Alumni

Emily Chen Song Present position: Senior Scientist, DuPont.
Nathan Volchko
John Mikhail Present position: Bioinformatics Scientist, Insilica.
Marat Andreev Present position: Machine Learning computer scientist, Peak Nano.
Phoebe Weil Present position: Graduate student, Cornell University.
Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas Post-Doctoral Fellow. Present position: CEO at Lobby 7.
Ewa Sroczyk Visiting student, Electrospinning membranes for skin patches. Ph.D.
candidate in Material Science at AGH University of Science and
Technology. Present position: Postdoctoral researcher, Tufts University.
Junli Hao Postdoctoral Researcher at RWTH Aachen University
Jeonyoon Lee Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
David Nicholson Ph.D. 2020 Thesis: “Molecular Simulation Of Nucleation From Flowing
Polymer Melts.”
Rachel Passos Post-Doctoral Associate, Present Position: Postdoc Fellow, Department of
Biosystems Engineering, University of São Paulo.
Kedi Hu Undergraduate Student. Research topic: “Electrospun Fibers.”
Yi-Min Lin Ph.D. 2019. Thesis: “Performance and Mechanism of Emulsion Separation using Electrospun
Fiber Membranes</a >”. Present position: Applied Materials, Sunnyvale, CA
Erik Allen Ph.D. 2008, Thesis: A Novel Algorithm for Creating Density Dependent,
Coarse-Grained Models for Simulation of Surfactant Systems. Present
position: Green Point Energy, Cambridge, MA.
Miguel Amat Post-Doctoral Associate. Molecular simulation of surface properties.
Present Position: Department of Biochemistry, University of
Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
Sudhakar Balijepali Post-Doctoral Associate, Present position: Dow Chemical Company, Midland
MI.
Mark Bathe Ph.D. 2004, Thesis:
Inverse Monte Carlo simulation of biomolecular conformation and
coarse-grained molecular modeling of chondroitin sulfate conformation,
titration, and osmotic pressure</a >
Present position: Associate Professor, Biological Engineering
Department, MIT.
Frederick E. Bernardin Ph. D. 2007, Thesis:

