People

Graduate Students

Elbethel Damtae (Spring 2017 – Current)
♦ Small Molecules Inhibitors of the Bacterial PTS

Chemical Engineering, Graduate Student

Tafadzwa Chigumira (Summer 2017 – Current)
♦ Microbial Reduction of Iodate

Chemical Engineering, Graduate Student

Terinney Haley (Summer 2014 – current)
♦ Impact of NanoParticles on Bacterial Cultures

Chemical Engineering, Senior

Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program | 2014

Gates Millenium Scholar | 2013

Mahtab Waseem (Fall 2015 – current)
♦ Small Molecules Inhibitors of the Bacterial PTS

Chemical Engineering, Junior

Tariq Johnson (Summer 2016 - current)
♦ Small Molecules Inhibitors of the Bacterial PTS

Chemical Engineering, Junior

Ayomikun Olarinoye (Summer 2017 – Current)
♦ Microbial Reduction of Iodate

Chemical Engineering, Junior

Abiye Mekonnen (Summer 2014 – Spring 2016)
♦ Impact of Physiologically Relevant Fluid Forces on Biofilm Responses to Antimicrobial Challenges

Successfully defended his thesis for the M.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering in Spring 2016

Now a Process Engineer @ Intel Corporation

Kalah Ozimba (Fall 2014 – Spring 2017)
♦ Impact of NanoParticles on Bacterial Cultures

Chemical Engineering BS Graduate | 2017

President of the Howard University Debate Team | 2015

Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program | 2014

Emmanuel Ike (Summer 2015 – Spring 2017)
♦ Small Molecules Inhibitors of the Bacterial PTS

Chemical Engineering BS Graduate | 2017

AIChE Student Chapter, Junior Representative | 2015

National Society of Collegiate Scholar | 2014

Simone Stanley (Spring 2016 – Spring 2017)
♦ BioEye & Application-Based Learning

Now a NIH Postbac IRTA intern

Chemical Engineering BS Graduate | 2017

NSBE Region 2 Technical OutReach Community Help (TORCH), Chair | 2014-2015

NSBE Howard University Chapter, Programs Chair | 2014-2015

Bria Rice (2013 - 2014)
♦ Effects of Mouthwashes on Oral Biofilms

Now @ Howard University Medical School, 3rd Year

Chemical Engineering BS Graduate | 2017

Dolce Lawless (Spring 2014)
♦ Lab Setup and Initiation

Now an Associate Scientist @ The Kraft Einz Company

Chemical Engineering BS Graduate | 2014

Chukukwa Ibecheozor (Summer 2014)
♦ Antifouling Properties of Functionalized Membranes

Chemical Engineering BS Graduate | 2017

AIChE Student Chapter, Vice President | 2015

Khari Johnson (Summer 2015)

Now a MS Student in Biomedical Engineering @ Duke University

Chemical Engineering BS Graduate | 2017

Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program | 2015