Research Scientist

Prathyusha is a soft matter physicist studying active polymer interactions using simulations and living worms

Prathyusha.KokkoorakunnelRamankutty@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Daehyun integrates principles from fluid mechanics and micro-robotics to uncover mechanisms behind animal behavior, which holds potential benefits for humanity. He currently studies the multi-terrestrial locomotion mechanisms of mudskippers and aquatic bugs.

daehyun.choi@colorado.edu

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Atanu investigates the dynamics of complex systems by integrating experiments and theory. His research focuses on collective behavior in biological groups and the principles behind emergent phenomena.

atanu.chatterjee@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dongjin is a postdoctoral fellow focusing on compact, high-power, and compliant actuators. His research involves building micro-robots to uncover nature’s secrets and developing compact wearable devices.

dongjin.kim@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Wei-Wen is an interdisciplinary scientist whose work bridges photonics, chemistry, and biology to develop technologies for studying metabolism and diseases. His research centers on laser optics, imaging, hyperdimensional data analysis, and Raman spectroscopy to probe metabolic profiles of biological samples.
wwc@gatech.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mert is a research scientist who explores light-controlled active bioinspired materials and novel biomimetic system.

mert.vural@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Louis is a theoretical physicist interested in the statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of “weird” systems and how fundamental physics shape ecology and biology.

louis.gonzalez@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hengjia draws inspiration from natural fluid transport phenomena and aims to harmonize these processes with physical fields. His current study focuses on aquatic insects and how they interact with their environment.

hengjia.Zhu@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dror is an experimentalist fascinated by the diverse mechanisms that marine invertebrates use to exchange materials and energy with their environment. He combines flow measurements and experiments in living organisms with numerical and physical modeling of transport phenomena to understand how organismal form, behavior, and flow generation support key physiological processes.

dror.malul@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral fellow

Tejas is a theoretical soft matter physicist who enjoy thinking about any kind of system that breaks, maintains, or creates generalized symmetries.

tejas.dethe@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral fellow

Anusuya is an interdisciplinary researcher interested in the physics of complex biological and soft-matter systems. She combines experiments with data-driven approaches, including machine learning, to study transport, deposition, and emergent behavior in droplet-based systems.

anusuya.pal@colorado.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sun-Pill is a robotic hardware engineer interested in bio-inspired and origami-inspired robotic systems across scales, from millimeter-scale insect-inspired robots to meter-scale deployable structures.

sun-pill.jung@colorado.edu

BioE PhD Student

Christina is studying biomechanics of insects as well as exploring micro/nanoscale adaptations for bioinspired design.

cmcdonald45@gatech.edu

BioE PhD Student

Rajas is a big fan of low-tech, and is working on low-cost methods to enable diagnostic tests at the point of care that use no reagents.

rajasp@gatech.edu

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BioE PhD Student

Nami’s research is to explore extraordinary biophysics and flow phenomena of organisms, and is working on the interaction between capillary flows and flexible structures of desert bird feathers.

namyi.ha@colorado.edu

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Cedric is interested in understanding how single cells learn and collectively interact with their environment. He studies the molecular mechanisms of habituation learning in Spirostomum ambiguum and is interested in translating insights from fundamental biology into new bio-inspired technologies and ventures.

ckamaleson3@gatech.edu

BioE/CE PhD Student

Paulami is a grad student looking forward to exploring the lab. She is fascinated with biomimetics and biomaterials, drawing inspiration from the natural world around her.

paulami.sarkar@colorado.edu

BioE PhD student

Ian is studying the biomechanics of plants and animals and applications of physics in biological systems.

ian.bergerson@colorado.edu

BioE PhD student

Qinglin is interested in understanding the mechanics and physics behind natural organisms, which leads him to explore biomechanics and bio-inspired structures and robotics. Currently, Qinglin is studying bio-related collective behavior, active matter and granular material.

qinglin.wu@colorado.edu

Yufei is interested in the collective dynamics and substrate feedback of active matter systems, inspired by how pastoralist communities adaptively manage their herds.

yufei.xiao@colorado.edu

BioE PhD student

Tianjun is interested in improving the stability and efficiency of insect-scale robots by learning from how insects leverage their body structures to interact with the environment across different interfaces.

tianjun.lan@colorado.edu

Program Director, Frugal Science Academy

Janet oversees and coordinates the Frugal Science Academy, an NIH SEPA funded initiative to provide high school internships and K-12 teacher training to develop frugal science tools, lessons and support for the implementation of synthetic biology education.

janet.standeven@colorado.edu