Current Team
Principal Investigator
Prof. Shishir P. S. Chundawat
“Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, B.Tech. (ICT-Mumbai) and PhD Chemical Engineering (Michigan State University)
Rutgers Graduate Students
Antonio DeChellis
“CBE PhD Student and NIH Biotech Training Fellow, BS/MS Rutgers University
Rebecca Garcia
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering PhD Student & GEM Fellow, BS Barnard College
Ryan Murphy
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering PhD Student, BS Northeastern University
Srividya Vyjayanthi Tallavajhula
Chemistry & Chemical Biology PhD Student (Joint with Dr. Khare), BS/MS IISER Tirupati
Austin Seamann
Rutgers Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine PhD Student and NIH Biotech Training Fellow (Joint with Dr. Khare), BS/MS University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rahul Thakur
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering PhD Student,, BE BITS-Mesra
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Dr. Aditya Narvekar
NIIMBL Postdoc Associate, MS Biophysics (University of Mumbai) and PhD Biotechnology (ICT-Mumbai)
Visiting Students, Scholars, and Faculty
Nurulhuda Suaini
Turing Foundation Scholar (University of Surrey, UK)
Rutgers Undergraduate Students
Samantha Shimabukuro
Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2025
Reena Lubowski
Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, Rutgers Honors College, Class of 2025
Sumay Trivedi
Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2026
Sophia Fernandez
Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2027
Arushi Biswas
Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2027
Iris Brody
Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, Rutgers Engineering Honors Academy, Class of 2026
Kendra Marie Buffaloe
Chemical Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2026
Mahati Salapu
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2027
Shreya Dhillon
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2026