Team

Umut Akova

Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering Major
Biotechnology & Biochemical
Engineering Minor
umutakova2020(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Chloé Archuleta

PhD Student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
 B.S. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
chloearchuleta2024(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu
Twitter: @ChloeMarchuleta

Katherine Berman

PhD Candidate
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
B.S. Biological Sciences, Drexel University
katherineberman2015(at)u
(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Dylan Brown

PhD Student
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico
M.S. in Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University
dylanbrown2025(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

David Bushhouse

PhD Student
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
B.S. Biology, Hampden-Sydney College
davidbushhouse2025(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Luyi Cheng

PhD Candidate
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Washington
luyicheng2022(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Edric Choi

PhD Candidate
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
B.S. in Biochemistry, B.A. in Computer Science, Denison University
edricchoi2025(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu
@edric_choi

Kelly Gebman

Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering Major
KellyGebman2022(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Laura Hertz

PhD Student
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
B.S. Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University
LauraHertz2027(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Kirsten Jung

PhD Candidate
Chemical and Biological Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering,
Columbia University in the City of New York
kirstenjung2022(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu
Twitter: @kirstenjung93

Charlotte Knopp

Lab Manager
Chemical and Biological Engineering
B.A. Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College
charlotte(dot)knopp(at)northwestern(dot)edu

Jenni Li

PhD Student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
jenni(dot)li(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Crestelynne Ligo

Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering Major
crestelynneligo2022(at)u(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Julius Lucks, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
jblucks(at)northwestern(dot)edu

Rebecca Rasmussen

PhD Candidate
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
B.S. Chemistry-Biochemistry, B.M. Music Performance, Northern Illinois University
RebeccaRasmussen2023(at)u(dot)
northwestern(dot)edu

Russell Steans

Undergraduate Student
Biological Sciences Major
RussellSteans2022(at)u(dot)northwestern
(dot)edu

Walter Thavarajah

PhD Candidate
Chemical and Biological Engineering
B.S. Bioengineering: Biotechnology, University of California,
San Diego
walterthavarajah2022(at)u(dot)
northwestern(dot)edu
Twitter: @wthavara

Andrea Thompson

Lab Manager
Chemical and Biological Engineering
andrea(dot)thompson (at)northwestern(dot)edu