OUR TEAM
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![Prof. Ryan Truby (he/him/his)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2022/11/20221022_1553_RTruby_Sq.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2020/07/oh-profile.png)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/Headshot_KTK-94435991fbd3cfd6-e1708522136945.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2020/07/kane-profile.png)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2020/07/evenchik-profile.png)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/kaarthik_profile2-a963cc4bd64512c2.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/markgraf_profile-e4cac9355278fdf0.png)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/lucas_profile-ae39f273af96d4f4-e1709086549962.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/yang_profile-92289e9caf986637-e1708522023881.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/haodong_profile-fa41caaed496cc19-e1708485986973.png)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/torres_soto_profile-3e0a469f63072f17-e1709088714825.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/jared_profile-57fa3bf1a09b3aab.png)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/hanley_profile-252ebadbda0e954d-e1708485219304.png)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/02/bayer_profile-78090c6b5b757ba8-e1709213936635.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/10/olivia_paik_profile-e1728012770434.jpeg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/10/meghna_sundaram_profile.jpeg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/03/avtges_profile-351583b78e741e42-e1709385939883.jpg)
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)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2020/07/simona-profile.png)
Simona Fine (she/her/hers)
Undergraduate Researcher, B.S. Thesis Student
B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University
![Anjali Shah (she/her/hers)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2020/07/Anjali-portrait.png)
Anjali Shah (she/her/hers)
Undergraduate Researcher
4th-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University
![Francesco Sanchez (he/him/his)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2020/07/Francesco-portrait.png)
Francesco Sanchez (he/him/his)
Undergraduate Researcher
4th-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
![Zack Rosenstadt (he/him/his)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/10/zach_rosenstadt_profile.jpeg)
Zack Rosenstadt (he/him/his)
Undergraduate Researcher
4th-Year B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
![Pranav Addepalli (he/him/his)](https://sites.northwestern.edu/roboticmatterlab/files/2024/10/pranav_addepalli_profile.jpeg)
Pranav Addepalli (he/him/his)
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
Final Year B.S. Student, Chemistry, University of Cambridge
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