“Application of Semi-Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (SGMC) Methods to
Describe Non-Equilibrium Polymer Systems”.</a >
Present Position: Bolt Beranek and Newman Technologies, Cambridge, MA
Pradipto Bhattacharjee Post-Doctoral Associate. Fundamental studies on electrospinning of
polymeric nanofibers. Present position: RMIT University, Victoria,
Australia.
Indrani Bhattacharyya Post-Doctoral Associate. Electrospinning for Continuous Manufacturing of
Pharmaceuticals. Present position: Corning, Inc, Painted Post, NY
Alexander Bourque Ph.D. 2017, Thesis: Discovery and Design of Additives for Novel Polymer
Morphology and Performance. Present position: NRC Post-doc, NIST,
Gaithersburg, MD.
Alexander Brayton M.S.CEP 2016. Present position: TechnipFMC, Houston, TX
Sezen Buell Ph.D. 2010, Thesis: Multiscale Modeling and Analysis of Nanofibers and
Nonwoven Materials. (Program in Polymer Science and Technology). Present
position: Proctor and Gamble
Franco Capaldi  (www)</a > Ph.D. 2005, Thesis:
“Atomistic simulations of octacyclopentyl polyhedral oligomeric
silsesquioxane polyethylene nanocomposites”.</a >
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
Jeffrey D. Carbeck Ph.D. 1996, Thesis:
“Temperature-Dependent Structure and Properties of Crystalline
Poly(vinylidene fluoride) from Molecular Simulation”.</a >
Present position: MC10, Waltham, MA
.
Saptarshi Chattopadhyay Post-Doctoral Associate. Carbon Micro- and Nanofibers as Adsorbents in
Filter Media. Present position: CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals Inc., Woburn,
Massachusetts.
Liang Chen Ph.D. 2009, Thesis: Next Generation of Electrospun Textiles for Chemical
and Biological Protection and Air Filtration. Present position:
CB&I, Pasadena TX.
Hansohl Cho Post-Doctoral Associate. Multi-scale Modeling of Thermoplastic
Elastomers. Present position: Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea.
Seonjin Choi Visting Scholar, Electrospinning of Inorganic Nanofibers. in Water
Purification. Present position: PhD Candidate, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Simon Choong Ph.D. 2014, Thesis: Application of Electrospun Fiber Membranes in Water
Purification. Present position: Gradiant Corp., Woburn, MA.
Frederick L. Colhoun Ph.D 2000. Thesis: Relaxaion of Processing Induced Orientation in
Polymer Melts. Present position: Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport,
TN.
Neha Datta Visiting Scholar, Electrospun nonwovens for photochemical tissue
bonding.
Predrag Djuranovic M.S. 2012. Thesis:
Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Orientation-Induced Nucleation in
Short Alkanes: Toward Molecular Modeling of Flow-Induced
Crystallization in Polymer</a >
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Keith Forward PostDoctoral Associate. Electrospinning for Continuous Manufacturing of
Pharmaceuticals. Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of
Chemical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,
CA.
Steven H. Foulger Ph.D. 1996, Thesis:
“Molecular Simulation of Liquid Crystalline Polyesters”</a >. Present position: Professor, School of Materials Science and
Engineering, Clemson University.
Sergey V. Fridrikh Visiting Scientist. Research topic:
Electrohydrodynamic Theory</a >
Present Position: Nuance Communications, Burlington, MA
Sumit Gautam M.S. 2000. Thesis: The Role of Chain Tilt in Semi-Crystalline Polymer
Interphases, Studied Through Molecular Simulation. Present position:
McKinsey and Co., CA
Anil Gopala M.S.CEP 1995, Present position: Charles River Associates, Cambridge, MA.
Fei Guo Post-Doctoral Associate, Development of Novel Electrospun Fiber
Membranes for Water Purification Applications
Sang Il Han Post-Doctoral Associate. Responsive Membranes for Gas Permeation.
Present position: Assistant Professor, Changwon National University,
Korea.
Yoshihiro Hori Visiting Scholar. Molecular modelling of organic-inorganic materials for
sub-10 nm self-assembly. Present position: PhD candidate, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan
Markus Hütter  (email) Post-Doctoral Associate, 2004 Research Topic: Polymer Crystallization:
Coupling of Solid and Liquid Phase Present Position: Associate
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of
Technology, Eindhoven, Netherland
Ahmed E. Ismail Ph.D. 2005, Thesis:
“Multiresolution methods for materials modeling via
coarse-graining”.</a >
Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical
Engineering, West Virginia University
Ji-Soo Jang Visiting Scholar. Development of Stretchable & Conductive
Electrospun Nanofibers for Stretchable Gas Sensors Present position:
Ph.D. Candidate, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Amrit Kalra Post-Doctoral Associate, 2004 Present position: Shell International
B.V., Houston, TX.
Anjali A. Khare Post-Doctoral Associate. Present position: Technology Strategy, Inc.,
Cambridge, MA.
Jun Mo Kim Post-Doctoral Associate. Molecular Modeling of Semicrystalline Polymer:
Plastic Deformation Present position: Ulsan National Institute of
Science and Technology
Min Jae Ko Post-Doctoral Associate, 2004 Present position: Korea Institute of
Science and Technology (KIST).
Vaibhaw Kumar Post-Doctoral Associate. Investigating the Effect of Branching on the
Properties of Semicrystalline Polymer Using Molecular Simulations
Present position: Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC.
Vikram K. Kuppa Post-Doctoral Associate, 2008 Present position: Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of
Cincinnati.
Shahd Labib Graduate Student, 2017 Present position: Lam Reasearch, San Francisco,
CA.
Daniel J. Lacks Post-Doctoral Associate. Present position: Case Western Reserve
University, Chemical Engineering Department, C. Benson Branch Professor.
Marc Lavine Post-Doctoral Associate. Present position: American Associate for the
