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
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
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
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