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Van Vliet Group

Laboratory for Material Chemomechanics

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Group photo of lab members posed together in front of an ocean viewpoint.
Selfie of Mingyu Yang, Brandon Krupczak, and Krystyn Van Vliet taken from a highpoint with a beautiful view of the city at night behind them.

Group photo of the Van Vliet Group sitting on a grass lawn and enjoying some Dunkin Donuts together.
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Photo of Mingyu Yang, Anna Jagielska, and Krystyn Van Vliet posing together at what looks to be a conference.

 

Meet the Team

Profile photo of Brandon Krupczak, standing in the lab wearing a white lab coat
Brandon Krupczak
Graduate Student
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Profile photo of Junsung. He is smiling, posing in front of a white background and wearing a plain, black t-shirt.
John Lee
Postdoctoral
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Profile photo of Anna Jagielska. In this photo, Anna poses for a selfie at the beach, wearing a black coat and color-reflecting sunglasses. She smiles cheerfully at the camera.
Anna Jagielska
Sr. Research Scientist
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Professional profile photo of Dr. Kshama Gupta. She is in front of a dark background, wearing a black blazer, and looking into the camera with a soft expression.
Kshama Gupta
Research Scientist
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Profile photo of Kenny Loo. In front of a grey background and wearing a black blazer, grey dress shirt, and black tie, Kenny gives a gentle smile towards the camera.
Kenny Loo
Graduate Student
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Professional profile photo of Julia Dias. She is wearing a grey shirt underneath a black blazer. Half of her long, brown hair drapes over her right shoulder. She smiles calmly at the camera.
Julia Dias
Lab Manager
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Professional profile photo of Krystyn Van Vliet. She is wearing a green blouse, centered by a large tan-colored beaded necklace. Her hair is light brown and shoulder length. She smiles kindly at the camera.
Krystyn Van Vliet
Principal Investigator
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Alumni

NamePosition in GroupLast Known Affiliation
Mingyu YangPhD Student, 2019-2024Faculty, UCSD

Jeremy M. Young		ScM, Harvard School of Dental Medicine 2004Private Practice
Anita ShuklaNSF REU, Summer 2004PhD Student, MIT ChemE
Patrick BarraganUROP, 2004Undergraduate, MIT
Yemisi AfereNSF REU, Summer 2005Technician, Johns Hopkins University
Irene TobiasDMSE UROP, Summer 2005Graduate Student, UCSD
Kendall WertsDMSE UROP, Summer 2005 
Doria HolbrookUROP, 2005Undergraduate, MIT
Catherine RobertsNSF RET, Summer 2005Somerville High School
Esther YuNSF REU, Summer 2005 
Mitsuo NotomiVisiting Scientist, 2005-2006Meiji University, Japan
Binu OommenMS Student, 2004-2006Bose
Ted FeldmanNSF REU, Summer 2006 
Georgios ConstantinidesPostdoctoral Associate, 2006-2007University of Cyprus
Tim LauMS Student, 2005-2007Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
Jack MilwidMS Student, 2005-2007Third Rock Ventures
Dessy (Nikova) LongPostdoctoral Associate, 2006-2007VA Boston Healthcare System
Catherine TweediePhD Student, 2004-2007Artist, Leap Metal
Emilio SilvaPhD Student, 2004-2007Petrobras
M. Todd ThompsonPhD Student, 2004-2008 
Christopher BruceDMSE Senior Thesis, 2008Boston Consulting Group
James DahlmanCMSE REU, Summer 2008PhD Student, HST
Wing Yee LauNSF REU, Summer 2008 
John OliverioSummer Researcher, 2008 
Joan MaoMS Student, 2006-2009 
Sunyoung LeePhD Student, 2003-2009 
Kyle BrysonNSF REU, Summer 2009PhD Student, University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Ran LiNSF REU, Summer 2009 
Sezen BuellPhD Student, 2004-2010 
Jennifer DeBerardinisNSF REU (BE), 2010Universities of Sydney and Melbourne
Juan F. RodriguezNSF REU (CMSE), 2010 
Karen StewartPostdoctoral Associate, 2008-2010GVD Corporation
Emily B. WaltonPhD Candidate, 2006-2011 
Qing (Kitty) JiPostdoctoral Associate, 2009-2011Chief Scientist of HPC Application and Marketing Manager, INSPUR (China)
Fei DengPostdoctoral Associate, 2009-2011Interpretation Development Engineer, Schlumberger
Mukul KabirPostdoctoral Associate, 2007-2011Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (India)
Meng QuPostdoctoral Associate, 2008-2011Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research
Jon EstradaUROP (MSE), 2011Graduate Student, Brown University
Eva CheungUROP (ChemE), 2011Sr. Research Associate, Gilead Sciences
Ben HintonNSF REU (BE), Summer 2011Undergraduate, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Jacob WagnerNSF REU (CMSE), Summer 2011Undergraduate, Case Western Reserve University
Eric LehnhardtNSF REU (BE), Summer 2011Undergraduate, Arizona State University
John MaloneyMEng Student, 2005-2006; PhD student, 2006-2012Research Scientist, Van Vliet Group
Romain GrossierPostdoctoral Associate, 2010-2012Researcher, CINaM-7325 CNRS (France)
Abdul Salam ThelakkadanPostdoctoral Associate, 2010-2012Scientist, SABIC (Saudi Arabia)
Ranjani K. ParadisePhD Student, 2006-2012Research Associate, Institute for Community Health
Ilke KalciogluPhD Student, 2006-2012Technologist, Gore
Remi Jolibois QuinotMEng Student, 2010-2012Analyst, Summer Street Research Partners
Lucy LeeUROP (Wellesley), Summer 2012Undergraduate, Wellesley College
Deepak JagannathanMS Student, 2010-2012Entrepreneurial Fellow, Flagship Ventures
Roza MahmoodianPostdoctoral Associate, 2011-2013Parker Group, Wyss Institute, Harvard University
Irene Chou ChenPhD Student, 2008-2013Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences
Adam ZeigerNSF REU, Summer 2006; PhD Student, 2008-2013Technology Specialist, Wolf Greenfield
Chia-Hua LeePhD Student, 2008-2014Research Engineer, Unilever
Kwan LiMS Student, 2011-2014 
Aarthy AdityanMS Student, 2011-2014 
Will HerbertPhD Student, 2010-2014 
Nishtha SinghPostdoctoral Associate, SMART CAMP 
   
Naresh GnanasegaranPostodoctoral Associate, SMART CAMP 
Yie Hou LeeScientific Director, SMART CAMP 
Bala NarayananSenior Program Manager, SMART CAMP