Nance Lab
Disease-Directed Engineering
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
Principal Investigator
Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Career Development Associate Professor
Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering
Adjunct, Radiology
Brendan Butler, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Chemical & Biological Engineering, Purdue University
2021 GSS Chair, ACES
Gaby Balistreri, M.S.
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
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
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
Sydney Floryanzia, M.S.
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
Nels Schimek, M.S.
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
Colin Landis
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Kristin Bennett
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Ali Toghani
Undergrad Research Assistant
Computer Science & Engineering
WRF Fellowship Recipient
Sofia Dahlgren
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
Mary Gates Research Scholar, Goldwater Scholar
Assaf Golan
Undergrad Research Assistant
Psychology, Applied Mathematics
Shreya Ramanan
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
Mary Gates Research Scholar
Jay Kimerling
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
Naudia Watkins
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
Aiden Reeder
Undergrad Research Assistant
Biochemistry