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.
Rick Liao
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
Kate Hildahl
Research Technologist
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Mengying Zhang
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Candidate in Molecular Engineering
B.A. in Biology
2019-2020 WChE Secretary
Graduate Student
PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
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Andrea Joseph
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering
B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
NIH F31 Fellow
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
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Nam Phuong Nyugen
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
Jessica Pon
Chemical Engineering student
Dorsa Toghani
BioEngineering student
Mary Gates Scholar
Evan Epstein
Chemical Engineering student, Honors thesis
Hugo Pontes
Chemical engineering student, Honors thesis
2019 and 2020 WRF Fellow
Undergraduate Researchers
Victoria Dahl
B.S. Chemical Engineering
Biochemistry student; Pre-Med
2019-2020 UW WChE Chapter President
Tora Gao
Chemical Engineering student, Honors thesis
Georges Simo
Chemical Engineering student; Pre-Med
2019-2020 UW AIChE Chapter President, Mary Gates Scholar
Brendan Ball
Chemical Engineering student
Mary Gates Scholar
Mikey Chungyoung
Chemical Engineering student
McNair Scholar
Denise Beebout
Chemical Engineering Student
2020-2021 UW Chapter SWE President,
LSAMP Scholar, SWE Scholar
Jimmy Ye
Chemical Engineering student
Kenneth Sluis
Chemical Engineering student
Tolulope Adebayo
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GeNoM ALVA Scholar
Norah Alhindi
Kaleb Decker
Biochemistry Student
KAUST Scholar
Ana Rios
Chemical Engineering student
High School Students
Sanjana Janakiraman
Senior High School Student
Bellevue, WA
Mia Onodera
Junior High School Student
Bellevue, WA
Maria Sati
Junior High School Student
Bellevue, WA