Welcome to the MIT Chemical Engineering REFS Group

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We have a dedicated group of students who have all been trained through MIT's Office of Conflict Resolution to be able to support you. Our students are from various backgrounds, and research fields from MIT. Please feel free to contact any of us if you'd like to talk to someone; our emails are available below. Alternatively, you can email us directly. Our faculty contact is Professor Kristala Prather.

Neil Dalvie

Interests: systems biology, yeast genetics, biomanufacturing
Group: Love Lab
Year: 2016
Undergrad: Northwestern
Hometown: San Diego, CA, USA
Hobbies: basketball, foosball, hiking, beer
dalvie@mit.edu

Kevin Silmore

Interests: colloids, nanoparticles, numerical methods, statistical thermodynamics
Group: Strano/Swan Labs
Year: 2016
Undergrad: Princeton
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Hobbies: violin, biking, Mario Kart 8, squash, board games
silmore@mit.edu

Cynthia Ni

Interests: synthetic biology, metabolic engineering
Group: Prather Lab
Year: 2016
Undergrad: University of British Columbia
Hometown: Portland, OR, USA
Hobbies: ultimate frisbee, hiking, beer, ceramics
cni@mit.edu

MayLin Howard

Interests: drug delivery, tissue engineering
Group: Hammond Lab
Year: 2016
Undergrad: University of Rochester
Hometown: Rochester, NY, USA
Hobbies: gardening, baking, anything to do with puppies & kittens!
mfunkenb@mit.edu

Jennifer Kaczmarek

Interests: metabolic engineering, biosensors
Group: Prather Lab
Year: 2017
Undergrad: Auburn University
Hometown: Tampa, FL, USA
Hobbies: hiking, baking, crafts, reading, video games, anime
jkacz@mit.eduu

Joy Zeng

Interests: electrochemistry, catalysis, bio-inspired things
Group: Manthiram Lab
Year: 2017
Undergrad: Stanford University
Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Hobbies: wushu, taekwondo, skating, anything outdoors
jszeng@mit.edu

Chun Man Chow

Interests: environmental engineering, water and air purification
Group: Karnik Lab (MechE)
Year: 2017
Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley
Hometown: Hong Kong
Hobbies: art, cooking, eating, outdoorsy stuff
cmchow@mit.edu

Cindy Jin

Interests: biosensors, nanomaterials
Group: Strano Lab
Year: 2018
Undergrad: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Hometown: Hangzhou, China
Hobbies: baking, swimming, hiking, calligraphy
cindyjin@mit.edu

Emily Krucker-Velasquez

Interests: colloids, statistical thermodynamics, soft matter physics
Group: Swan Lab
Year: 2018
Undergrad: University of Guadalajara
Hometown: Guadalajara, Mexico
Hobbies: guitar, mountain biking, puzzles, philosophy
ekrucker@mit.edu

Pradeep Natarajan

Interests: statistical physics, transcription biology
Group: Chakraborty Lab
Year: 2018
Undergrad: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Hometown: Chennai, India
Hobbies: history, literature, biking, cooking, tennis, and cricket
pradeepn@mit.edu

Srinivasa (Srinu) Pujari

Interests: microfluidics, tissue Engineering, 3D printing
Group: Chung Lab
Year: 2017
Undergrad: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Hometown: Amadalavalasa, India
Hobbies: badminton, cooking
srralara@mit.edu

Natasha Seelam

Interests: quantum chemistry, enzymes, biocatalysis
Group: Tidor/Prather Lab
Year: 2013
Undergrad: Johns Hopkins University
Hometown: Downingtown, PA, USA
Hobbies: painting, drawing, movies, video games
nseelam@mit.edu

Garrett Dowdy

Interests: math, optimization, algorithms
Group: Barton Lab
Year: 2013
Undergrad: Georgia Tech
Hometown: Kaysville, UT, USA
Hobbies: journaling, running, caring for plants, reading
gdowdy3@mit.edu

Mike Lee

Interests: biosensors, biomaterials
Group: Strano Lab
Year: 2014
Undergrad: Princeton University
Hometown: Carteret, NJ, USA
Hobbies: mixed martial arts, photography, video games
manl3354@mit.edu

Sakul Ratanalert

Interests: DNA technology, biomaterials, computation
Group: Bathe/Rutledge Lab
Year: 2011
Undergrad: Cornell University
Hometown: Livingston, NJ, USA
Hobbies: board games, card games, swimming, tennis
sratana@mit.edu

Lisa Volpatti

Interests: biomaterials, drug delivery
Group: Anderson Lab
Year: 2014
Undergrad: University of Pittsburgh
Hometown: Pittsburg, PA, USA
Hobbies: hiking, running, rowing
volpatti@mit.edu

Mark Goldman

Interests: pollution, atmosphere, computation
Group: Green/Kroll Lab
Year: 2014
Undergrad: University of Texas at Austin
Hometown: Sugar Land and El Paso, TX, USA
Hobbies: enjoying outdoors, cooking and eating veggies, volunteering
goldmanm@mit.edu

Kevin Kauffman

Interests: nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, drug delivery
Group: Anderson Lab
Year: 2012
Undergrad: Ohio State
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Hobbies: basketball, tennis, piano, rock climbing
kjkauffm@mit.edu

Mark Keibler

Interest: cancer metabolism, systems biology
Group: Stephanopoulous Lab
Year: 2010
Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park
Hometown: Baltimore, MD, USA
Hobbies: playing guitar, concerts, board games, drawing
mkeibler@mit.edu

Anasuya Mandal

Interests: biomaterials, immunology
Group: Hammond/Irvine Lab
Year: 2011
Undergrad: IIT Bombay
Hometown: Chandigarh, India
Hobbies: photography, music, cooking, writing
anasuya@mit.edu