Assistant Professor

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

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