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Jim Pfaendtner - PRINCIPAL Investigator

Jim Pfaendtner (he/him) is the Louis Martin-Vega Dean of Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering at NC State University. Jim holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Georgia Tech, 2001) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (Northwestern University, 2007). Jim’s research focus is computational molecular science and his recent teaching interests are in the area of teaching data science skills to grad students in chemical and materials science and engineering. Jim is a recipient of an NSF CAREER award and the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor bestowed by the University of Washington. He is a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the AIChE/CoMSEF IMPACT award.

 

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Alumni (POstdocs and graduate students)

  • Sabiha Rustam, PhD 2023

  • Tucker Burgin, postdoc, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College

  • Orion Dollar, PhD 2023, Machine Learning Scientist (Flagship Pioneering)

  • Nadia Intan, postdoc, Postdoc Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Jessica Kong, PhD 2022, Data Scientist (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

  • Xin Qi, postdoc, Research Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College

  • Chris Nyambura, PhD 2022

  • Reza Taheri, MS 2022, Chemist (WSDOT)

  • Sarah Alamdari, PhD 2021, Senior Applied Scientist (Microsoft Research)

  • Luke Gibson, PhD 2021, Postdoc (and/or Lord Ruler) Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Stephanie Hare, Drug Discovery Fellow (D.E. Shaw Research)

  • Jesse Prelesnik, PhD 2021, Postdoc University of Minnesota—Twin Cities

  • James Ludwig, PhD 2021, Biostatistician (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)

  • Chowdhury Ashraf, postdoc, Data Scientist (Dun & Bradstreet)

  • Wesley Keeton Tatum, postdoc, Senior Scientist (Seran Bioscience)

  • Janani Sampath, postdoc, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida

  • Moke (Coco) Mao, PhD, Software Engineer (Google)

  • Kailei Lu, MS 2020, PhD Program SUNY Buffalo

  • Wesley Beckner, PhD 2019, Data Scientist (UW Global Innovation Exchange)

  • Joshua Smith, PhD 2019 (co-advised), Data Scientist (Just Biotherapeutics)

  • Arushi Prakash, PhD 2019, Data Scientist (Amazon)

  • Christopher Fu, PhD 2019, Stanford Law Program

  • Luiz Oliveira, postdoc, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mount Vernon Nazarene University

  • Tai-Yu Pan, MS 2018, Computer Science PhD Program (Ohio State)

  • Khushmeen Sakloth, MS 2018, Data Scientist (BASF)

  • Kejia Wu, MS 2018, UWMolES PhD program

  • Kayla Sprenger PhD 2017, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, UC Boulder

  • Garett Davidson, MS 2017, Process Engineer (Oculus VR)

  • Yeneneh Yimer, postdoc, Data Scientist (Starbucks)

  • Sean Fischer, postdoc, Chemist US Naval Research Lab

  • Shaohui Zheng, postdoc, Professor of Chemistry, Southwest University (China)  

  • Blake Hough, PhD ChE 2016 (co-advised), Data Scientist (Uplight)

  • Michael Tung, MS ChE 2015, Process Engineer (Tesla)

  • Kelly Fleming, PhD ChE 2015, Vice President, Boundary Stone Partners

  • Vance Jaeger PhD ChE 2015, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville

  • Michael Deighan, PhD 2014, PA State EPA

  • Patrick Burney, PhD ChE 2014

  • Stephanie Hoffman, MS ChE 2014, Epic Corporation

  • Moses Cho, MS ChE 2013, Postdoc Korea Atomic Energy Institute

  • Cristina Russo, postdoc, National Cancer Institute

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