Profile Placement: Faculty

Stylianos (Stelios) Varchanis

Research Interests

transport phenomena, rheology, microscale fluid-structure interactions, computational mechanics

Education

PhD., University of Patras, 2020

M.Sc., University of Patras, 2016

B.Sc., University of Patras, 2013

Honors and Awards

Flatiron Research Fellowship, Simons Foundation, 2023-2026

Best Research Presentation Runner-up Award, HAMER, 2025

Walters Prize, Best Paper of the Year, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2023

KAKENHI Early-Career Scientist, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2022-2023

Doctoral Scholarship, State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), 2018-2020

Best Oral Presentation Award, CES-WGP3, FORTH/ICE-HT, 2017

Academic Excellence Award, Highest-Ranking Graduate Student, Limmat Foundation, 2016

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

James W. Swan Outstanding Faculty, 2025

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

Javit Drake

Research Interests

electrochemical energy, continuum modeling-based product design, transport phenomena and mechanics

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2000

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

 

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
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Honors and Awards

AAI ASPIRE Award, 2025

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

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

James W. Swan Outstanding Faculty Award, 2026

Selected to Participate, Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2025

James W. Swan Outstanding Faculty, 2025

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2025

Scialog Funding for Automated Laboratories, 2024

James W. Swan Outstanding Faculty, 2024

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

The MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize, 2025

C. Michael Mohr Outstanding Faculty Award, 2024

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

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

Bradley D. Olsen

Research Interests

block copolymers, soft condensed matter physics, protein-based materials, bioelectronics

Education

Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2007

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003

Publications

Honors and Awards

MIT ChemE Individual Commendation Award, 2026

American Physical Society (APS) Fellow, 2023

Fulbright Amazonia Scholar, 2023

Alexander and I. Michael (1960) Kasser Chair in Chemical Engineering, 2021

ACS Macro Letters/Biomacromolecules/Macromolecules Young Investigator Award, 2021

MIT OGE’s Committed to Caring Honor, 2019

AIChE Owens Corning Early Career Award, 2019

American Physical Society, Dillon Medal, 2018

Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry, 2017

ACS Polymer Division Fellow, 2016

AIChE – Allan P. Colburn Award, 2015

DuPont Young Professor Award, 2015

Camille Dreyfus-Teacher Scholar, 2015

ACS Herman F. Mark Young Scholar, 2015

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry, 2014

NSF Career Grant, 2013

AFOSR award, 2012

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2009

Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2009

Hertz Fellow, 2003-2007

Tau Beta Pi Fellow, 2003-2004

Sigma Xi, 2003

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2002