Principal Investigator
Michael A. Webb, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Associated Faculty: Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton Institute for Computational Science & Engineering, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, Center for Statistics and Machine Learning
Princeton University
mawebb at princeton dot edu
A325 Engineering Quad
Current Group Members
Shiangli Jiang
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research Interests: machine learning, polymer rheology
Zachary Lipel
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research Interests: machine learning, biological condensates
Ryan Szukalo
Zheng Yu
Hang Zhang
G6 Graduate Student (CHM)
hz13 at princeton dot edu
Research Interests: contact charging, interfacial properties, chemically recyclable polymers
Satyen Dhamankar
G5 Graduate Student (CBE)
satyend at princeton dot edu
Research Interests: stimuli-responsive polymers, phase behavior, solution theory
Roshan Patel
G5 Graduate Student (CBE)
Research Interests: high-throughput simulation, polymer machine learning strategies, polymer-enzyme interactions
Jacob Metcalfe
G4 CSI Graduate Student (CHM);
co-advised with Roberto Car
Research Interests: Bottom-up polymer coarse-graining
Eser Ugur
G4 Graduate Student (CBE)
Research Interests: nuclear quantum effects, condensed-phase polymer systems, plasticization phenomena
Quinn Gallagher
G3 Graduate Student (CBE)
Research Interests: Machine learning for materials discovery; sustainability
Wesley Oliver
G3 Graduate Student (CBE)
Research Interests: Machine learning of polymer properties
Shannon Zhang
G3 Graduate Student (CBE)
Research Interests: Charge transport in polymeric media, heterogeneous polymer dynamics
Jacob Votava
G2 Graduate Student (CBE);
co-advised with Emily Davidson
Research Interests: Multiscale simulation and characterization of liquid crystalline systems
Matthew Chertok
G2 Graduate Student (CBE);
co-advised with Howard Stone
Research Interests: Machine learning and rheology of polymer solutions
Yvette Biddle
Undergraduate Student
JIW S24, ST AY24-25
Research Interests: enzyme-polymer interactions
Matthew Ciccone
Vatsal Parikh
Undergraduate Student
OURSIP Intern
Research Interests: Molecular simulation and machine learning in biology; generative modeling
Sonia Hasko
Undergraduate Student
JIW F24
Research Interests: Active learning and Bayesian optimization
Michael Kostolansky
Undergraduate Student
JIW F24
Research Interests: Mechanisms underlying stimuli-response in polymer solutions
Maya Joshi
Undergraduate Student
JIW F24
Research Interests: Bayesian neural networks
Group Alumni
Postdocs
Dr. Yaxin An (postdoctoral scholar '22; assistant professor LSU)
Dr. Carlos H. Borca (postdoctoral scholar '21; PTC Therapeutics)
Graduate Students
Donna Xia (MSE '21; Data Analyst at Accenture Federal Service)
Brianna Royer (research assistant; Management Consultant at Qral Group)
Undergraduate Students
Sophia Colmenares (JIW 22, ST AY 23-24; PhD Program @ Duke University, Biomedical Engineering)
David Opong (ST AY 23-24)
Jay Kaplan (JIW 22, ST AY22-23; PhD Program @ University of Chicago, Molecular Engineering)
Stephanie Monson (ST AY22-23, PhD Program @ University of Pennsylvania, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Connie An ('20 ACEE intern, ST AY21-22, PhD Program @ Stanford University, Chemical Engineering)
Shadman Jahangir (ST AY21-22)
Stephen Skala (Princeton Center for Complex Materials REU '21, PhD Program @ UCSB, Chemical Engineering)
Grace Wei (JIW F20, JIW S21, ST AY21-22, PhD Program @ UC Berkeley, Materials Science)
Highschool Students
Michelle Gao (Silver Spring, MD; '24 LLP)
Ciya Ettumgal (Paramus, NJ; '24 LLP)
Max Eng (Summit, NJ; '24 LLP)
Katya Vasnetsov (Puerto Rico; '23 LLP)
Sai Voruganti (Edison, NJ; '23 LLP)
Pooja Kedia (Hillsborough, NJ; '22 LLP)
Keith Paruchuri (Frisco, TX; '22 LLP)
Abbreviations
AY = academic year; JIW = junior independent work; LLP = Laboratory Learning Program; REU = research experience for undergraduates; ST = senior thesis;