Principal Investigator
Siva A. Vanapalli
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
M.S., Food Science, Penn State University
B. Tech., Agricultural & Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Curriculum Vitae
Zeina S. Khan
Ph.D., Physics, University of Toronto
M.Sc., Physics, University of Toronto
B.Sc. Hon., Physics, Univ. of Toronto
Research Interests: Microfluidic devices
for cancer diagnostics
Biddut Bhattacharjee
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,
University of British Columbia
M.Sc. and B.Sc., Industrial &
Production Eng., BUET, Bangladesh
Research Interests: Droplet microfluidics in
biomedical applications
Swastika Bithi
M.S., Chemical Engineering,
University of North Dakota, USA
B.S., Chemical Engineering,
Bangladesh University of Eng. &
Tech., Bangladesh
Research Interests: Microfludic
Droplet Arrays
Deepak Solomon
B.E., Chemical Engineering, VTU, India
Research Interests: Microfluidic Viscometry
Jihye Kim
B.E., Industrial Chemistry,
Sangmyung University, South
Korea
Research Interests: Microfluidic
Crystallization
William S. Wang
J.D., Southern Methodist University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell
University, USA
Research Interests: Droplet Traffic
Undergraduate Students
Lab Alumni
Post Doctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
Researcher
Level
Period of Research
Subsequent Activity
Jeffrey Aday
Undergr.
09/09 – 05/11
Univ. of New Mexico Medical School
Jennifer Henry
Undergr.
01/10 – 05/11
Quorum Business Solutions, Houston
Rebecca McLean
Undergr.
09/09 – 12/10
Ajeya Mandarapu
Undergr.
07/09 – 12/10
Chad Paton
Post Doc.
09/10 – 12/10
Michael Atilano
Undergr.
01/10 – 05/10
Abel Cortinas
Undergr.
07/09 – 05/10
Francisco Amador
Undergr.
01/09 – 12/09
Emily Kostelecky
Undergr.
01/09–04/09; 09/09–12/09
Dental School
Joshua Wilson
Undergr.
01/09 – 08/09
Michelle Audsei
Undergr.
01/09 – 08/09
Gilbert Salinas
Undergr.
05/09 – 08/09
Timmy Corini
Undergr.
05/09 – 08/09
Bibi Olomola
Undergr.
01/09 – 04/09
Rachel Green
Undergr.
01/09 – 04/09
Conoco Philips
Mizanur Rahman
M.S., Chemical Engineering, North
Carolina A&T State University, USA
B.S., Chemical Engineering,
Bangladesh University of
Engineering & Technology (BUET),
Bangladesh
Research Interests: Biomechanics of
worms in microscale confinement
Nabiollah Kamyabi
M.Sc. & B.Sc., Chemical
Engineering, Sharif University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran
Research Interests: Cancer diagnosis
using microfluidics
Mehdi Nekouei
M.Sc. & B.Sc., Chemical
Engineering, Sharif University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran
Research Interests: Microfluidic droplet
coalescence, modeling and simulation