People

Principal Investigator

Name	Title	Affiliation
Babatunde A. Ogunnaike	Professor	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware

Collaborators

Name	Title	Affiliation
Anne S. Robinson	Professor, Chair	Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
William Shafarman	Professor	Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware
Dion Vlachos	Professor	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Ulhas Naik	Professor	Biological Sciences, University of Delaware
Kelvin H. Lee	Professor, Institute Director	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
James Schwaber	Associate Professor	Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University
Rajanikanth Vadegapilli	Professor	Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University
Matthew J. Lazzara	Associate Professor	Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia

Students

Name	Area
Alex Harding	Fabricating perovskite solar cells using close space vapor transport reactor
Michelle Gee	Neural modeling, computation, and control

Postdocs

Name	Education	Area
Khalid Rashid	University of Utah	Modeling, control, and optimization of reactive distillation columns
Varghese Kurian	IIT Madras	Model-based control of biomanufacturing and biomedical processes

Alumni (Doctoral Students)

Name	Year	Thesis Title	Current Affiliation
Aalap Verma	2019	Modeling calcium signaling dynamics in the liver: From single cell to multi-scale	Investigator, Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, GSK
Robert Lovelett	2016	Rapid thermal processing for production of chalcopyrite thin films for solar cells: Design, analysis, and experimental implementation	Computational Geneticist, Kallyope
Devesh Radhakrishnan	2016	Modeling, estimation, and control of glycosylation in monoclonal antibodies produced in CHO cells	Scientist, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Daniel Cook	2016	Liver regeneration and cellular adaptation to chronic diseases: A systems biology investigation	Postdoc, Chalmers University of Technology
James Park	2016	A single-cell analysis approach to understanding molecular organization and plasticity in the brain	Postdoctoral Fellow, The Institute for Systems Biology
Chia-Hung Tsai	2016	An engineering control system paradigm for quantitative understanding of hemostasis	Senior Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim Parmaceuticals, Inc.
Zachary Whiteman	2015	Design, analysis, operation, and advanced control of hybrid renewable energy systems	Regional Applications Engineering Coordinator, ExxonMobil
Jacob McGill	2014	Analysis and control of self-assembled heteroepitaxial thin-film surface patterns	Senior Research Engineer, Apogee Research, LLC
Qian Gou	2014	A framework of integrated product design and control in manufacturing polymer nanocomposites	Associate Engineer, The Dow Chemical Company
Melissa St. Amand	2013	Toward online quality control during biopharmaceutical production	Senior Research Engineer, Schafer Corporation
Seung-Wook Chung	2011	Quantitative modeling and analysis of the transforming growth factor β signaling network	Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Greg Miller	2010	A Systems investigation of the neural regulation of cardiovascular function	Principal Data Scientist, Berg
Mary (McDonald) Staehle	2010	Characterizing neuroadaptation processes in chronic alcohol dependence and acute alcohol withdrawal in rats	Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair, Rowan University
Erik Welf	2009	Integrative modeling of cell adhesion processes	Instructor, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Marc Birtwistle	2008	Modeling and analysis of the ErbB signaling network: From single cells to tumorigenesis	Associate Professor, Clemson University
Claudio Gelmi	2007	A novel probabilistic framework for microarray data analysis: From fundamental probability models to experimental validation	Consultor, Data Scientist, Ingeniero de Procesos, I+D
Kapil Mukati	2007	An alternative structure for next generation regulatory controllers and scale-up of copper(indium gallium)selenide thin film co-evaporative physical vapor deposition process	Senior Process Consultant, Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies
Swapnil Garge	2007	Development of inference based scheme to control product properties and end-use characteristics of a reactive extrusion process	Exxon Mobil
Daniel Zak	2006	Structured modeling of mammalian transcription networks: computational and experimental studies	Senior Data Scientist, bluebird bio

Recent Alumni (Postdoctoral Researchers)

Name	Year	Education	Area	Current Affiliation
Yu Luo	2017–2021	Columbia University	Model-based control of biomanufacturing and biomedical processes; COVID-19 modeling and control	Investigator, Microbial and Cell Culture Development, GSK
Ajay Ganesh	2020–2021	University of Alberta	Modeling and control of modular chemical looping systems	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alberta
Vivek Shankar Pinnamaraju	2018–2019	IIT Madras	Modeling and control of modular chemical looping systems	Assistant Professor, IIT Dhanbad
Navid Ghadipasha	2017–2019	Louisiana State University	Modeling and control of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Consultant Engineer, Siemens
Kirti Yenkie	2017–2017	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Modeling and control of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Assistant Professor, Rowan University