People
A Collaborative & Diverse Group of Innovative, Passionate, and Creative Students
Our people are at the core of what makes the Nance Lab such a unique and fulfilling place to work. We are proud of the diversity of our lab members, with each member contributing their unique skills and experiences to the projects we are working on. Find out more about our team members below. If you are interested in joining our team, please see our available positions.
Mike McKenna
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering
B.S. in Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Colorado
ARCS Fellow
Jeremy Filteau
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering
B.S. in Chemical Engineering
ARCS Fellow
2019 ACES Professional Development Chair
Dr. Rick Liao
Expert-in-residence
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
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Mengying Zhang
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Candidate in Molecular Engineering
B.A. in Biology
2019-2020 WChE Secretary
Andrea Joseph
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering
B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
NIH F31 Fellow
2018-2019 WChE Vice President
2019 ACES President
Chris Nyambura
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering, with a Data Science Option
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, UC Stanta Barbara
Co-advised with Jim Pfaendtner
Top Scholar
Hawley Helmbrecht
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering, with a Data Science Option
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University
2019 GPSS Senator
2019-2020 WChE Vice President
2020 ACES President
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Nam Phuong Nguyen
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Student in Molecular Engineering
M.S. in Materials Science, University of Washington
B.S. in Materials Science, Stanford University
David Shackelford
Graduate Student
M.S. Thesis Candidate in Chemical Engineering, with Advanced Data Science Option
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University
Robin Lin
Graduate Student
M.S. Thesis Student in Chemical Engineering, with Advanced Data Science Option
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Nuo Xu
Graduate Student
M.S. Thesis Student in Chemical Engineering
B.S. in Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology
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Qiong July Zhou
Graduate Student
M.S. Thesis Student in Chemical Engineering, with Data Science Option
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, B.S. in Psychology, University of Washington
Undergraduate Researchers
Mikey Chungyoung
Chemical Engineering student
McNair Scholar
Denise Beebout
Chemical Engineering Student
2020-2021 UW SWE Chapter President,
LSAMP Scholar, SWE Scholar
Jimmy Ye
Chemical Engineering student
2020-2021 UW AIChE Chapter President
Kenneth Sluis
Chemical Engineering student
Norah Alhindi
Biochemistry student
KAUST Scholar
Tolu Adebayo
Biochemistry student
GENOM ALVA Scholar
Kaleb Decker
Chemical Engineering student
Brendan Ball
Chemical Engineering student
Mary Gates Scholar
2020-2021 UW AIChE Chapter Vice President
Ana Rios
Chemical Engineering student
STAR Scholar
Sanjana Janakiraman
Engineering Direct to College student
High School Students
Ali Toghani
Senior High School Student
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Mia Onodera
Junior High School Student
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Maria Sati
Junior High School Student
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Eleanor Wu
Senior High School Student
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Phoebe Wilcox
Junior High School Student
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