Principal Investigator

Kelly A. Burke, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor and Department Head, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Member, Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science
Member, Biomedical Engineering
Email: kelly.burke *at* uconn.edu
Office: EII Room 204
Phone: (860) 486-4020

B.S.E. Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Ph.D., Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Graduate Students

Maryam Mohebbi
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Connecticut

M.Sc. Polymer Engineering, Iran Polymer Institute, Tehran, Iran
B.Sc. Polymer Engineering, Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Cassidy Soard
Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science
University of Connecticut

B.S.  Chemistry, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Gabrielle Joseph
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 
University of Connecticut

B.S.E. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Megan Welch
Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science
University of Connecticut

B.S. Biochemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Wei Ruan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Connecticut

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Sanyukta Patil
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Connecticut

M.S. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
B. Tech., Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai India

Albert Tulli IV 
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Connecticut

B.S.E. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Undergraduate Students

Group Alumni

Doctoral Candidates and Visiting Scientists

Danielle Heichel, PhD (Polymer Science PhD, 2021)

Yongjian Wang, PhD (Chemical Engineering PhD, 2021)

Julia A. Tumbic (Visiting Scientist 2016-2018)

Masters Students

Tawan Jamdee (Biomedical Engineering, M.S.)

Zijin Xu (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, M.S., 2016)

Undergraduate Students

Sanjana Srinivas (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., 2025, Honors Scholar 2025)

Charlotte Chen (Materials Science and Engineering, B.S.E., 2024, Holster Scholar 2021, Honors Scholar, 2018)

Angelo Franco (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., 2023)

Nolan Murphy-Genao (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., 2023)

Rachel Martineau (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., 2021)

Michael Parnas (Biomedical Engineering, B.S.E., 2020)

Sydney Wimberley (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., 2020)

Jerry Dinan (Molecular and Cellular Biology, B.S., 2019)

Albert Tulli IV (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., 2019)

Marisa Boch (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E.,  Molecular and Cellular Biology, B.S., University Scholar, Honors Scholar, 2018)

Amy McKinstry (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., 2018)

Bryan Sweeney  (Biomedical Engineering, B.S.E., 2018)

Jamie Monico (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S.E., Honors Scholar, 2016)