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. Student 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. Student 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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David Shackelford
Graduate Student
M.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, with a Data Science Option
B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Researchers
Jessica Pon
Chemical Engineering student
Dorsa Toghani
BioEngineering student
Mary Gates Scholar
Evan Epstein
Chemical Engineering student
Hugo Pontes
Chemical engineering student; Pre-Med
WRF Fellow
Victoria Dahl
B.S. Chemical Engineering
Biochemistry student; Pre-Med
2019-2020 UW WChE Chapter President
Tora Gao
Chemical Engineering student
Georges Simo
Chemical Engineering student; Pre-Med
2019-2020 UW AIChE Chapter President
Brendan Ball
Chemical Engineering student
Mikey Chungyoung
Chemical Engineering student
Denise Beebout
Chemical Engineering Student
Jimmy Ye
Chemical Engineering student
Kenneth Sluis
Chemical Engineering student
Summer Program Students
Sanjana Janakiraman
Senior High School Student
Bellevue, WA
Norah Alhindi
KAUST Gifted Students Program
Tolulope Adebayo
UW ALVA GeNOM Summer Program
Jessica Holloway
STEM Prep Program
Jina Duangtavanh
DTC Student, Rising UW Freshman