Principal Investigator

​Eric M. Young, PhD.
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NSF CAREER Award (2020)
Leonard P. Kinnicutt Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Postdoctoral Researchers

Nilesh Sharma, Ph.D.

Leelakrishna Bankapalli, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

​Joseph Collins

PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Kevin Keating

PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering

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Undergraduate Students

Katherine Amrein, ChE
Marina Como, ChE
Shelby Morrison, ChE
Zachary Newlon, ChE

Alumni

Trent Jones, B.S. ChE '20, Ginkgo Bioworks
Shravani Balaji, B.S. CBC '20, Ph.D. Student, Yale University
Amparo Cosio, B.S. ChE '20, internship
Celeste Marsan, B.S. ChE '19, NSF Graduate Research Fellow at UT Austin
Alden Graham, B.S. ChE '19, Pfizer
Alexandra Connor, B.S. ChE '19, consultant

Allison Guthrie,  2019 NSF REU student
Lucas Rodriguez, 2018 NSF REU student

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Major Qualifying Projects (7)

2020

Fungal Highways for Soil Microbiomes

​Trent Jones

Characterization of Komagataebacter xylinus

Amparo Cosio, Sydney Packard, Alice Morgan

2019

Light Activation of Yeast Metabolism

Provost's MQP Award
​Celeste Marsan

Transporters in Cell Culture

​Allie Connor

Wild Apple Yeast Isolation

​Alden Graham

2018

Last But Not Yeast

Co-advised with Dr. Kmiotek
​Sponsor: North Country Hard Cider
​Jennifer Gagner, Alex Shefferman, Devin Stevens, Gabrielle Somadelis

2017

Yeast Whisperers

Co-advised with Dr. Kmiotek
​Sponsor: North Country Hard Cider
​Ellen Thomson, Lucas Chico, Garrett Brogan, Alexandra Rozen