Six CBEE students to be recognized at Candidacy Ceremony

The Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering

 is proud to have 6 Doctorate Students who will be honored on October 23, 2020 at UMBC's Ceremony to Recognize New Doctoral Candidates. These students have completed all of the necessary milestones during the past year and to earn the title of Doctorial Candidate. 

Zahra Ghassemi, Mentor - Dr. Jennie Leach "Preservation of Protein Stability and Activity by Confinement in Hydrogels" 

Ethan Hain, Mentor - Dr. Lee Blaney "Occurrence and Toxicity of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Chesapeake Bay" 

Yun Jiao, Mentor - Dr. Jennie Leach "Delineating Immune-Mediated Mechanisms of Disease After Traumatic Brain Injury Through Systemic Approaches" 

Nuzhat Maisha, Mentor - Dr. Erin Lavik “Investigating the Role of Materials Properties of Nanoparticles in Complement Mediated Hypersensitivity Reactions Through in Vitro and in Vivo Studies” 

Narendra Goud Pandala, Mentor - Dr. Erin Lavik “Development of a Novel 3D Bioprinting Method for an in Vitro Colon Model” 

Lynn Wong, Mentor - Dr. Govind Rao " Integrating in Silico Protein Engineering Strategies to Modulate Ligand-Binding Protein Properties in a Multiplex Metabolite Profiler"