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.

Shufan Lin

6th-Year BE Ph.D. Student

B.A. in Biology, Franklin & Marshall College (2017). Master of Biotechnology in Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania (2020)

Noel Buitrago

6th-Year Ph.D. Student

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

Andres Vidal

4rd-Year Ph.D. Student

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

Peyton Collins

4rd-Year Ph.D. Student

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

Cece Wekstein

2nd-Year Ph.D. Student

B.S Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University (2025)

Zimeng (Simone) Wang

1st-Year BE Ph.D. Student

B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology, Northeastern University (2024) M.S.E. in Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania (2026)

Master’s

Undergraduate

Kevin Obando (CBE class of 2028)

Catherine Suo

Andrew Lee

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

Emilia A. Leyes Porello, Ph.D. (2025)

Thesis Title: Configuration Matters: Unveiling Cis-Regulatory Arrangement as a Mechanism of Transcriptional Fine-Tuning

Robert Trudeau, Ph.D. (2026)

Thesis Title: Xist as a T Cell Specific Governor of CXCR3 Transcription During Influenza Infection and a Live Imaging Mouse Model for Examination of XCI Escape Dynamics

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)

Emma Dreispiel (CBE class of 2025)

Kate Paik (CBE class of 2026)