Zach graduated from North Carolina State University in 2019 with a BS in Chemical Engineering. While he was there, he researched stimuli-responsive polymers and their incorporation into non-woven polymer matrices. Zach has also interned at an electroplating company, working in technical services and research & development. Zach also is a huge football fan and enjoys disc golf. Zach joined the Lynd group in Fall 2019.

From Dunn, North Carolina, Jared obtained his undergraduate degree at East
Carolina University as part of their Honors College and EC Scholars programs. As an
undergraduate majoring in chemistry, he did research investigating the role of
visual cues in the social status formation of zebrafish under the direction of Dr. Fadi
Issa

Louise graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2019 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. As an undergraduate, she worked on modeling the effect of extensional stress on protein structure. She also studied water purification filters at Penn State. Louise joined the Lynd group in Fall 2019.

From New York, August graduated from Cornell University in 2018 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.

International student from Cairo, Egypt. I completed my undergraduate  Chemical Engineering degree at Georgia Tech. I worked on the synthesis of carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes for gas separation applications with Dr. Koros.

From Kenya, Hajila graduated from Salem State University in 2008 with a B.S. in chemistry, with a biochemistry concentration. After graduation she worked for a Ceramic membrane technology business unit of Veolia Water Solutions N.A in Boston as a Research Chemist. Thereafter, moved back to Nairobi, Kenya and opened an art and hand-made jewelry shop employing several members of the community and held painting classes. She is now pursuing a PhD to create and develop systems that will help empower her community back in Nairobi. She enjoys painting, jewelry-making and cooking during her free time.

Ben graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017 with his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. While at UIUC, Ben worked under Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman on functionalized organic nanoparticles and small molecule therapeutic agents for Myotonic Dystrophy type I. 

Aubrey graduated from Purdue University in 2021 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. She did research over olefin oligomerization on single site heterogeneous catalysts under Dr. Jeff Miller. Aubrey also completed 2 summer internships with Ford. When not in lab, Aubrey enjoys running, being outdoors, and cooking.

Freddy graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2018. While there, he worked with Dr. Mary Laura Lind assisting with research regarding desalination membrane processes. He joined the Freeman/Lynd research groups in the fall of 2018 to begin work with the newly founded EFRC Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems (MWET).

From Malaysia, Isaac graduated from Mississippi College in 2020 with a B.S. in chemistry, as well as a physics minor. During that time he worked on the synthesis of conjugated 2-D dendrimers under the direction of Dr. Trent Selby. He enjoys cooking and playing a variety of instruments in his free time.

Izzy graduated from Rice University in 2022 with a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular engineering. Her undergraduate research focused on tissue engineering, more specifically, modeling the osteosarcoma tumor micro-environment, as well as working to build and analyze a device to detect metastatic breast cancer cells at UCSD.