Shayna Hilburg, Ph.D.

Currently: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Autonomous retrosynthesis of non-viral DNA delivery vectors

Greg Newbloom, Ph.D.

Currently: CEO & Founder, Membrion Inc.

Nanostructured ceramic membranes for redox flow batteries

Fabio Baum, Ph.D.

Currently: Professor Visitante, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA)

AI-driven sonochemical synthesis of nanomaterials

Kiran Vaddi, Ph.D.

Data representation for AI-driven materials acceleration

Rebecca Vincent, Ph.D.

Non-invasive analysis of battery health using non-linear EIS

David Li, Ph.D.

Photoacoustic clot breakup using functional nanoemulsions

Claire Benstead (Ph.D. 2026)

Membranes from living hydrogel materials for distributed biomanufacturing

Co-advised with Prof. Bergsman

Zachery Wylie (Ph.D. 2026)

Self-driving laboratory workflow for nanomaterials synthesis, purification, and isolation

Huat Thart-Chiang (Ph.D. 2025)

Currently: Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore (with Prof. Pat Doyle and Prof. Saif Khan)

Data-driven analysis of experimental design spaces for colloidal synthesis and assembly

Previously a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University

Brenden Pelkie (Ph.D. 2025)

Currently: Chemical Engineer, Interlune

Development of synthesis pipelines for autonomous laboratories

Karen Li (Ph.D. 2025)

Currently: Intel

Structure and property control in organic mixed ionic and electronic conducting polymers (OMIEC)

Sage Scheiwiller (Ph.D. 2024)

Currently: Engineer, ASML

Structural analysis of conjugated polymer-polymer composites and blends

Maria Politi (Ph.D. 2024)

Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Acceleration Consortium, University of Toronto

AI-driven optimization of soft-matter and nanomaterials with open-source laboratory automation

Co-advised with Prof. Adler and Prof. Beck

Lorenzo Guio (Ph.D. 2024)

Currently: CoMotion at University of Washington

Synthesis and assembly of donor-acceptor conjugated polymers

Co-advised with Prof. Christine Luscombe

Kacper Lachowski (Ph.D. 2023)

Currently: Scientist, Arzeda

Self-assembly in sequence defined polymers and their use in controlled synthesis of nanomaterials

Jaime Rodriguez (Ph.D. 2021)

Currently: Data Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Advanced materials for flow batteries

Caitlyn Wolf (Ph.D. 2021)

Currently: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST Center for Neutron Research

Polymer simulation and neutron scattering

Yi-Ting Lee (Ph.D. 2019)

Ultrasound manipulation of emulsion systems

Ryan Kastilani (Ph.D. 2019)

Currently: Software Engineer, The Trade Desk, Inc.

Nanomaterial synthesis via interfacial structuring

Yuyin Xi (Ph.D. 2018)

Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Field-directed and self-assembly of conjugated polymers

Pablo de la Iglesia (Ph.D. 2015)

Structure of conductive organogels

Jeff Richards (Ph.D. 2014)

Currently: Associate Professor, Northwestern University

Structure control in polymer solar-cells

Greg Newbloom (Ph.D. 2014)

Percolation in conjugated polymer networks

See also: Postdoctoral Researchers

Monica Ospinal (Ph.D. 2013)

Advanced nanostructures for protein separations

Kjersta Larson-Smith (Ph.D. 2012)

Currently: Technical Lead Engineer, Boeing Research & Technology

Nanoparticle self-assembly in dispersion

Kathleen Weigandt (Ph.D. 2012)

Currently: Staff Scientist, NIST Center for Neutron Research

Structure and rheology of fiber networks

Christopher Gould (M.S. 2025)

Automation workflow for high-throughput mechanochemical synthesis of polymer libraries

Faiza Abdillahi (M.S. 2024)

Meta-model analysis for ML prediction of solubility

Elizabeth Harmon (M.S. 2022)

Structured hydrogels for biomanufacturing

Cameron Tavacoli (M.S. 2022)

Sonochemical exfoliation of borides

Shrilakshmi Bonageri (M.S. 2020)

Data sorting for high-throughput experiments

Canfeng Wei (M.S. 2018)

Ceramic membranes for flow-battery applications

Kiran Kanekal (M.S. 2016)

Structure and dynamics of conjugated polymers

Michael Lombardo (M.S. 2014)

Self-assembly of nanoparticle clusters