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Principal Investigator

 

Keith EJ Tyo

Associate Professor

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD Chemical Engineering
West Virginia University, B.S. Chemical Engineering

P: 847.868.0319
Tech E-156

CV

Faculty Page

k-tyo@northwestern.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

 

Cat Majors

Cat Majors

Postdoctoral Fellow (started 2019)

Rice University, PhD Bioengineering, 2019
Vanderbilt University, B.E. Biomedical Engineering, 2012

Project: Split enzyme engineering for ultrasensitive diagnostics design

Sai Praneet Batchu

Sai Praneet Batchu

Postdoctoral Fellow (started 2023)

University of Delaware, PhD Chemical Engineering, 2023
IIT Madras, 2018

Project: Kinetic modelling of cell-free metabolic pathways.

PhD Students

 

Andrew Freiburger

Andrew Freiburger

Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering (started 2023)

(Co-advised with Christopher Henry)

University of Victoria, M.A.Sc. Civil Engineering, 2022

Grand Valley State University, B.S. Chemistry, 2019

Grand Rapids Community College, A.S., 2019

Project: Community metabolic modelling to elucidate microbial ecology

Yara Jabbour Al Maalouf

Yara Jabbour Al Maalouf

Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering (started 2022)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. Chemical Engineering and B.S. Molecular Biology, 2019

Project: Protein engineering

Geoffrey Bonnanzio

Geoffrey Bonnanzio

Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering (started 2022)

(Co-advised with Linda Broadbelt)

University of Delaware, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2022

Project: Developing computational models for improved pathway design and expression

Yash Chainani

Yash Chainani

Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering (started 2021)

(Co-advised with Linda Broadbelt)

University of California, Berkeley, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2021

Project: Developing machine learning and deep learning models for biochemical reaction prediction

Stefan Pate

Stefan Pate

Graduate Student in Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences (started 2023)

(Co-advised with Linda Broadbelt)

Harvard University, B.A. Neurobiology, 2016

Project: Computational discovery of novel biosynthetic pathways to key small molecules

 

Tracey Dinh

Tracey Dinh

PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering (started 2018)

(Co-advised with Linda Broadbelt)

Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2016

Project: Characterizing promiscuity of
carboligase enzymes

Kevin Fitzgerald

Kevin Fitzgerald

Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering (started 2020)

Purdue University, B.S. Biological Engineering, 2020

Project: Engineering Acinetobacter baylyi to overproduce the biopolymer cyanophycin in the context of wastewater treatment  

Marija Milisavljevic

Marija Milisavljevic

PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering (started 2018)

Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2017

Project: Protein Engineering

Kevin Shebek

Kevin Shebek

PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering (started 2019)

(Co-advised with Linda Broadbelt)

Northwestern University, M.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, 2019
Pennsylvania State University, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2015

Project: Computational Metabolic Engineering

Masters Students

 

Rawia Marafi

Rawia Marafi

MS Candidate in Chemical Engineering (started 2022)

(Co-advised with Linda Broadbelt)

Syracuse University, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2022

Project: Kinetic modelling of cell-free metabolic pathways

Undergraduate Students

 

Margaret Guilarte-Silva

Chemical Engineering undergraduate (started 2023)

Project: Computational Metabolic Engineering

Dylan Hakken

Chemical Engineering undergraduate (started 2023)

Project: Experimental Metabolic Engineering