May 2024
Principal Investigator
Dr. Jeetain Mittal
Professor, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Office: JEB 500
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Priyesh Mohanty
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, National Centre for Biological Sciences (2021)
Research interests: Unraveling the molecular mechanism underlying phase separation and aggregation of TDP-43 using atomistic simulations
Office: JEB 501
Dr. Dinesh S. Devarajan
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University (2020)
Research interests: Protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions governing bulk vs. local dynamics and rheology of bio-condensates
Office: JEB 505
Dr. Tien Minh Phan
Ph.D. in Physics, Kansas State University (2021)
Research interests: Uncover molecular interactions behind heterochromatin organization and their biological consequences in health and disease.
Office: JEB 501
Dr. Avijeet Kulshrestha
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2023)
Research interests: Multiscale simulations of protein conformational change associated with cellular membrane and biological condensates
Office: JEB 535
Graduate Students
Qizan Chen
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Modeling functionalized colloids to study the thermodynamics and kinetics of crystallization
Office: JEB 505
Shiv Rekhi
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Decipher the relationship between protein condensate formation and amino acid code via computational modeling
Office: JEB 522
Azamat Rizuan
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Develop physics-based coarse-grained models and investigate multi-domain interactions driving protein phase separation
Office: JEB 535
Kandarp Sojitra
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Investigate the phase behavior of protein low complexity domains using atomistic and coarse-grained simulations
Office: JEB 535
Jiahui Wang
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Using polymer-based models to investigate the phase separation behavior
Office: JEB 505
Beth Wei
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Forward and inverse design of DNA-functionalized colloidal self-assembly
Office: JEB 505
Busra Ozguney
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Investigate the molecular mechanisms of biological self-assembly processes with a specific focus on TDP-43 aggregation
Office: JEB 535
Regan Kuttler
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Investigate characteristics and mechanisms of proteins causing aggregation and phase separation. Currently focusing on Taf 15.
Office: JEB 522
Ashish Shyam Tangade
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Development of a coarse-grained model for protein-nucleic acid interactions in the formation of biomolecular condensates.
Office: JEB 501
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Keerthivasan Muthukumar
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Exploring the local and global dynamics of biomolecular condensates through coarse-grained modeling.
Office: JEB 522
Alumni
Graduate Students/Postdocs
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Prof. Utkarsh Kapoor, Ph.D. (Summer 2023, Texas A&M University)
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​current position: Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
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Dr. Roshan M. Regy, Ph.D. (Fall 2022, Texas A&M University)
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current affiliation: IBM, California​
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Dr. Nina Jovic, Ph.D. (Fall 2022, Texas A&M University)
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current affiliation: Genesis Therapeutics, California
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Dr. Christopher Rzepa, Ph.D. (Summer 2022, Lehigh University)​
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co-advised with Prof. Srinivas Rangarajan
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current affiliation: Air Products, Pennsylvania​
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Dr. Runfang Mao, Ph.D. (Fall 2021, Lehigh University)
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current position: Postdoc at University of Minnesota (Prof. Kevin Dorfman's group)
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Dr. Tiarra Ann Maula, Ph.D. (Summer 2020, Lehigh University)
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current affiliation: KMK Consulting Inc., New Jersey
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Prof. Gregory Dignon, Ph.D. (Summer 2019, Lehigh University)
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​current position: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
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Dr. Brandon Horan, Ph.D. (Spring 2019, Lehigh University)
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co-advised with Prof. Dimitris Vavylonis​
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current affiliation: Sift Healthcare, Wisconsin
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Prof. Gül Zerze, Ph.D. (Summer 2017, Lehigh University)
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current position: Assistant Professor, University of Houston
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Prof. Minseok Song, Ph.D. (Spring 2016, Lehigh University)
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co-advised by Prof. Mark Snyder​
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current position: Ulsan College (South Korea)
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Dr. Yajun Ding, Ph.D. (Spring 2015, Lehigh University)
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current affiliation: PROS, Inc., Texas​
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Dr. Apratim Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (Summer 2014, Lehigh University)
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current affiliation: ABM Industries Inc., New York​
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Bilge Uz, M.S. (Spring 2014, Lehigh University)
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current affiliation: Dupont Circle Solutions, Pennsylvania​
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Prof. Daniel Roxbury, Ph.D. (Spring 2012, Lehigh University)
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co-advised with Prof. Anand Jagota ​
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current position: Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island
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Undergraduate Students
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Jose-Victor Cabalu (Summer 2022, Texas A&M University)
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Drake De Leon (Summer 2022, Texas A&M University)
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Ivan Rodriguez-Oliveros (Summer 2022, Texas A&M University)
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Michael Robinson (Summer 2022, Texas A&M University)
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Alexandra Rodier (Summer 2022, Texas A&M University)
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Jacob Thompson (Summer 2021, Lehigh University)
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Evan Pretti (Summer 2019, Lehigh University)
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current position: Ph.D. Student at University of Santa Barbara (Prof. Scott Shell's group)
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Huilai Gu (Fall 2018, Lehigh University)
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Cayla Miller (Summer 2015, Lehigh University)
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current affiliation: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California
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Dr. Mathew Boyer (Spring 2014, Lehigh University)
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Dr. Alexander Bourque (Summer 2011, Lehigh University)
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Dr. Jonathan Rosen (Spring 2011, Lehigh University)
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Dr. Ian Moskowitz (Spring 2011, Lehigh University)
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Dr. Matt Melillo (Summer 2011, Lehigh University)
Weng Shuo-Lin
Ph.D. student
Research interests: Deciphering the molecular language behind phase separation of FUS with atomistic simulations
Office: JEB 535