Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Presenters at URCAD! Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Shashane Anderson | Formal Verification of Thermodynamic Models With Lean 4 | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | TylerJosephson 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 5 

 

Alvin Bett | Detecting PFAS in Baltimore Harbor Using Novel Passive Samplers | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | LeeBlaney 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 26 

 

Jacob Craft | Measuring the Selectivity Coefficients of 19 PFAS With Four Anion-Exchange Membranes | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | LeeBlaney 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 19 

 

Joshua Dayie | Engineering CRBN for Improved Assay and Structural Enablement Using DeNovo Protein Scaffolds | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | NicoleLaRonde 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 34 

 

Evalynn Ellison | Ultrasound-Responsive Phospholipid-Coated Microbubbles for Controlled Drug Delivery Across Mucosa | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | CananDagdeviren 

Oral Presentation | UC 310 | 3:00-3:15 

 

Trevor Gibson | Hybrid Anion-Exchange Resins Improve the Uptake and Selectivity for (Ultra)Short-Chain PFAS in Drinking Water | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | LeeBlaney 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 43 

 

Elias Gilotte | Uncovering The Relationship Between Oxygen Availability and Energy Sources in Cell-free Protein Synthesis | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | GovindRao 

Poster Presentatation| UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 29 

 

Alexander Haibel | GraphARC: An AI Benchmark for Chemical Reasoning | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | TylerJosephson 

Poster Presentatation| UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 34 

 

Sydney Hofstetter | Sucrose Density Gradient Centrifugation Versus Anion Exchange for Exosome Sample Purification | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | JorgeAlmodovar 

Poster Presentatation| UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 42 

 

Jasmine Ives | Polychlorinated Biphenyl Monitoring in Maryland Fish | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | UpalGhosh 

Poster Presentatation| UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 45 

 

Tonderai Kodzwa | Effect Of Temperature On Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | OzgurCapraz 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 61 

 

Peter Lombardo | Percent Viability Screens To Confirm Integral Cell Wall Signaling Kinases In Aspergillus Nidulans | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | MarkMarten 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 53 

 

Terra Miley | Optimization Of Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Bioreactors With the Use of a Fluorescent Magnesium Biosensor | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | GovindRao 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 48 

 

Meredith Morse | Characterizing The Aspergillus Nidulans Kinase Deletion Library | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | MarkMarten 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 1 

 

Tithi Prajapati | Noninvasive Wearable Device For Transcutaneous CO2 Based Early Detection Of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | VenkateshSrinivasan 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 15 

 

Matthew Quintanilla | Characterization Of Transmembrane Transporters Linked To Cell Wall Stress Response | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | MarkMarten 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 16 

  

Jessica Slaughter | Suite Of Bioinformatic-Analysis Apps For Better Understanding Dynamic Omics Data | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | MarkMarten 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 33 

 

Maaike Swaters | Measuring Ion-exchange Membrane Properties That Control Nutrient Recovery By Donnan Dialysis | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | LeeBlaney 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 33 

 

Greeshma Tarimala | Using Gene Editing And Fluorescent Microscopy To Characterize The PrkA Kinase In Aspergillus Nidulans | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | MarkMarten 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 35 

 

Julia Van Der Marel | Monitoring Of NADH Concentrations In Cell-Free Systems | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | GovindRao 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 40 

 

Benjamin Welling | Fabrications Of An Autonomous Chemically Powered Vehicle: (AIChE Chem-E Car) | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Neha Raikar 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 48 

 

Zorah Williams | Utilizing Manganese-Oxide As An Electrode Material For Aqueous Zn-ion Batteries. | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | OzgurCapraz 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 44 

 

Ariel Wilson-Gray | Production Of Extracellular Vesicles From Mammalian Cells Modulated By A Biomimetic Surface | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | JorgeAlmodovar 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 45 

 

 

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Alvin Bett | Influence of Solution PH On PFAS Accumulation in a Novel Equilibrium Passive Sampler | Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

An Dang  | Phosphate Recovery By Donnan Dialysis: Impact of Operating Parameters in a Batch-Recycle Reactor | Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Casey Douglas | Phenotypic Characterization of an Aspergillus Nidulans ∆mpkA∆hogA Strain | Mark R. Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Evalynn Ellison | A Synthetic Data Generator to Accelerate Machine Learning Algorithm Development | Brandon DeKosky | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elias Gilotte | Online ATP Monitoring in Cell-Free Protein Synthesis | Govind Rao | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Garrett Hill | Phenotypic Characterization of Aspergillus Nidulans Protein Kinase PrkA | Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Raey Hunde | Advancing In Vitro Tissue Models: The Development of an Innovative High Throughput Model of the Colon | Erin Lavik | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Terra Miley | Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Magnesium Sensor to be Used in an Industrial Cell-Free Bioreactor | Govind Rao | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Meredith Morse | Characterizing the Aspergillus Nidulans Kinase Deletion Library For Septation in Response to Cell Wall Stress | Mark Marten, Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Chiad Onyeje | Verification of Hemostatic Nanocapsules Through Rotational Thromboelastometry Analysis | Erin Lavik | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Tatiana Perez | Phenotypic Characterization of the Aspergillus Nidulans Double-deletion Mutant ΔmpkAΔnrc2 | Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Matthew Quintanilla | High Throughput Screens to Discover Uncharacterized Cell Wall Signaling Kinases in Aspergillus Nidulans | Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Andrea Sequeira | Characterization of ΔmpkAΔsnf1 Double Deletion Strain in Aspergillus Nidulans | Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering










































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Nelanne Bolima | Engineering Fungal Growth Conditions to Create Mycelial-Materials | Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Tamia Bowers | Energy Application of Low-Temperature 2D Films Employed in Space-Based Energy Harvesting Systems | Dr. SwaprilAmbade | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Casey Douglas | Characterization of an Aspergillus NidulansMpkA, HogA Double-Deletion Strain | Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Garrett Hill | Phenotypic Characterization of Aspergillus Nidulans Protein Kinase PrkA| Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Raey Hunde | Developing a 3D Colon Model | Dr. Erin Lavik | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Mary Nolan | Photolysis of Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter and Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater-Impacted Streams | Dr. Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Brandon Onochie | Polymer Microemulsions for Delivery of Poorly-Soluble Drugs to Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells | Dr. Chun Wang | University of Minnesota 

 

Anita Osoh | Understanding the Link Between Blood Flow Dynamics and Atherosclerosis | Dr. Guillermo Garcia-Cardena | Harvard Medical School 

 

Wanwei Pan | Aspergillus NidulansmpkA Deletion Strain Mycelium Material | Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Tatiana Perez | Characterization of the Growth Rate and Mycelial Cell Size for Aspergillus Nidulans ΔmpkAΔnrc2 | Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Mitchell Richards | Characterization of Hydraulic Conductivity of Soil and Saprolite Cores in Dead Run Watershed, Baltimore County, Maryland | Dr. Claire Welty | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Andrea Sequeira | Characterization of ΔmpkAΔsnf1 Double Deletion Strain in Aspergillus Nidulans| Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

AyeoritseTuedon | Using Nanocapsules that Decrease Blood Loss in Traumatic Injuries as an Extended Drug Delivery System | Dr. Erin Lavik | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Diego Igelsias Vega | Fluorescence-based Multilinear Regression Models to Assess the Presence of Wastewater in Baltimore Watersheds | Dr. Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering 

 

Sarah-Fatime Yoda | Development and Optimization of a Novel, Multi-material Scaffold Manufacturing Process | Dr. Yonghui Ding | Northwestern University 

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