People

Faculty

Seok Hoon Hong

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Chemical and Biological EngineeringIllinois Institute of Technology

  • Postdoc., Northwestern University, 2015

  • Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2011

  • M.S., Seoul National University, 2007

  • B.S., Seoul National University, 2005

Students

Jiacheng Zhou

Graduate StudentM.S. Illinois Institute of Technology, 2019B.S., Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2012

  • Biofilm control with plant compounds

  • Engineering biofilm-electrode interaction

Sungjun An

Graduate studentB.S., Sungkyunkwan University

  • Cell-free protein synthesis for Nonstandard amino acid incorporation

Fatima Rizwan

Graduate StudentB.S., National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan
  • Cell-free protein synthesis, Pharmaceutical engineering

Huiyi Hu

Coterminal student in B.S. Biomedical Engineering and M.S. Pharmaceutical Engineering

  • Colicin engineering, Biofilm

Krite Prachumdee

CHBE MAS studentB.S., Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2020

  • Biofilm engineering, NSAA incorporation

Kevin Ruiz

BME-CHE Coterminal student

  • Cell-free protein synthesis

Quincy Markee

NSF REU student for summer 2022

  • Gossypol, biofilm

Previous Members

  • Kimberley Mannikum (CHE BS, Fall 2021 ~ Spring 2022)

  • Tejaswini Ramakrishn Hegde (PHEG MAS, Spring 2021)

  • Ogechi Okocha Rufus (PHEG MAS, Spring 2021)

  • Gabrielle Collins (Coterminal BME-PHEG, Spring 2021)

  • Yashwant Kathirvel (CHE BS, Fall 2019 ~ Spring 2021)

  • Xing Jin (CHBE Ph.D. (Dec. 2020), Spring 2016 ~ Fall 2020)

  • Kuili Fang (CHBE Ph.D. (Dec. 2020), Summer 2016 ~ Fall 2020)

  • Ana Serrasota (CHBE MAS, Spring ~Fall 2020)

  • María García-Zarandieta Martínez (CHBE MAS, Spring and Summer 2020)

  • Riya Narjari (CHBE MAS, Fall 2018 ~ Spring 2020)

  • Sandra De La Torre (CHBE MAS, Fall 2019)

  • Ohjin Park (Visiting Scholar, Fall 2018 ~ Fall 2019)

  • Jiacheng Zhou (CHBE M.S. (Aug. 2019), Summer 2017 ~ Spring 2019) continues as a Ph.D. student

  • Gabriella Richey (NSF REU student, Indiana University, Summer 2019)

  • Kevin Jin (High School student, SPARK program, Summer 2019)

  • Dziyana Balakir (High School student, SPARK program, Summer 2019)

  • Brian Jang (High School student, Summer 2018, 2019)

  • Jay Won (High School student, Summer 2019)

  • Kaixi Wu (CHBE MAS, Spring 2019)

  • Daniel Medina (BME undergraduate, Summer 2018 ~ Spring 2019)

  • Wesley Lo (BME-CHBE co-terminal undergraduate, Fall 2018)

  • Vasanti Dhakate (CHBE MAS, Spring 2019)

  • Lindsey Marie Steele Kokal (NSF REU student, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Summer 2018)

  • Alejandro Ferraces (CHBE MAS, Spring ~ Summar 2018)

  • Xinhao Shao (CHBE MAS, Fall 2017 ~ Spring 2018), Currently Ph.D. student at UIC

  • Mengya Wang (CHBE M.S. (Dec. 2017), Spring 2016 ~ Spring 2018)

  • Srinidhi Kishor (CHBE MAS, Spring 2018)

  • Moksha Shah (CHBE MAS, Spring 2018)

  • Kumar Aditya (CHBE MAS, Fall 2017)

  • Alex Mayer (CHBE undergraduate, Summer 2017 ~ Fall 2017)

  • Shweta Shree (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India, Summer 2017)

  • Inwha Kim (CHBE MAS, Spring 2016 ~ Spring 2017)

  • Bader Jarai (CHBE undergraduate, Fall 2015 ~ Spring 2017), Currently Ph.D. student at the University of Delaware

  • Sung Min Choi Hong (CHBE undergraduate, Fall 2016 ~ Spring 2017), Currently at the University of Chicago

  • Olga Zvarych (CHBE undergraduate, Fall 2015 ~ Spring 2016), Currently at UL

  • Alex Choi (High school student, Spring ~ Summer 2016)

  • Vesna Naumovski (BME-CHBE co-terminal undergraduate, Summar ~ Fall 2016)

  • Brian Colon-Rodriguez (CHBE undergraduate, Fall 2016), Currently at US Navy

  • Nathan Donahue (Chemistry undergraduate, Fall 2016)