Our Team

Our Team

Principal Investigator

Ashty S. Karim

Ashty S. Karim

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, 2020 Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2018 B.S., The University of Texas at Austin, 2013

Current Members

Anica Diaz

Anica Diaz

Undergraduate Researcher

Biological Sciences

Owen Eskey

Owen Eskey

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemical Engineering

Madan Gopal

Madan Gopal

Postdoctoral Scholar

Ph.D., University of Delaware

Alex Hou

Alex Hou

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemical Engineering

Stephen Landry

Stephen Landry

PhD Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S., Northeastern University

Seonyun Moon

Seonyun Moon

Postdoctoral Scholar

Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Daniel Payan

PhD Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering

M.S., Northwestern University B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Madeline Sparks

Madeline Sparks

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemical Engineering

Mekhi Williams

Mekhi Williams

PhD Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S., University of Delaware

Haider Vanek

Master of Biotechnology Student

B.A., University of California, Berkeley

João Eduardo Levandoski

Visiting PhD Scholar

B.S., Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Alumni

2026

Meagan Olsen

Ph.D., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

Caleb Lay

Ph.D., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

Sammi Huang

M.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

Zachary Shaver

Ph.D., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

Amelia Perry

B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

Paloma Carignano

SynBREU Student, 2026

LOOKING TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

We are looking for creative and curious graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduates that are interested exploring the interface between biological and chemical systems.