Principal Investigator


Amish J. Patel

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office: Room 529, 3401 Walnut St (PICS SUITE)

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Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2007
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2001


Postdoctoral Fellows


  • Nicholas Rego

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    Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2020
    Research interests: Protein hydration and intermolecular interactions, machine learning


PhD Students


  • Zachariah Vicars

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    REACT Fellow
    B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 2017
    Research interests: Surface nanotexture



  • Lilia Escobedo

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    NSF Graduate Research Fellow
    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 2019
    Research interests: Non-fouling surfaces, superhydrophilicity, protein-water interactions



  • Jun Lu

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    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, 2019
    Research interests: Statistics of ion solvation, enhanced sampling



  • Akash Pallath

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    B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2019
    Research interests: Protein and polymer conformational transitions, enhanced sampling, machine learning



  • Lizhu Zhang

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    B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University, 2017
    Research interests: Protein hydration, enhanced sampling, machine learning



  • Yusheng Cai

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    B.S. Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2019
    Research interests: Liquid crystals, enhanced sampling



  • Jeongmoon Choi

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    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, 2020
    Research interests: Clathrates, antifreeze proteins



  • Alexander Johnson

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    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rowan University, 2018
    Research interests: Bijels



  • Lily Wang

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    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2022
    Research interests: Liquid crystals, molecular simulations



  • Ahmad Ali

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    M.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2023
    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Kuwait University, 2020
    Research interests: Water desalination, simulation



  • Mian Qin

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    B.S. Physics, Peking University, 2023
    Research interests: Machine learning



  • Rahul Ramaraju

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    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 2023
    Research interests: Protein modeling, machine learning


Master's Students


  • Aayush Bendre

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    B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, 2018
    Research interests: Ice recrystallization inhibition, molecular dynamics



  • Charles (Guanghua) Hao

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    B.S. Biological Chemistry and B.A. Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 2023
    Research interests: Protein hydration, molecular dynamics



Alumni

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Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Aniket Thosar, 2019-2022, Started working at Reliance in Mumbai, India.
  • Hao Jiang, 2018-2020, Started working as a Senior Associate Chemist at SC Johnson in Racine, WI.
  • Debdas Dhabal, 2017-2020, Started a postdoc in the Molinero group at the University of Utah. Current position: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Group website
  • Saeed Najafi, 2017-2019, Started a postdoc in the Fredrickson group at UCSB.
  • Richard Remsing, 2013-2015, Started a postdoc in the Klein group at Temple University. Current position: Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. Group website

PhD Students
  • Sean Marks, 2015-2021
    DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow
    Dissertation: "Exploring The Molecular Origins Of Icephilicity Using Specialized Molecular Simulations"
  • Nicholas Rego, 2014-2020, Continued as a postdoc in the Patel group.
    Dissertation: "Characterizing And Predicting Hydrophobicity At The Nanoscale To Inform Protein Interactions"
  • Zhitong Jiang, 2014-2019
  • Suruchi Fialoke, 2012-2017, Started working at Pfizer in Boston, MA.
    Dissertation: "Understanding Dewetting Transitions On Nanotextured Surfaces: Implications For Designing Surfaces With Improved Wettability"
  • Erte Xi, 2012-2017, Started working at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, OH.
    Dissertation: "Developing A Novel Computational Framework To Predict Protein Interactions, Hot-Spots And Binding Affinities"

Masters Students
  • Jimin Yoon, 2021
  • Kevin Juan, 2021
  • Roopal Bhatnagar, 2019
  • Unnati Joshi, 2019
  • Sharmilapriya Mohanasundaram, 2017
  • Guoda Liang, 2016
  • Ramalingam Kailasham, 2015

Undergraduate Students
  • Quinn Gallagher, 2022
  • Dakota Wallach, 2020
  • Connor Gallagher, 2020
  • Matthew Kim, 2020
  • Zachary Varley, 2019
  • Sangjae Park, 2015
  • Phillip Taylor, 2015

Visiting Students
  • Omar Jiminez Negron, 2018, REU Intern from UPR Mayaguez
  • Tristan Lugan, 2017, French REACT Intern
  • Anurag Jhaver, 2015, Undergraduate from IIT Guwahati
  • Siddhansh Arora, 2013, Undergraduate from IIT Kanpur