Gilchrist Lab Members

James Gilchrist

Jinghui Gao

Sarah Vezzetti

Nazrin Hasanova

Alyssa Weeks

Douglas Hardy

Wei Tai

Brianna Sauders

Alexander Oh

Jocelyn Lu

Tyler Richardson

Joseph Rush

Emily Stewart

Chiwon Yu

Evan Shieh

Joyce Sundo

Now recruiting graduate students - contact Professor Gilchrist for information

click here for a brief overview of graduate programs at Lehigh

Professor James F. Gilchrist  (he/him)

Ruth H. and Sam Madrid Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, affiliated with Polymer Science and Engineering and Lehigh's College of Health

Postdoctoral Research - University of Illinois, Materials Science and Engineering
                                                        (w/ Professor Jennifer Lewis)

PhD in Chemical Engineering - Northwestern University w/ Professor Julio Ottino

BS in Chemical Engineering - Washington University in St. Louis

gilchrist@lehigh.edu, office: Iacocca B-318 or HST 273

Jinghui Gao

PhD Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

BS in Materials Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China

jig318@lehigh.edu

Sarah Vezzetti

PhD Candidate - Polymer Science and Engineering

MS in Polymer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University

BS in Chemistry, Delaware Valley University

thk215@lehigh.edu

Nazrin Hasanova

PhD Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Co-advised with Professor Kelly Schultz

BS in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University

nah221@lehigh.edu

Alyssa Weeks

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

adw225@lehigh.edu

Douglas Hardy

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

doh220@lehigh.edu

Wei Tai

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

wyt223@lehigh.edu

Brianna Sauder

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

bjs224@lehigh.edu

Alex Oh

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

alo325@lehigh.edu

Jocelyn Lu

BA Candidate - Biochemistry

jol826@lehigh.edu

Tyler Richardson

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

tsr225@lehigh.edu

Joseph Rush

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

jwr225@lehigh.edu

Emily Stewart

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

els225@lehigh.edu

Chiwon Wu

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

chy322@lehigh.edu

Evan Shieh

BA Candidate - Chemistry

Penn State University

cheeseevan17@gmail.com

Joyce Sundo

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology

joycesundo@gmail.com

Recent Members

Dr. Maria Chiara Roffin

Postdoctoral Research Associate

PhD in Physics - University of Warwick

Masters in Physics of Complex Systems for Biology, University of Turin

Bachelor Degree in Physical Engineering, Politecnico of Turin,

mcroffin@gmail.com 

Dr. Samuel Wilson-Whitford

Postdoctoral Research Associate

PhD in Chemistry - University of Warwick

MChem in Chemistry - University of Warwick

saw319@lehigh.edu

Marietta Sisca

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

mgs323@lehigh.edu

David Kramer

BS Candidate - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

djk223@lehigh.edu

Lucy Moos

BS Candidate - Integrated Business and Engineering (ChBE)

lmm223@lehigh.edu

Alumni

Postdoctoral Associates and Senior Staff

Dr. Samuel Wilson-Whitford - University of Leicester (LinkedIn)

Dr. Maria Chiara Roffin - University of Nottingham, Trent (LinkedIn)

Dr. Xue Li - International Flavors & Fragrances

Professor Eric Daniels - Lehigh University

Dr. Ryan Slopek - Fuchs Lubricants Co.


PhD Degrees

Dr. Thitiporn Kaewpetch (Ph.D. 2021) - Kasetsart University

Dr. Karl Seven (Ph.D. 2019) - Dow Chemical Company

Dr. Kedar Joshi (Ph.D. 2017) - Rice University - now a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology, Goa

Dr. Midhun Joy (Ph.D. 2016) - Air Liquide

Dr. Tanyakorn Muangnapoh (Ph.D. 2015) - Nanotech - National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand

Dr. Alexander Weldon (Ph.D. 2014) - Blue Origin

Dr. M. Tharanga Perera (Ph.D. 2014) - AkzoNobel

Dr. Bu Xu (Ph.D. 2012) - Shandong University of Science & Technology

Dr. Pisist Kumnorkaew (Ph.D. 2010) - Nanotech - National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand

Dr. Changbao Gao (Ph.D. 2010) - Sherwin-Williams

Dr. Kenneth J. Ford (Ph.D. 2008) - Lyndra Therapeutics


MS Degrees

Jainam Sheth (M.S. 2021)

Sean Hoenig (M.S. 2020) - Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Zhiqiao Zeng (M.S. 2017)

Naval Singh (M.S. 2017)

Qi Rao (M.S. 2008)


Undergraduate and High School Students 

(not all listed - please contact me at gilchrist@lehigh.edu if you would like to reconnect!)

Marietta Sisca (B.S. 2023)

David Kramer (B.S. 2023)

Lucy Moos (B.S. 2023)

Evan Shieh (B.S. 2025, Pennsylvania State University)

Joyce Sundo (B.S. 2025, Stevens Institute of Technology)

Jessica Barry (B.S. 2023)

Otto Capps (B.A. in Finance, 2022)

William Buckley (B.S. 2022)

(Coffee and Cosmetics Students)

Sherwood Benevides (B.S. 2018)

Marilyn Garito (M.S. 2018)

Sahas Veera - University of Texas at Austin

Josh Newnham - University of Melbourne

Samantha Durso (B.S. 2017)

Georgios Pilitsis (B.S. 2017)

Joseph Triolo (B.S. 2017)

Kyle Smyth (B.S. 2016)

Caitlyn Tzou (B.S. 2016)

Jane Boettcher - Stanford University, Harvard Law

Mike Stever (B.S. 2015)

Scott McBeth (B.S. 2012)

Greg Barnett (B.S. 2011)

Chris Brunn (B.S. 2011)

Deniz Pamukcu (B.S. 2011)

Jonathan Cursi

Colleen Curley (BDSI)

Abigail Lefkowitz (BDSI)

Kristen Mason (BDSI)

D'Andre Watson (BDSI)

Meaghan Phipps (BDSI)

Daniel Altman (B.S. 2009)

Andrew Tadros(B.S. 2010)

Colin Armstrong (B.S. 2009)

Rich Evans (B.S. 2010)

Corey Luthringer (B.S. 2009)

Berc Kalanyan (B.S. 2008)

Mike Stern (B.S. 2008)

Diana Joyce (B.S. 2007)

Tim Matthews (B.S. 2007)

Jennifer Purcell (B.S. 2007) 

Troy Spengler (B.S. 2007)

Scott Blumhof(B.S. 2006)

Daniel Buschman (B.S. 2006)

Wahida Hazmin (B.S. 2006)

Mike Beaver (B.S. 2005, Ph.D. Lehigh University)

Jeff Bretz (B.S. 2005) 

Eric James (B.S. 2005)