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Our Team

A Collaborative & Diverse Group of Innovative, Passionate, and Creative Students

 

Our people are at the core of what makes our lab a fulfilling place to work, with each member contributing their unique skills and experiences to our projects.  Every individual is a respected, valued, and critical member. The success of our group and the success of each individual grows from our collective and individual efforts to embrace a growth mindset, to support one another, and to do our best, highest quality work to effectively tackle complex problems in biomedical science. 

Meet The Team

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Principal Investigator

Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Career Development Associate Professor

Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies

Department of Chemical Engineering

Adjunct, Bioengineering, Radiology

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Brendan Butler, M.S.

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Ph.D. Candidate

Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

B.S. in Chemical & Biological Engineering, Purdue University

2021 GSS Chair, ACES

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Nuo Xu, M.S.

Ph.D. Candidate

Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

B.S. in Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology

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Gaby Balistreri, M.S.

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Ph.D. Candidate

Molecular Engineering, University of Washington

B.S. in Chemistry, UC San Diego

NSF GRFP Fellow

2023 Vice President MOLES DEI Outreach Committee

2024 SACNAS President

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Emily Du, M.S.

Ph.D. Candidate

Chemical Engineering, University of Washington,

M.S. in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Cornell University

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne

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Sydney Floryanzia, M.S.

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Ph.D. Candidate

Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University

NSF GRFP Fellow

ARCS Fellow

2022 GSS Chair, ACES

2022 WChE Community Director

2024  UW NOBCChE President

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Nels Schimek, M.S.

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Ph.D. Candidate

Chemistry, University of Washington

M.S. Chemical & Technical Sciences, University of Washington

B.S. Biochemistry, University of Washington

2025-2026 ITHS TL-1 Fellow

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Ruby Jin, M.Eng.

Ph.D. Candidate

Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Masters in Engineering, Cornell University

B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University

2022 WChE President

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Colin Landis

Ph.D. Student

Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

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Assaf Golan

Undergrad Research Assistant

Psychology, Applied Mathematics

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Kristin Bennett

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Undergrad Research Assistant

Chemical Engineering

2023-2024 WChE President

WRF Fellowship Recipient

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Eleanor Wu

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Undergrad Research Assistant

Bioengineering

Mary Gates Research Scholar

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Ali Toghani

Undergrad Research Assistant

Computer Science & Engineering

WRF Fellowship Recipient

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Sophie Dorey

Undergrad Research Assistant

Chemical Engineering

Honors Thesis

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Sofia Dahlgren

Undergrad Research Assistant

Chemical Engineering

Mary Gates Research Scholar, Goldwater Scholar

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Olivia Colwell

Undergrad Research Assistant

Bioengineering

Mary Gates Research Scholar

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Shreya Ramanan

Undergrad Research Assistant

Chemical Engineering

Mary Gates Research Scholar

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Jay Kimerling

Undergrad Research Assistant

Chemical Engineering

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Naudia Watkins

Undergrad Research Assistant

Chemical Engineering

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Aiden Reeder

Undergrad Research Assistant

Chemistry

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The Nance Lab

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Washington
Box 351750
3781 Okanogan Lane NE 
Seattle, WA, 98195-1750

nancelabuw@gmail.com

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