Muzhou “Mitchell” Wang
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
mwang [at] northwestern [dot] edu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
B.S. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2009
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Minjoong Shin
Postdoctoral associate (since 2024)
mshin [at] northwestern [dot] edu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2023
B.S. Chemistry, Kennesaw State University, 2011
Hometown: Daejeon, South Korea
Ruiqi “Rachel” Xiao
Ph.D. student (since 2020)
ruiqixiao2021 [at] u [dot] northwestern [dot] edu
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2019
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2020
Hometown: Xi’an, China
Christopher Rademacher
Ph.D. student (since 2021)
christopherrademacher2026 [at] u [dot] northwestern [dot] edu
B.S. Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2021
Hometown: Polo, IL
Dhanvi Vemulapalli
Ph.D. student (since 2023), co-advised by Prof. Danielle Tullman-Ercek
dhanviram [at] u [dot] northwestern [dot] edu
B. Tech. Chemical Engineering, India Institute of Petroleum and Energy, 2020
M.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2023
Hometown: Visakhapatnam, India
Victoria Chang
Ph.D. student (since 2023)
victoriachang2028 [at] u [dot] northwestern [dot] edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, 2023
Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Brendan Wernisch
Ph.D. student (since 2023)
brendanwernisch2028 [at] u [dot] northwestern [dot] edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2023
Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL
Grace Hancock
Undergraduate (since 2024)
gracehancock2026 [at] u [dot] northwestern [dot] edu
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alumni
PhD recipients: Yusu Chen ’22 (Amyris), Jonathan Chan ’23 (LBNL), Tyler Heyl ’23 (Dow), Harry Landfield ’24 (UCSB)
Postdocs: Zhe Qiang ’19 (Faculty at U. Southern Mississippi, Polymer Science and Engineering), Ruimeng Zhang ’21 (Brewer Science), Samira Abedi
Undergrads: Charles Laughlin ’18 (AbbVie), Sahil Akolawala ’20, Avram Kordon ’22 (Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine), Justin Griffith ’23 (MIT Chemical Engineering), Nicholas Kalamaris ’23 (Princeton Chemical Engineering), Sky Miller ’24 (Duke Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science)
