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Meet The Team

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Principal Investigator

Kayla Sprenger

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PhD Student | Chemical Engineering

Rafael Ferreira de Menezes

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PhD Student | Biological Engineering

Hannah Padgette

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PhD Student | Chemical Engineering

David Saeb

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PhD Student | Biomedical Engineering

Fahsai Nakarin

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PhD Student | Chemical Engineering

Ana Costa

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PhD Student | Biological Engineering

Luis Paez Beltran III 

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PhD Student | Biological Engineering, Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology

Zachary Caterer

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PhD Student | Biological Engineering

Aviendha Flores

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Leonardo de Almeida

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Undergraduate Student | ChBE

Aidan Magruder

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Undergraduate Student | ChBE

Andrea Negulescu

Alumni (Postdocs and Graduate Students)

  • Megan Makam, Biomedical Engineering MS 2023, Consumer Affairs Analyst at Medtronic

  • Dr. Brian Petersen, Chemical Engineering PhD 2024, Computational Biology Scientist at Adimab

  • Dr. Emily Rhodes, Biological Engineering PhD 2024, Software Developer at Schrödinger

  • Dr. Daisy Fuchs, Chemical Engineering PhD 2025, Application Scientist at Schrödinger

  • Dr. Travis Dong, Chemical Engineering PhD 2026, Application Scientist at Schrödinger

  • Dr. Emma Lietzke, Biological Engineering PhD 2026, Computational Chemistry Scientist at Eli Lilly

  • Dr. Emma Aldrich, Biological Engineering PhD 2026, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at WNL

Want to hear more?

kayla.sprenger@colorado.edu

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