People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Bomyi Lim

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. B.S.E. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2010). Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University (2015).

Ph.D.

Robert Trudeau

6th-Year Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2020).

Emilia A. Leyes Porello

6th-Year Ph.D. Student

BChE in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware (2020)

Shufan Lin

5th-Year BE Ph.D. Student

B.A. in Biology, Franklin & Marshall College (2017).

Noel Buitrago

5th-Year Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering & B.S. Textile Engineering, North Carolina State University (2021)

Andres Vidal

3rd-Year Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley (2022)

Peyton Collins

3rd-Year Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh (2023)

Master’s

Jiayi Wu

Bioengineering Masters

BEng in Bioengineering, China Agricultural University (2023)

Zimeng (Simone) Wang

Bioengineering Masters

Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology, Northeastern University (2024)

Undergraduate

Emma Dreispiel (CBE class of 2025)

Kate Paik (CBE class of 2026)

Kevin Obando (CBE class of 2028)

Alumni

Ph.D.

Samuel Keller, Ph.D. (2022)

Merck - Vaccines and Infectious Diseases

Thesis Title: Visualizing Genetics: Quantifying Gene Expression Through Genetic and Epigenetic Modification

Sahla Syed, Ph.D. (2023)

Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Spatiotemporal Gene Control in Early Embryonic Development

Hao (Dennis) Deng, Ph.D. (2024)

Thesis Title: Quantitative analysis of enhancer-mediated gene regulation dynamics in early Drosophila embryos

Gaochen Jin, Ph.D. (2025)

Thesis Title: Quantitative Transcriptional Regulation through Protein-DNA Interactions in Developing Systems

Reshma Kalyan Sundaram, Ph.D. (2025)

Thesis Title: Bridging Transcription and Signaling to Study C-Myc Function and Regulation in Cancer Cells

Masters

Undergraduate

Matthew Larson, 2019 (PhD student at U Minn – Twin Cities)

Amanda Kishun, 2019 (process engineer at GSK)

Molly Zawacki, 2019 (research associate at Manifold Bio)

Quinn Gallagher, 2019-2020 (PhD student at Princeton)

Kofi Nightingale, 2021 (CBE class of 2023)

Alexis Powell, 2021-2022 (CBE class of 2025)

Anthony Nguyen, 2022 (CBE class of 2025)

Reyhan Jamalova, 2021-2022 (CIS class of 2025)

Ashley Cousin (CBE class of 2023)

Anthony Senouillet (CBE class of 2026)

Paulina Bargalló (CBE class of 2025)

Ciara Jacobs (CBE class of 2024)