Advancement of Science, Washington, DC., Associate Editor
Jason Lee Ph.D. 2013, Thesis: Novel Composite Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel
Cell Applications. Present position: Assistant Professor-in-Residence,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Jung Ah Lee Post-Doctoral Associate. Surface active multifunctional electrospun
silicone nanofiber membranes. Present position: General Electric Co.
Sanghun Lee Post-Doctoral Associate. Present position: Samsung, Korea
Nikolaos Lempesis Post-Doctoral Associate. Multi-scale Theoretical Modeling of
Thermoplastic Polyurethanes. Present position: Senior Research
Associate, ETH Zürich.
Yong Li Graduate student, Technology and Policy Program. Present position: MIT
TPP.
Ming-Yuan Liao Post-Doctoral Associate. Present position: Associate Professor, Graduate
Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan
University, Taiwan.
Joe Lowery Ph.D. 2010, Thesis: Characterization and Modification of Porosity in
Electrospun Polymeric Materials for Tissue Engineering Applications.
Present position: DuPont Advanced Fibers, Richmond, VA
Minglin Ma  (www)</a > Ph.D. 2008 Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of
Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Ateeque Malani Post-Doctoral Associate. Molecular Modeling of Three-Phase Contact.
Present position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
Oleg Manevitch Post-Doctoral Associate. Research Topic: Molecular simulation of polymer
nanocomposites. Present position: Russian Academy of Sciences.
Matthew Mannarino Ph.D. 2013 Thesis: Characterization and modification of Electrospun
Fiber Mats for Use in Composite Proton Exchange Membranes Present
position: NeoGraft Technologies, Taunton, MA.
Xianwen Mao Post-Doctoral Associate. Electrochemical Control of Redox-Responsive
Gels for Organics-Water Separation. Present position: Post-Doctoral
Associate, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY.
Shawn W. Mowry Ph.D. 2002 Thesis: Atomistic simulation of the alpha_c relaxation in
semicrystalline polyethylene. Present position: ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge,
LA.
Paola B. Nasser M.Eng. 2002 Thesis: Remote Microscope for Polymer Crystallization
WebLab. Present position:
Peter H. Nelson Ph.D. 1998 Thesis:
“Simulation of Self-Assembled Polymer and Surfactant Systems”</a >. Present position: Professor, Department of Physics, Benedictine
University, Lisle, IL
David C. Oda Ph.D., 1998, Thesis: “Determination of Orientation in Aromatic
Polyesters”. Present position: OSI Software, Inc., San Leandro, CA
Chia-Ling Pai Ph.D. 2011, Thesis: Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun
Polymeric Fibers and Their Nonwoven Fabrics. Present position: Applied
Materials, CA
Jay Park Post-Doctoral Associate, 2017. Present Position: Assistant Professor,
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Plastics Engineering,
Lowell, MA.
Derik A. Pridmore M.S. 2005, Thesis:
Online polymer crystallization experiment”</a >
Present Position: McKinsey, New York, NY
Sakul Ratanalert Ph.D. 2018, Thesis: Sequence Design Principles for 3D Wireframe DNA
Origami. Present Position: Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Wei-Ning Shen Visiting Scholar. Present position: University of California at Los
Angeles, Department of Chemical Engineering, graduate student.
Y. Michael Shin Ph.D. 2000. Thesis:
“Formation of polymer nanofibers from electrified fluid jets”</a >
Present position: Orteq Bioengineering, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Maryanne Spiers Visiting Scholar. The Development of Electrospun Conductive Polymers for
Gas Sensing Applications Present position: Graduate Student, Swinburne
University, Melbourne, Australia.
Daniel Talavera M.Eng. 2003 Thesis:
“On-Line Laboratory for Remote Polymer Crystallization Experiments
Using Optical Microscopy”</a >.
Wenda Tian Ph.D. 2018, Thesis: Nanostructured Electroactive Polymeric Composites
for Energy Storage and Separation Applications. Present position:
McKinsey and Company, San Francisco, CA.
Kirill Titievsky Ph.D. 2009, Thesis: Physical Interpretation of Coarse-Grained
Bead-Spring Models of Complex Fluids. Present position: Department of
Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Pieter in ‘t Veld Post-Doctoral Associate. Research Topic: Molecular simulation of polymer
interphases. Present Position: BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Numan Waheed Ph.D. 2005, Thesis:
“Molecular simulation of crystal growth in alkane and polyethylene
melts”.</a >
Present Position: Bain and Co., Atlanta, GA.
Mao Wang Post-Doctoral Associate, 2005 Research Topic:
Electrospinning</a >
Present position: Chicago Kent School of Law, Chicago, IL
John L. Wilhelmi M.S. 1996, Thesis:
“Study of the Structure and Properties of the Polymer Crystalline
Surface”</a >
Present position: Eastern Research Group, Lexington, MA.
Ying Yang Post-Doctoral Associate. Functional responsive nanofiber membranes for
environmental, chemical and biological processing. Present position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China
Peng Yi Ph. D. 2011, Thesis:

“Molecular Simulation of Homogeneous Nucleation in n-Alkane Melts.</a >
Present Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, MD
Jian H. Yu Ph. D. 2007, Thesis:

“Electrospinning of Polymeric Nanofiber Materials: Process
Characterization and Unique Applications”.</a >
Present Position: United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Yuxi Zhang Ph. D. 2013, Thesis: Electrospun Fibers with Tunable Electrical
Conductivity. Present Position: Dow Chemical Co., Freeport, TX.
Shuze Zhu Post-Doctoral Associate. Multi-scale Theoretical Modeling of
Thermoplastic Polyurethanes. Present Position: Post-Doctoral Associate,
Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.

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