OUR TEAM

 

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Prof. Ryan Truby (he/him/his)
Prof. Ryan Truby (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor | Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering


Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. EunBi Oh (she/her/hers)
Dr. EunBi Oh (she/her/hers)

Postdoctoral Scholar | Materials Science & Engineering


Ph.D., Chemistry, Northwestern University

B.S., Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

eunbi[at]northwestern.edu

 

Dr. Taekyoung Kim (he/him/his)
Dr. Taekyoung Kim (he/him/his)

Postdoctoral Scholar | Materials Science & Engineering


Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University

taekyoung.kim[at]northwestern.edu

Alexander Kane (he/him/his)
Alexander Kane (he/him/his)

Ph.D. Candidate | Materials Science & Engineering


B.Sc., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida

B.Sc., Mathematics, University of Florida

Certificate in Polymer Science, University of Florida

alexander.kane[at]northwestern.edu

Alex Evenchik (he/him/his)
Alex Evenchik (he/him/his)

Ph.D. Candidate | Materials Science & Engineering


S.B., Materials Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

aevenchik[at]u.northwestern.edu

Pranav Kaarthik (he/him/his)
Pranav Kaarthik (he/him/his)

Ph.D. Candidate | Mechanical Engineering


M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

pranavkaarthik2022[at]u.northwestern.edu

Emmy Markgraf (she/her/hers)
Emmy Markgraf (she/her/hers)

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science and Engineering


B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington

emmy.markgraf[at]northwestern.edu

Alec Lucas (he/him/his)
Alec Lucas (he/him/his)

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science and Engineering


B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Purdue University

alec.lucas[at]northwestern.edu

Eric Yang (he/him/his)
Eric Yang (he/him/his)

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science & Engineering


B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

eric.yang3[at]northwestern.edu

 

Haodong Wang (he/him/his)
Haodong Wang (he/him/his)

M.S. Student | Mechanical Engineering


B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison

haodongwang2025[at]u.northwestern.edu

Alex Torres-Soto (he/him/his)
Alex Torres-Soto (he/him/his)

M.S. Student | Mechanical Engineering


B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

alexandertorressoto2024[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Jared Yang (he/him/his)
Jared Yang (he/him/his)

Undergraduate Researcher


4th-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

jaredmyang[at]u.northwestern.edu

Cooper Hanley (he/him/his)
Cooper Hanley (he/him/his)

Undergraduate Researcher


3rd-Year B.A. Student, Chemistry & Biology, Northwestern University

cooperhanley2025[at]u.northwestern.edu

Michael Bayer (he/him/his)
Michael Bayer (he/him/his)

Undergraduate Researcher


2nd-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

michaelbayer2026[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Olivia Paik (she/her/hers)
Olivia Paik (she/her/hers)

Undergraduate Researcher


2nd-Year B.S. Student, Electrical Engineering & Psychology, Northwestern University

oliviapaik2027[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Meghna Sundaram (she/her/hers)
Meghna Sundaram (she/her/hers)

Undergraduate Researcher


2nd-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

meghnasundaram2027[at]u.northwestern.edu 

 

Former Group Members

James Avtges (he/him/his)
James Avtges (he/him/his)

Masters of Science in Robotics Student


M.S.R., Center for Robotics and Biosystems, Northwestern University

B.S., Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Simona Fine (she/her/hers)
Simona Fine (she/her/hers)

Undergraduate Researcher, B.S. Thesis Student


B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University
Anjali Shah (she/her/hers)
Anjali Shah (she/her/hers)

Undergraduate Researcher


4th-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University

Francesco Sanchez (he/him/his)
Francesco Sanchez (he/him/his)

Undergraduate Researcher


4th-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

Zack Rosenstadt (he/him/his)
Zack Rosenstadt (he/him/his)

Undergraduate Researcher


4th-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

Pranav Addepalli (he/him/his)
Pranav Addepalli (he/him/his)

Visiting Undergraduate Researcher


Final Year B.S. Student, Chemistry, University of Cambridge

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