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PEOPLE
Dr. Kurt Ristroph
Dr. Ristroph is an assistant professor at Purdue University in the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering and the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering (by courtesy). He earned bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and classics at Louisiana State University; completed a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and materials science at Princeton; and worked in civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University as a Schmidt Science Fellow. He has also spent time researching at Moderna and the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
AFFILIATE INVESTIGATOR
Brian Wilson
bkwilson@purdue.edu
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Lauren Terruso
lterruso@purdue.edu
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS, AND VISITING SCIENTISTS
Mojhdeh Baghbanbashi
mbaghban@purdue.edu
Bilal Ahmed
ahmed249@purdue.edu
Sophia Dasaro
sdasaro@purdue.edu
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Gabriel Harris
harrisgs@purdue.edu
Luke Johnson
john2494@purdue.edu
Titania Bethiana
tbethian@purdue.edu
Caleb Fretz
cfretz@purdue.edu
Emily Czaplewski
eczaplew@purdue.edu
Oun-Young Lim
olim@purdue.edu
Heather Binion
hbinion@purdue.edu
Victoria Thompson
thom2148@purdue.edu
Shradha Bhalla
bhalla8@purdue.edu
Eric Nigro
nigroe@purdue.edu
Katy Brauer
brauer6@purdue.edu
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Lana Malek
malekl@purdue.edu
Lilly Knight
lgknight@purdue.edu
Jason Thaigarajan
jthiagar@purdue.edu
ALUMNI
Carolyn Sams (B.S. BE 2026) – next position: Scientist I, Epivara
Sophia Zielinski (B.S. ChE 2026) – next position: API Process Engineer, Eli Lilly
Luke DeLion (B.S. BE 2026) – next position: Ph.D. student, University of Delaware Chemical Engineering
Laurien Lien (B.S. BE 2026) – next position: RUF Intern, UC Berkeley
Nicholas Zolnierczuk (B.S. BE 2026) – next position: Ph.D. student, Univ. of Cincinnati Chemical Engineering
Emma Kessinger (B.S. BE 2026) – next position: Bioproduct R&D Engineer, Eli Lilly
Megan Bordner (M.S. BE 2026)
Brigid Barkmeier (M.S. ME 2026) – next position: Development Lead, United States Air Force
Anas Aljabbari (postdoc 2026) – next position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Copenhagen
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Samar Sayed Ibrahim Mohamed (Fulbright 2025) – Associate Professor, National Research Centre, Egypt
Lukas Sizemore (B.S. BE 2025) – next position: Ph.D. student, Purdue Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Ingrid Melton (B.S. ChE 2025) – next position: Manufacturing Engineer, Procter & Gamble
Shivendra Tenguria (postdoc 2025) – next position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Luiza Stolte Bezerra Lisboa de Oliveira (M.S. BE 2024) – next position: Chemical Engineer, Eastman Chemical
Rachel Zheng (B.S. BE 2024) – next position: Pharmaceutical Development Associate Scientist II, Catalent
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Alicia Zeh (B.S. BE 2024) – next position: Manufacturing Engineering Associate, General Mills
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Deepika Madireddy (M.S. BE 2023) – next position: Analytical Chemist, Caterpillar Inc.
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Andy Liu (SURF 2023) – next position: Ph.D. student, MIT Chemical Engineering
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Pablo Vega-Vásquez (postdoc 2023) – next position: North America Plant Health Risk Assessment Lead, Bayer
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Michael McGovern (B.S. BE 2023) – next position: Technical Services and Manufacturing Scientist, Eli Lilly
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