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 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.
Meet The Team
Elizabeth Nance, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Career Development Assistant Professor
Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Chemical Engineering
Adjunct, Bioengineering, Radiology
Jeremy Filteau, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Co-advised by Cole DeForest
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019 Professional Development Chair, ACES
ARCS Fellow
Hawley Helmbrecht, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
Chemical Engineering, Data Science Option, University of Washington
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University
2019 Vice President, WChE
2020 President, ACES
2018-2020 Senator, GPSS
2021 PNNL Data Science Intern
Nam Phuong Nguyen, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
Molecular Engineering, University of Washington
M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University
2020 Officer, UW Grad SWE
2020 Member, MolES Diversity Committee
Brendan Butler
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Chemical & Biological Engineering, Purdue University
2021 GSS Chair, ACES
Nuo Xu, M.S.
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology
Sydney Floryanzia
Ph.D. Student
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
Emily Du, M.S.
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington,
M.S. in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Cornell University
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne
Ruby Jin, M.Eng.
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Masters in Engineering, Cornell University
B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
2022 WChE President
Gaby Balistreri
Ph.D. Student
Molecular Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. in Chemistry, UC San Diego
Nels Schimek, M.S.
PhD Student
Chemistry, University of Washington
M.S. Chemical & Technical Sciences, University of Washington
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Washington
Ana Rios
Research Technician
Undergraduate student, Bioengineering
2020 STAR Scholar
Teng-Jui Lin
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering,
2022 WChE Secretary, Mary Gates Scholar
Najma Hashi
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
2022 WChE Vice President
Tolu Adebayo
Undergrad Research Assistant
Biology
2020 ALVA GenOM Scholar
Andrew Ball
Undergrad Research Assistant
Engineering Undeclared
Sanjana Janikiraman
Undergrad Research Assistant
Computer Science and Engineering
Gisele Charpentier
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering,
Jonny Harrigan
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
Megan Wong
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
Mia Onodera
Undergrad Research Assistant
Engineering Undeclared
Ali Toghani
Undergrad Research Assistant
Whatcom Community College
Eleanor Wu
Undergrad Research Assistant
Bioengineering
Manasvini Calmidi
Undergrad Research Assistant
Electrical Engineering
Mia Yamada-Heidner
Undergrad Research Assistant
Computer Science and Engineering
Malcolm Renney
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
2021 UW WChE Outreach Director
Kristin Bennett
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering
Seoyoung Lee
Undergrad Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering