Group Members

Postdoctoral and Visiting Researchers

Jonathan Coote

Postdoctoral Researcher 

Jonathan Coote

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering - University of Tennessee (2022)
B.S.  Chemical Engineering - Tulane University (2013)

Research Topic: Toughening of polylactide with diblock copolymer additives
Co-advised by Prof. Chris Ellison

Office: Amundson 316
Email: [email protected]

Shuquan Cui

Postdoctoral Researcher 

Shuquan Cui

Ph.D. Polymer Science - Fudan University (2021)
B.S. Polymer Science - Fudan University (2016)

Research Topic: Phase behavior of bottlebrush copolymers
Co-advised by Prof. Tim Lodge
 
Office: 10C Smith Hall
Email: [email protected]

Daun Jeong

Postdoctoral Researcher 

Daun Jeong
Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Engineering - Seoul National University (2022)


B.S. Environmental Materials and Science & Chemical and Biological Engineering - Seoul National University (2016)


Research Topic: Block copolymer compatibilizer.
Co-advised by Prof. Chris Ellison

Office: 210 Amundson Hall
Email: [email protected]

Subrata Santra

Postdoctoral Researcher 

Subrata Santra
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 2023
M. Sc. Presidency University, 2015
B.Sc. University of Calcutta, 2013

Research Topic: Bottlebrush terpolymers
Co-advised by Prof. Timothy Lodge 

Office: 10C Smith Hall
Email: [email protected]
 
 

Graduate Students

Yukti Bharde

Graduate Student 

Yukti Bharde

 

Bachelor's in Fibres and Textile Processing Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (2022)

Research Topic: Melt blown Fibre

Office: Amundson 316
Email: [email protected]

Alison Block

Graduate Student 

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B.S. Chemistry - Carleton College (2022)

Research Topic: Sustainable polymers
Co-advised by Prof. Marc Hillmyer

Office: Kolthoff 686
Email: [email protected]

 

Evan Danielson

Graduate Student 

Evan Danielson
B.S. Chemical Engineering - Miami University (2023)
 
Research Topic: Block copolymer chain exchange
Co-advised by Prof. Tim Lodge

Office: Amundson 316 
Email: [email protected] 

 

Joshua Goetze

Graduate Student 

Josh Goetze

B.S. Chemical Engineering - The Ohio State University (2020) 

Research Topic: Melt-blown fibers
Co-advised by Prof. Chris Ellison 

Office: Amundson 316
Email: [email protected] 

 

Nusrat Jahan

Graduate Student 

Nusrat Jahan

B.S. Chemical Engineering - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2021)

Research Topic: Block copolymer compatibilizers
Co-advised by Prof. Chris Ellison 

Office: Amundson 316
Email: [email protected] 

 

Ashutosh Nehete

Graduate Student 

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M.S. Aerosol Science and Engineering - Washington University in St. Louis (2022)

B.Tech. Chemical Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2021)

Research Topic: Molecular Dynamics for block copolymer compatibilizers
Co-advised by Prof. Kevin Dorfman

Office: Amundson 19
Email: [email protected]

Kaavya Nimmakayala

Graduate Student 

 Kaavya Nimmakayala

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering - Virginia Polytechnic and State University (2021)

Research Topic: Structured soft materials for phosphate sequestration in water
Co-advised by Prof. Valerie Pierre

Office: Kolthoff 382
Email: [email protected]

Dechen Rota

Graduate Student 

Dechen Rota

B.S. Chemical Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023)

Research Topic: Block Copolymers
Co-advised by Prof. Lynn Walker


Office: TBD
Email: [email protected]

Bradley Samberg

Graduate Student 

Bradley Samberg

B.S. in Materials Science - Ohio State University (2023)

Research Topic: Magnetorheology of tri-block poloxamers
Co-advised by Michelle Calabrese


Office: Amundson 336
Email: [email protected]

Yukai Shi

Graduate Student 

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MRes - Chemical Engineering - Imperial College London (2021)
B.S. Physics - Nanjing University (2020)

Research Topic: Bicontinuous microemulsions
Co-advised by Prof. Timothy Lodge


Office: Amundson 316
Email: [email protected]

Ray Tsai

Graduate Student 

Ray Tsai

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2025)

Research Topic: Block copolymer compatibilizer
Co-advised by Prof. Chris Ellison


Office: Amundson 316
Email: [email protected]