People
Our Group
Our group brings together a diverse community of researchers with expertise spanning chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, materials science, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. This multidisciplinary foundation enables us to approach complex scientific challenges from multiple perspectives, blending synthesis, advanced experimentation, modeling, and instrumentation to create new insights and innovations across our research areas.
May 2025
Top Row: Visoth, Graham, Mike, Eloise, Matteo, Sasha, Sara, Ryan.
Bottom Row: Neetika, Ankit, Yin-Chen, Zach, Atlas, Victoria.
Top Row: Visoth, Graham, Mike, Eloise, Matteo, Sasha, Sara, Ryan.
Bottom Row: Neetika, Ankit, Yin-Chen, Zach, Atlas, Victoria.
Principal Investigator
Michael J. Gordon
Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering
Warren G. and Katharine S. Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB); Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC)
Warren G. and Katharine S. Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB); Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC)
Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Oleksandr (Sasha) Polonskyi
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Ankit Chauhan
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Neetika Singh
Postdoctoral Scholar
Graduate Students
Ryan Berry
Ph.D. Student
Luis Blanco (ME)
Ph.D. Student
Victoria Diaz
Ph.D. Student
Matteo Garcia-Ortiz
Ph.D. Student
Norleakvisoth Lim
Ph.D. Student
Yin-Chen Lin
Ph.D. Student
Graham Reitz
Ph.D. Student
Zachary Yam
Ph.D. Student
Undergraduate Researchers
- Anuj Acharya, ChE: spectroelectrochemistry of biomolecules
- AJ Jayaraman, ChE: reflectin protein biochemistry
- Allison Li, ME: fiber-optic sensing for soft robotics
- Victor Liang, ChE/Matl: fiber-optic sensing for soft robotics
- Shayan Mukherjee, CCS Chemistry: FDTD optical simulations
- Satvik Subbaraman, ME: fiber-optic sensing for soft robotics
Group Alumni
- Dr. Eloise Masquelier, PhD 2025, Post-doc at California Institute of Technology
- Dr. Sara Sandlass, PhD 2025, 3M Company
- Dr. Pavel Shapturenka, PhD 2021, Post-doc at U. Penn.
- Dr. Michael Haggmark, Post-doc 2020-21, Inficon
- Dr. Sheng-Ping Liang, PhD 2021, Aptitude Medical Systems
- Dr. Ryan Ley, PhD 2021, Applied Materials
- Dr. Lesley Chan, PhD 2020, Neuralink
- Dr. Katherine Mackie, PhD 2019, Hughes Research Labs
- Dr. Richard Hermann, PhD 2018, Intel
- Dr. Elizabeth Decolvenaere, PhD 2017, Achira AI
- Dr. Andrew Pebley, PhD 2017, Intel
- Dr. Alex Heilman, PhD 2017, Amazon
- Dr. Federico Lora Gonzalez, PhD 2015, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Dr. Louis Jones, PhD 2014, Millennium Space Systems (Boeing)
- Dr. Christopher Carach, PhD 2014, Intel
- Dr. Isaac Riisness, PhD 2013, Intel
- Dr. Travis Koh, PhD 2013, Applied Materials
- Dr. Raphael Ramos, Post-doc 2010-12, CEA-LITEN, Grenoble, France
- Atlas Yang, BS ChE 2025 → PhD at MIT
- Allan Tan, BS ChE 2025 → PhD at Purdue
- Phineas Lehan, BS ChE 2024 → PhD at Caltech
- Daniel Fragoso, BS ChE 2024 → Clorox
- Abhiram Devata, BS ChE 2023 → PhD at Northwestern
- Jacob Sweet, BS ChE / MS Materials → PhD in Machine Learning @ GIT
- Alan Lim, BS ChE
- Kevin Mauge, BS ChE / MS Materials → BS ChE / MS Materials at UCSB
- Viraj Ghosh, BS ChE → PhD at Rice
- Isaac Zakaria, BS ChE / MS Materials → PhD at UC Berkeley
- Mat Wanees, BS ChE → Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Aaron Chan, BS Physics → PhD at Michigan
- Wen Zhao, BS ChE → PhD at Texas A&M
- Tyler Pennebaker, BS Physics CCS → PhD at UCSB, Materials
- Oscar Wu, BS ChE → PhD at MIT
- Jae Cho, BS ChE → PhD at MIT
- Ryan Ng, BS ChE → PhD at Caltech
- Zachary Buras, BS ChE → PhD at MIT
- Cade Markegard, BS ChE → PhD at UC Irvine
- Dr. Charles Hages, BS ChE → ASM, Inc.
- Igor Chiasso Marques, BS ChE → Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
- Alex Berry, BS ChE CCS → ANSYS, Inc.
- Alec Anderson, BS ChE → Intel
- Greg Bontemps, BS ChE → Biofuels, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Calvin Jepson, BS ChE → First Solar
- Nate Lannoy, BS ChE → Technip
- Evan O'Hara, BS ChE → Solution Deposition Systems
Visitors
- Prof. Kasuke Kameda, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
- Prof. Francois Reniers, Professor of Chemistry, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Prof. Maria Diaz-Garcia, Professor of Physics, University of Alicante, Spain
- Lorenzo Volta, MS student from Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Marie Brabant, PhD student in Chemistry, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Annaelle Demaude, PhD student in Chemistry, IMEC Belgium
- Steven Addison, Science Specialist, Brywood Elementary School, MRL Research Experience for Teachers
- Lindsey Agnew, Science Teacher, Carpenteria Middle School, MRL Research Experience for Teachers
- Helen Stute, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Torge Hartig, MS Thesis, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, PhD at Kiel
- Nikki Le, High School Chemistry Teacher, Sanger Unified School District, Fresno
- Alexandra Cantarano, PhD Student, Universite de Grenoble - Alpes, France
- Therese Karmstrand, UG Internship, Chalmers University, PhD at Chalmers
- Joffrey Baneton, PhD Student, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Fabian Berkholz, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Michaela Dumberger, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Pauline Gaillard, UG Internship, Universite de Grenoble, France
- Daniel Hirche, MS Thesis, TU - Munich, PhD at TUM
- Scott Blankenbaker, UG Internship, Rose Hullman Institute of Technology
- Preston Fuks, UG Internship, UCSD
- Korina Hartmann, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Jonas Kaszoni, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Moritz Fullner, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Thomas Hancock, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Julia Brockmeier, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Gunnar Simonarson, UG Internship, Chalmers University, PhD at Chalmers
- Robert Kick, MS Thesis, TU - Munich
- Thomas Kandler, MS Thesis, TU - Munich