
Arnab Mukherjee
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering & Biological Engineering
Affiliations: Chemistry & Biochemistry, Neuroscience Research Institute
Boswell Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-17), Caltech
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S./M.S., Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x = arnabm
Awards: Scialog Fellow, NIH R35 MIRA, DoD Discovery Award, NARSAD Young Investigator
Ph.D. students
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Nolan Anderson
Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering
B.S., Chemical Engineering & Mathematics, University of Kentucky
UCSB Chancellor's Fellow
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x=nolananderson

Austin Miller
Ph.D. student, Biomolecular Sciences & Engineering
M.S., Biotech., Northwestern U., B.S., Biochemistry & Biophysics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Connie Frank Fellow (2022)
Contact: x@umail.ucsb.edu, x=austinmiller190

Binzhi Xu
Ph.D. student, Biomolecular Sciences & Engineering
B.S., Biological Sciences, UC Irvine
UCSB Regent's Fellow (2020-21)
Contact: x@lifesci.ucsb.edu, x=binzhi

Logan Baldini
Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering
B.S., Bioengineering, UC San Diego
NSF GRFP, UCSB Regent's Fellow (2021-22), Connie Frank Fellow (2022)
Contact: x@umail.ucsb.edu, x=mbaldini

Emily Lau
Ph.D. student, Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology (co-advised with Todd Oakley)
B.S., Biochemistry & Anthropology, Hunter College
P.E.O. Scholar (2022), NSF GRFP (2018-21)
Contact: x@lifesci.ucsb.edu, x=emily.lau

Rochishnu Chowdhury
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Frederic Gibou)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University (India)
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x=rochishnu00

Asish Ninan Chacko
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S./M.S., Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (Kolkata)
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=asishninanchacko

Yimeng Huang
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry & Biology, Brandeis University
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=yimenghuang

Jinyang Wan
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S., Biochemistry, UC San Diego
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=jinyang_wan
Research Staff

Xiwen Fang
Research Technician
B.S., Biochemistry, Pennsylvania State University
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x=xiwenfang
Undergraduate Researchers

Vannie Liu
B.S., 2023
Pharmacology

Sarah Linderman
B.S., 2023
Pharmacology

Honghao Li
B.S., 2023
Chemistry

Jason Xie
B.S., 2023, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Katie Pham
B.S., 2023
Biological Science

Uziel Fuentes
B.S., 2023
Biological Science

Victoria Magidova
B.A., 2025
Chemistry

Pinyi Li
B.S., 2025
Chemistry
Graduate and Postdoctoral Alumni

Dr. Harun Ozbakir
Scientist, Amgen
Postdoctoral scholar (2018-21), Errett Fisher Fellow, UCSB

Dr. Jason Yun
Scientist I, Synthorx Inc. (Sanofi)
Ph.D. (2021) Chemistry, UCSB

Dr. Raymond Borg
Ph.D. (2021), Chemistry, UCSB (co-advised with Irene Chen)

Kang-Ching Fan
Upstream Process Development Scientist, Mycenax Biotech Inc.
M.S. (2020), Chemical Engineering, UCSB

Emily Sun
Research Associate, 10X Genomics
M.S. (2020), Chemical Engineering, UCSB
Undergraduate alumni

Eugene Li
Ph.D. @Caltech
B.S., 2022
Chemical Engg.
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Rachel Taylor
Ph.D. @ Penn State
B.S., 2020
Chemical Engg.

Isabella Hurvitz
SURF Scholar, 2020
B.S. 2023
Bioengg. (Caltech)

Charles Yue
Ph.D. @ Lipscomb U.
B.A., 2020
Chemistry

Anna Maciukiewicz
Res. Tech. @ Dana Farber
B.S., 2022
Pharmacology

Keith Lau
Bioprocess Associate
Culture Biosciences
B.S. '22, Chemical Engg.

Kiara Fishman
B.S., 2020
Biological Science

Michelle Leong
Res. Tech. @Stanford Med.
B.S., 2021
Pharmacology

Audrey Chow
Ptx Care Coordinator
@ Stanford Med.
B.S. '22, Biopsychology

Zoe Imansjah
Production Engineer
@ Dow Chemical
B.S. '22, Chemical Engg.

Alan Lim
B.S., 2022
Chemical Engg.

Anna Fenerty
B.S., 2023
Biological Science