Community Status: Faculty

Sungho Shin

Research Interests

mathematical optimization; control theory; machine learning; high-performance computing; process systems engineering; energy systems

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021

B.S., Seoul National University, 2016

Publications

Honors and Awards

David Smith, Jr. Graduate Publication Award, AIChE, 2023

Young Author Award, IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, 2021

Young Author Award, IFAC International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, 2021

CAST Directors’ Student Presentation Award, AIChE, 2020

Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020–2021

Kwanjeong Scholarship, Kwanjeong Educational Foundation, 2016–2020

Korea Presidential Science Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation, 2010–2016

Jessica Stark

Research Interests

glycobiology, molecular, systems, and cancer immunology, immunotherapy, biomolecular engineering, biotechnology, synthetic biology

Education

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2019
B.S., Cornell University, 2012

Publications

Honors and Awards

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface, 2023-2028

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Steven A. Rosenberg Scholars Award, 2023

Broad Institute Next Generation in Biomedicine, 2022

Johns Hopkins and Columbia University Rising Stars in Engineering in Health, 2022

Best Speaker, University of Washington Distinguished Young Scholars, 2022

Sloan Kettering Institute/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MERIT Emerging Leader, 2022

Leading Edge Fellow, 2022

American Chemical Society Best of BIOT Award, 2022

American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2023

National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute F32 NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021

Cottrell Emerging Scholar, 2020

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, 2019

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellow Finalist, 2019

Northwestern University Chemical Engineering Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award, 2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering, 2018

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2015-2018

National Institutes of Health T32 Biotechnology Training Program Fellow, 2014

Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellow, 2014

James Wei

Research Interests

shape selective separation with zeolites and nanoporous materials, molecular structure-property relations for product engineering

Education

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955

M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1952

Honors and Awards

Founders Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1990

Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1985

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1982

Academia Sinica, 1982

William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1980

National Academy of Engineering, 1978

Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1970

Petroleum Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society, 1966

Yogesh Surendranath

Research Interests

electrocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, CO2 utilization, reaction mechanisms, interfacial engineering

Education

Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2011-2013

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011

B.S., University of Virginia, 2006

Publications

Honors and Awards

Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education, American Chemical Society, 2020

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers, 2019

E. Bright Wilson Prize, Harvard University, 2019

CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, 2018

Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, Kavli Foundation, 2018

Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2017

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2016

Toyota Young Investigator Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2015

DOE Young Investigator Award, 2015

AFOSR Young Investigator Award, 2015

NSF CAREER Award, 2015

Brandon DeKosky

Research Interests

biotechnology, vaccines, molecular immunology, single cell analysis, antibodies, t cell receptors, immune biomaterials, protein drug development

Education

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 2015

B.S., The University of Kansas, 2010

Publications
Google Scholar
PubMed

Honors and Awards

Amgen Young Investigator Award, 2023

James S. Huston Antibody Science Talent Award, 2022

Industrial and Chemical Engineering Research Class of Influential Researchers, 2021

Miller Award for Research Excellence, KU School of Engineering, 2021

AIChE Young Faculty Futures Journal Invited Contributor, 2021

Finalist, PEGS Young Scientist Keynote Award lecture, 2020

Career Development Award, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program, U.S. Department of Defense, 2018

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Rising Star, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2017

NIH DP5 Early Independence Award, 2016

NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award (declined), 2016

Intramural Research Training Award, National Institutes of Health, USA, 2015

Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2010

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2010

The University of Texas Donald D. Harrington Graduate Fellow, 2010

Carl and Sammie Lock Valedictorian Award, School of Engineering, The University of Kansas, 2010

Nagel Scholarship, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society, 2009

Qin (Maggie) Qi

Research Interests

biological transport phenomena, biomechanics, microfluidics, complex fluids

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2018

M.S., Stanford University, 2017

B.S., Cornell University, 2013

Publications

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2024

FY 23 Research Support Committee Award, MIT, 2022

Distinguished Young Scholars Semi-finalist Honoree, University of Washington, 2019

Rising Star in ChemE Program, MIT, 2018

Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering, Stanford, 2014 – 2017

T.S. Lo Graduate Fellowship, Stanford, 2013

Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Research Award, Cornell, 2013

Engineering Learning Initiatives Research Award, Cornell, 2012

Rockwell Collins Scholarship, Society of Women Engineers (turned down), 2011 – 2012

Connor W. Coley

Research Interests

autonomous discovery, machine learning, laboratory automation, chemical synthesis, molecular design, drug discovery

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019

M.S.CEP., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016

B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2014

Publications

Honors and Awards

Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, 2023

Technology Review, 35 Innovators Under 35, 2023

Class of 1957 Career Development Professorship, 2023

Schwarzman College’s Inaugural Common Ground Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023

Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellows Award, 2022

Bayer Foundation Early Excellence in Science Award, 2021

NSF CAREER Award, 2021

CAS Future Leader, 2019

ACS CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence, 2019

Forbes 30 Under 30: Healthcare, 2019

AIChE PD2M Student Award, 2018

C&EN’s “Talented 12”, 2018

DARPA Riser, 2018

William C. Rousseau Award, MIT, 2016

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014

Robert T. Haslam Presidential Graduate Fellowship, MIT, 2014

Frederic W. Hinrichs, Jr. Memorial Award, Caltech, 2014

Tau Beta Pi, 2013

Kate E. Galloway

Research Interests

Synthetic Biology, Molecular Systems Biology, Stem Cells, Cellular Reprogramming, 3D Genome Organization & Structure, Single-cell Analytics, Genetic Control Systems, Oncogenesis & Metastasis

Education

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2012
M.S., California Institute of Technology, 2007
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2005

Publications

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2024

BMES Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Rising Star Award, 2023

Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) (R35), 2021

ARCS Maggie McKnight Russell Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow Award, Fall 2017-Fall 2019

NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fall 2015 – Fall 2018

1st Place Winner of Annual USC Postdoctoral Symposium, May 2017

Doerr USC Stem Cell Challenge Award, 2017

Fluidigm USC Single Cell Project Grant, 2016

California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fall 2013 – Fall 2015

Caltech Everhart Lecturer, May 2011

Graduated with Honors, University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry, 2005

Ariel L. Furst

Research Interests

bioelectrochemistry, clinical diagnostics, biotechnology, surface chemistry and self-assembly

Education

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2015

B.S., University of Chicago, 2010

Publications

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2024

AIChE, Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Rising Star, 2023

NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2023

Scialog Fellow for Negative Emissions Science, 2023

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2023

AAAS Marion Milligan Mason Award, 2023

UROP Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, 2022

J-WAFS Seed Grant, 2021

Remsen Bird Lecturer, 2018

Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016-2019

Gray-Hill Lecturer, 2014

Phi Beta Kappa, 2010

Graduated with Honors, University of Chicago, 2010

Dean’s List University of Chicago, 2009-2010

 

Lawrence B. Evans

Research Interests

Chemical Engineering Systems, Modular Online Education [Read more]

Education

B.S. University of Oklahoma, 1956

M.S.E. University of Michigan, 1957

Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1962

Honors and Awards

Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division Award, 1982

Entrepreneur of the Year in High-Tech for New England Region, 1997

Hero of Manufacturing from Fortune magazine, 1999

AIChE Chemical Engineering Practice Award, 1999

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2001

Award for Personal Achievement from Chemical Engineering Magazine, 2002

President of AIChE, 2007