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Lilo Pozzo, Ph.D.

Professor, Chemical Engineering

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Prof. Pozzo’s research interests are in the area of colloids, polymers and soft-matter systems. Prof. Pozzo obtained her B.S. from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and her PhD in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA. She also worked in the NIST Center for Neutron Research as a post-doctoral fellow and is currently the Boeing-Roundhill Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington where she has served since 2007. She is also dedicated to improving engineering education with course development in areas of entrepreneurship and service-oriented global engagement.

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Huat Thart Chiang

Ph.D. Candidate

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Combining machine learning and artificial intelligence with high-throughput experimentation for the discovery of new nanomaterials

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Karen Li

Ph.D. Candidate

 

Investigating the effects of polymer design and solution conditions on the structure and properties of organic ionic electronic mixed conductors 

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Claire Benstead

Ph.D. Candidate

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Design of highly selective hydrogel membranes for the application of synthetic biology in distributed chemical manufacturing.

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Abdul Moeez

PhD Student

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Leveraging Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) to develop molecular materials. 

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Zach Wylie

PhD Student

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Synthesizing inorganic colloidal nanoparticles and characterizing their behavior from nucleation to growth and final assembly

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Jingcong (Hanson) Chen

PhD Student

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Research Focus: Hierarchical assembly of soft matter mediated by biomolecules using laboratory automation and simulation

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Chris Gould

Masters Student

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In collaboration with the Golder Lab: Development of a high throughput workflow of a mechanoredox free radical polymerization procedure

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Yu-Fang Hsieh

PhD Student

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Quantification of Transport Dynamics in Nanoemulsions via Integrated Time-Resolved Constrast-Variation SANS and Multi-Scale Simulation

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      Alumni

      Brenden Pelkie (ChemE Ph.D. 2025) - Data-Driven and High-Throughput Methodologies for Materials Discovery

      Kiran Vaddi (Postdoc 2025) - Accelerating Materials Discovery Using Data-Driven Material Platforms

      Faiza Abdillahi (MS 2024) - Machine Learning Meta Models for Solubility Prediction

      Shayna Hilburg (Postdoc 2024) - Dynamics of Lipid Nanoparticle Transport via Neutron Scattering

      Maria Politi (ChemE Ph.D. 2024) - Open-source Materials Acceleration Platform for Clean Energy Materials research

      Lorenzo Guio (MSE Ph.D. 2024) - Polymers, Pišpiš, and Properties

      Sage Scheiwiller (ChemE Ph.D. 2024) - Morphological Characterization of Conjugated Polymer Blends in Solid and Solution States Using Small Angle Scattering

      Fabio Baum, PhD (Postdoc 2023) - Sonochemical nanoparticle synthesis

      Kacper Lachowski (MolES Ph.D 2023) - Colloidal Systems Using Sequence Defined Molecules

      Elizabeth Harmon (ChemE MS 2022) – Structured hydrogels for biomanufacturing

      Cameron Tavacoli (MSE MS 2022) – Sonochemical exfoliation of borides

      Jaime Rodriguez (Ph.D. 2021) – Advanced materials for flow batteries

      David Li (Postdoc) – Design of photoacoustic contrast agents

      Caitlyn Wolf (Ph.D 2021) – Polymer simulation and neutron scattering

      Shrilakshmi Bonageri (MS 2020) – Data sorting for high-throughput experiments

      Yi-Ting Lee (Ph.D. 2019) – Ultrasound manipulation of emulsion systems.

      Ryan Kastilani (Ph.D. 2019) – Nanomaterial synthesis via interfacial structuring.

      Yuyin Xi (Ph.D. 2018) – Field-directed and self-assembly of conjugated polymers.

      Canfeng, Wei (MS 2018) – Ceramic membranes for flow-battery applications.

      Kiran Kanekal (MS 2016) – Structure and dynamics of conjugated polymers.

      Pablo de la Iglesia (Ph.D. 2015) – Structure of conductive organogels.

      Greg Newbloom (Ph.D. 2014) – Percolation in conjugated polymer networks.

      Jeff Richards (Ph.D. 2014) – Structure control in polymer solar-cells.

      Michael Lombardo (MS 2014) – Self-assembly of nanoparticle clusters.

      Monica Ospinal (Ph.D. 2013) – Adv. nanostructures for protein separations.

      Kjersta Larson-Smith (Ph.D. 2012) – Nanoparticle self-assembly in dispersion.

      Kathleen Weigandt (Ph.D. 2012) – Structure and rheology of fiber networks

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      We have also benefited from working with a very large group (>100) of talented undergraduate and high-school students over many years.

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      Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

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