Current Students

Just Graduated	Name	Dept	Research Interest	Email	Advisor(s)
	Anderson, Grace	Materials Science and Engineering	Polymers and Materials Design for Biotherapeutics	graceia@mit.edu	Ariel L. Furst
	Alfaraj, Yasmeen	Chemistry	Polymer Chemistry and Organic Materials: polyMOC Development	alfarajy@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson
	Bueno, Eduardo Nombera	Chemical Engineering	TBD	enombera@mit.edu	Paula T. Hammond and Darrell J. Irvine
	Carrick, Brian	Chemical Engineering	Networks	bcarrick@mit.edu	Bradley D. Olsen
	Cho, Yehlin	Materials Science and Engineering	Developing Functional Biomolecules to Deliver Biotherapeutics	yehlin@mit.edu	Bradley L. Pentelute
	Chua, Lauren	Materials Science and Engineering	Large Scale Simulations for (de)Polymerization and Enabling Chemistries for Degradation/Upcycling Using ML	lchua@mit.edu	Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
	Chuang, Min-chen (Tiffany)	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	tjuang@mit.edu	Timothy M. Swager
	Cruz, Juan Cintron	Materials Science and Engineering	Study, Synthesis, and Applications of Polymer Networks	jcintron@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson
	Cunin, Camille	Materials Science and Engineering	TBA	ccunin@mit.edu	Aristide Gumyusenge
	Davis, Anna	Chemistry	TBD	agdavis@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnsona
	Diaco, Nicholas	Mechanical Engineering	Multi-wavelength Vat Polymerization	diaco@mit.edu	A. John Hart
	Gordon, Collette T.	Chemistry	Designing Polymers with Conductive Properties for Sensing PFA’s to Heavy Metals	ctgordon@mit.edu	Timothy M. Swager
	Guo, Zhewen	Materials Science and Engineering	TBA	zwg@mit.edu	Timothy M. Swager
	Jeang, William	Materials Science and Engineering	Living Therapeutic Implants with Enhanced Mass Transport	wjeang@mit.edu	Daniel G. Anderson
	Johnson, Alayna	Chemistry	Cyclic Silyl Ether Monomers as Tools for Enabling Chemical Deconstructability in Industrially-Relevant Polymers	alaynaj@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson
	Johnson, Spencer	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	sjohn7@mit.edu	T.J. Wallin
	Kaser, Samuel	Chemistry	Structure and Dynamics of Plant Cell Wall Biopolymers	skaser@mit.edu	Zachary P. Smith
	Krucker, Emily	Chemical Engineering	Nonlinear Electrokinetics	ekrucker@mit.edu	Alfredo Alexander-Katz and Martin Z. Bazant
	Lee, Eric	Materials Science and Engineering	TBA	leer@mit.edu	Aristide Gumyusenge
	Lensch, Valerie	Chemistry	PENDING	vlensch@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson and Laura L. Kiessling
	Liu, Jiayi	Mechanical Engineering	TBD	jiayiliu@mit.edu	Xuanhe Zhao
	Lundberg, David	Chemical Engineering	Applied PolyMOC Gels	davidjl@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson and Zachary P. Smith
	Mamrol, Natalie	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	ndmamrol@mit.edu	Bradley D. Olsen and Gregory C. Rutledge
	Meacham, Rebecca	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	meacham@mit.edu	Aristide Gumyusenge
	Petrov, Artem	Chemical Engineering	TBD	aipetrov@mit.edu	Alfredo Alexander-Katz and Gregory C. Rutledge
	Phong, Jason	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	jkphong@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson and Yang Shao-Horn
	Pryor, Mae	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	mpryor@mit.edu	Paula T. Hammond
	Ravi, Basuhi	Materials Science and Engineering	Investigation of environmentally sustainable and economically feasible end-of-life options for post-consumer plastic waste management	basuhi@mit.edu	Elsa A. Olivetti
	Rios, Tatem	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	trios@mit.edu	Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
	Roh, Heejung	Mechanical Engineering	Design and synthesis of mixed ionic and electronic conductors (MIECs) for electrochemical applications	heejungr@mit.edu	Aristide Gumyusenge and Mircea Dinca
	Ryu, Jewel	Chemical Engineering	TBA	carbon12@mit.edu	Mircea Dinca and Yuri Roman
	Sass, Jacob	Chemical Engineering	TBA	sassj@mit.edu	Alfredo Alexander-Katz
	Sbalbi, Nicholas A.	Chemical Engineering	TBA	nants00@mit.edu	Robert J. Macfarlane and William Tisdale
	Shin, Juhwan	Materials Science and Engineering	TBA	jhshin@mit.edu	Christopher Cummins
	Shen, Sabrina	Materials Science and Engineering	Exploration and design of hierarchical biomaterials and bio-inspired materials	scshen@mit.edu	Markus J. Buehler
	Singhal, Avni	Materials Science and Engineering	TBA	avni@mit.edu	Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
	Storme, Kayla	Chemistry	Design of polymers for chemical separations in applications like carbon capture, and natural gas treatment	kstorme@mit.edu	Timothy M. Swager
	Sturd, Erin F.	Chemical Engineering	TBA	ersturd@mit.edu	Robert J. Macfarlane and Zachary P. Smith
	Sun, Zehao	Materials Science and Engineering	Self-Assembly of Janus-Type Multi-Block Bottlebrush Copolymers	zehao@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson and Caroline A. Ross
	Thrasher, Carl	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	cthrash@mit.edu	A. John Hart and Robert J. Macfarlane
	Vargas, Sofia	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	sofia663@mit.edu	Katharina Ribbeck
	Wang, Chonghe	Mechanical Engineering	TBD	chonghe@mit.edu	Xuanhe Zhao
	Wenning, Michaela	Chemical Engineering	TBD	wenning@mit.edu	Daniel G. Anderson
	Woo, Seungyeon	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	sywoo@mit.edu	Robert J. Macfarlane
	Yuan, Weize	Chemistry	Designing and Application of Structured Conducting Polymer Actuator	w96yuan@mit.edu	Timothy M. Swager
	Zaragoza, Nadia	Materials Science and Engineering	Biomaterials for Women’s Health	nadz@mit.edu	Ariel L. Furst
	Zhang, Mark	Chemistry	TBD	szhang11@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson
	Zhou, Kevin	Materials Science and Engineering	TBD	kevinz78@mit.edu	A. John Hart and Robert J. Macfarlane

Congratulations to our most recent PPSM Graduates:
Sarah Antilla ’23
Sarah Av-Ron ’23
Haley Beech ’23
Sachin Bhagchandani ’23
Ty Christoff-Tempesta ’22
Richard Church ’23
Pierre A. Colombe ’22
Elad Deiss-Yehiely ’23
Yanpu He ’22
Shayna L. Hilburg
Celestine Hong ’22
Brandon Johnston ’23
Eesha Khare ’23
Joshua M. Kubiak ’21
Margaret S. Lee ’22
Xinyue Liu ’22
Katherine Mizrahi ’22
Somesh Mohapatra ’22
Matthew Pearson ’22
Ke Qin ’22
Irina Rasid ’21
Jake Song ’23
Michael Stolberg ’23
Sheryl Wang ’22
Wencong Wang ’22
Emiko Zumbro ’20

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