OUR TEAM

 

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Prof. Ryan Truby
Prof. Ryan Truby

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. Taekyoung Kim
Dr. Taekyoung Kim

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
Alexander Kane

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
Alex Evenchik

Ph.D. Candidate | Materials Science & Engineering


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

aevenchik[at]u.northwestern.edu

Pranav Kaarthik
Pranav Kaarthik

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
Emmy Markgraf

Ph.D. Candidate | Materials Science and Engineering


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

emmy.markgraf[at]northwestern.edu

Alec Lucas
Alec Lucas

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science and Engineering


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

alec.lucas[at]northwestern.edu

Eric Yang
Eric Yang

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science & Engineering


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

eric.yang3[at]northwestern.edu

 

Serafina France Tribe
Serafina France Tribe

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science & Engineering


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

serafina.tribe[at]northwestern.edu

 

Eli Winterscheidt
Eli Winterscheidt

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science & Engineering


B.S., Materials Science, Georgia Institute of Technology

elias.winterscheidt[at]northwestern.edu

 

Ojaswita Pant
Ojaswita Pant

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science & Engineering


M.S., Chemistry, University of Geneva

B.S., Chemistry, University of Delhi

ojaswita.pant[at]northwestern.edu

 

Andrew Kwon
Andrew Kwon

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science & Engineering


B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

andrewkwon2030[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Jack FitzGibbon
Jack FitzGibbon

Ph.D. Student | Materials Science & Engineering


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

jackfitzgibbon2030[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Michael Bayer
Michael Bayer

Undergraduate Researcher


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

michaelbayer2026[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Olivia Paik
Olivia Paik

Undergraduate Researcher


3rd-Year B.S. Student, Electrical Engineering & Psychology, Northwestern University

oliviapaik2027[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Meghna Sundaram
Meghna Sundaram

Undergraduate Researcher


3rd-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

meghnasundaram2027[at]u.northwestern.edu 

 

Bryan Villalpando
Bryan Villalpando

Undergraduate Researcher


4th-Year B.S. Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

bryanvillalpando2026[at]u.northwestern.edu

 

Former Group Members

James Avtges
James Avtges

M.S.R. Student


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

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

Simona Fine
Simona Fine

Undergraduate Researcher, B.S. Thesis Student


B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University
Anjali Shah
Anjali Shah

Undergraduate Researcher


B.S., Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University

Francesco Sanchez
Francesco Sanchez

Undergraduate Researcher


B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

Zack Rosenstadt
Zack Rosenstadt

Undergraduate Researcher


B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

Pranav Addepalli
Pranav Addepalli

Visiting Undergraduate Researcher


B.S., Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Alex Torres-Soto
Alex Torres-Soto

M.S. Student

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

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

Haodong Wang
Haodong Wang

M.S. Student

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

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

Dr. EunBi Oh
Dr. EunBi Oh

Postdoctoral Scholar | Materials Science & Engineering


Ph.D., Chemistry, Northwestern University

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

Jared Yang
Jared Yang

Undergraduate Researcher


B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

M.S., Computer Science, Northwestern University

Cooper Hanley
Cooper Hanley

Undergraduate Researcher


B.A., Chemistry & Biology, Northwestern University

Address

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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208

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