People

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Adriana San Miguel

Associate Professor – Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech (2011)

B.S., Chemical Engineering, ITESM (2005)

asanmig@ncsu.edu

Engineering Building I (EB1) 2010

919-515-2934

Graduate Students:

James Lichty

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University (2018)

jdlichty@ncsu.edu
Victoria Yarmey

Graduate Student

B.S. Biomedical Health & Sciences Engineering

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill & NC State University (2021)

vryarmey@ncsu.edu
Kin Gómez

Graduate Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering in Sustainable Processes

Tecnológico de Monterrey (2021)

kgomez3@ncsu.edu
Hrishikesh Mane

Graduate Student

B. Chem. Engg. Chemical Engineering

Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai (2021)

hgmane@ncsu.edu
Kaleb Decker

Graduate Student

B. S. Chemical Engineering: Bio & Biomedical Materials, Interfaces and Systems Option

University of Washington, Seattle (2022)

cdecker2@ncsu.edu

 

Undergraduate Students:

 

Daisy Aguilar

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2024 
 

Jaclyn Kenzel

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2025

 

Alumni:

 

Ph.D. Graduates

  • Andrew Clark  – Ph.D. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (2023)
    • Last Known Position: BASF – Ph.D. Leadership Development Program
  • Victoria Karakis – Ph. D. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (2023)
    • Last Known Position: Century Therapeutics
  • Javier Huayta –  Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2022)
    • Last Known Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Joel Meyer Lab at Duke University
  • Daniel Midkiff –  Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2021)
    • Last Known Position: Animal Cancer DX
  • Sahand Saberi – Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2020)
    • Last Known Position: Leadership Development Program – BASF

 

Other Lab Graduates

  • Morgan Stephens – B.S. Chemical Engineering (2024)
    • Last Known Position: PhD in Chemical Engineering with the Cockrell School of Engineering Fellowship at University of Texas: Austin
  • Zachary Kalmanson  – B.S. Genetics (2023)
    • Last Known Position: Studying for EMT position + medical school applications
  • Sreevansh Mareddy – B.S. Chemical Engineering (2023)
    • Last Known Position: Industry
  • Joey Crapster – Post-Bachelors
    • Last Known Position: Internship at NIH  -> Ph.D. at UT Austin
  • Mohammad Nourmohammadzadeh –  Postdoctoral Researcher
    • Last Known Position: Merck
  • Karthik Suresh Arulalan – M.S. Chemical Engineering (2020)
    • Last Known Position: Nexgen Power Systems
  • Rita Tejada Vaprio – Post-Bachelors
    • Last Known Position: Locus Biosciences, Inc.
  • Zack Crawford – B.S. Physics & B.S. Chemical Engineering
    • Last Known Position: Ph.D. Student at UC Irvine
  • Mohammad Omary – B.S. Chemical Engineering
    • Last Known Position: Merck
  • Riley Reid – B.S. Chemical Engineering & B.S. Physics
    • Last Known Position: Ph.D. Student at UC Boulder
  • Sean Engel – B.S. Chemical Engineering
    • Last Known Position: Ph.D. Student at UT Austin
  • Hanna Thompson – B.S. Chemical Engineering
    • Last Known Position: Medical School, University of Louisville
  • Carolina Lopez – B.S. Chemical Engineering
    • Last Known Position: M.S. Student, NC State
  • Josh Currens – B.S. Chemical Engineering (2021)
    • Last Known Position: Ph.D Student at UNC Chapel Hill
  • Ori Soker – B.S. Chemical Engineering (2021)
    • Last Known Position: Ph.D. Student at Colorado School of Mines
  • Mariam Shah – B.S. Chemical Engineering (2022)