Jim Pfaendtner - PRINCIPAL Investigator

Jim Pfaendtner is the Connie and Steve Rogel Endowed Professor and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Georgia Tech, 2001) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (Northwestern University, 2007). Additional appointments include Associate Vice Provost for Research Computing, Senior Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Lab, and Senior Data Science Fellow at the UW eScience Institute. He is a health and fitness enthusiast and holds a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer certificate. Jim’s research focus is computational molecular science and his recent teaching interests are in the area of teaching data science skills to grad students in chemical and materials science and engineering. Jim is a recipient of an NSF CAREER award and the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor bestowed by the University of Washington. He is currently the director of an NSF graduate training program (NRT) at the intersection of data science and clean energy.

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Postdocs

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Christopher Kang

cakang[at]ncsu.edu

He/Him

University of Hawaii, PhD

Ishara Senadheera

disenadh[at]ncsu.edu

She/Her

Louisiana State University, PhD

University of Colombo, BS

Aditya Sonpal

asonpal[at]ncsu.edu

He/Him

State University of New York at Buffalo, PhD

State University of New York at Buffalo, MS

B.M.S College of Engineering, BS

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Kaylyn Torkelson

ktorke[at]uw.edu

She/Her

University of Washington, PhD

University of Kentucky, BS

Rahul Verma

rverma7[at]ncsu.edu

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, PhD

Kanpur University, MS

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Graduate Students

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Lejla Biberić

She/Her

University of Oregon, BS in Biochemistry

Juliette Chisam-Majid

She/Her

University of Washington, MS

University of San Diego, BS

Nikki Hammond

nhammon2[at]ncsu.edu

She/Her

University of Houston, BS

Nisarg Joshi

nisargj[at]uw.edu

He/Him

University of Washington, MS

Nirma University, BS

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Alyson Shoji

She/Her

University of Hawaii at Manoa, MS in Chemistry

University of Hawaii at Manoa, BS in Biochemistry

Marlo Zorman

He/Him

University of Vermont, BS in Chemistry

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Undergraduates

Alumni (POstdocs and graduate students)

Kailei Lu, MS 2020, PhD Program SUNY Buffalo
Wesley Beckner, PhD 2019, Data Scientist (UW Global Innovation Exchange)
Joshua Smith, PhD 2019 (co-advised), Data Scientist (Just Biotherapeutics)
Arushi Prakash, PhD 2019, Data Scientist (Amazon)
Christopher Fu, PhD 2019, Stanford Law Program
Luiz Oliveira, postdoc, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Tai-Yu Pan, MS 2018, Computer Science PhD Program (Ohio State)
Khushmeen Sakloth, MS 2018, Data Scientist (BASF)
Kejia Wu, MS 2018, UWMolES PhD program
Kayla Sprenger PhD 2017, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, UC Boulder
Garett Davidson, MS 2017, Process Engineer (Oculus VR)
Yeneneh Yimer, postdoc, Data Scientist (Starbucks)
Sean Fischer, postdoc, Chemist US Naval Research Lab
Shaohui Zheng, postdoc, Professor of Chemistry, Southwest University (China)
Blake Hough, PhD ChE 2016 (co-advised), Data Scientist (Uplight)
Michael Tung, MS ChE 2015, Process Engineer (Tesla)
Kelly Fleming, PhD ChE 2015, Policy Analyst, UC Davis
Vance Jaeger PhD ChE 2015, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville
Michael Deighan, PhD 2014, PA State EPA
Patrick Burney, PhD ChE 2014
Stephanie Hoffman, MS ChE 2014, Epic Corporation
Moses Cho, MS ChE 2013, Postdoc Korea Atomic Energy Institute
Cristina Russo, postdoc, National Cancer Institute