colburn 355


Antonio Goncalves

Co-advisor: Prof. Sullivan

B.S: Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 2018
M.S: Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 2019

Email: agoncal@udel.edu

Research: Develop protein nanostructures for enhanced circulation and delivery

Office: Colburn 359


Madan Gopal

Co-advisor: Prof. Kunjapur

B.S: Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, 2018

Email: mgopal@udel.edu

Research: Design synthetic enzyme cascades for plastics upcycling

Office: Colburn 361


Anthony Stohr

Co-advisor: Prof. Blenner

B.S: Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 2021

Email: astohr@udel.edu

Research: Design riboregulators for dynamic control

Office: Colburn 361


Blake Richards

Co-advisor: Prof. Sullivan

B.S: Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2021

Email: blakeric@udel.edu

Research: Develop protease circuits for tumor penetration 

Office: Colburn 359


Caitlin D’Ambrosio

Co-advisors: Profs. April and Chris Kloxin

B.S: Chemical Engineering, Bucknell University, 2021

Email: cdambro@udel.edu

Research: Design of peptide-based materials with multiscale structures and properties

Office: Colburn 219


Logan Yeager

Co-advisor: Prof. Sullivan

B.S: Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2022

Email: lpyeager@udel.edu

Research: Design protein nanoparticles for conditional cargo release

Office: Colburn 359


Derron Ma

Co-advisor: Prof. Blenner

B.S: Biological Systems Engineering, University of Californa, Davis, 2022

Email: derronma@udel.edu

Research: Design metabolite-responsive regulators

Office: Colburn 361


Pragati Muthukumar

B.S: Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023

Email: muthuku@udel.edu

Research: Design conditional condensates for protein degradation

Office: Colburn 355


Hayeon Park

Co-advisor: Prof. Solomon

B.S: Biological Systems Engineering, University of Californa, Davis, 2022

Email: hayeonp@udel.edu

Research: Design metabolite-responsive condensates

Office: Colburn 361