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PEOPLE
Dr. Kurt Ristroph
Dr. Ristroph is the lab's principal investigator and an assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering. 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.
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS AND STAFF SCIENTISTS
Mojhdeh Baghbanbashi
mbaghban@purdue.edu
Shivendra Tenguria
stenguri@purdue.edu
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Sophia Dasaro
sdasaro@purdue.edu
Gabriel Harris
harrisgs@purdue.edu
Luiza S B L de Oliveira
lstolteb@purdue.edu
Luke Johnson
john2494@purdue.edu
Faezeh Masoomi
fmasoomi@purdue.edu
Titania Bethiana
tbethian@purdue.edu
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Rachel Zheng
zheng592@purdue.edu
Lukas Sizemore
lasizemo@purdue.edu
Caleb Fretz
cfretz@uoguelph.ca
Alicia Zeh
azeh@purdue.edu
Emma Kessinger
ekessing@purdue.edu
Ingrid Melton
immelton@purdue.edu
Laurian Lien
llien@purdue.edu
ALUMNI
Michael McGovern (B.S. 2023) – next position: Technical Services and Manufacturing Scientist, Eli Lilly
Pablo Vega-Vásquez (postdoc) – next position: North America Plant Health Risk Assessment Lead, Bayer
Andy Liu (SURF 2023)
Deepika Madireddy (M.S. 2023)
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