Supervisor
Julie Renner, BS, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Chemical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringDean's Fellow for Diversity Equity and InclusionEmail: julie.renner@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2905
Postdoctoral Researcher
Bernadette Schneider
Email: bls69@case.edu
Bernadette is a jointly appointed postdoc facilitating collaboration between the Renner Lab and Duval Lab. She is developing novel chemistries for peptide-functionalized membranes and rare earth element recovery.
Current Graduate Students
Rebecca Ahn
Musculoskeletal Training Fellow
Email: rsa73@case.edu
Rebecca is a PhD student studying polyproline monolayer assembly and its antifouling properties.
Geeta Verma
Email: gxv68@case.edu
Geeta is a PhD student investigating engineered peptides for rare earth element recovery.
Sogol Asaei
Email: sxa1036@case.edu
Sogol is a PhD student studying fundamental surface-bound elastin properties.
Terril Vallikalam
Email: txv106@case.ed
Terril is a PhD student studying nutrient recovery using engineered peptides.
Henry Grome
Email: htg5@case.edu
Henry is an MS student studying antifouling and antimicrobial systems.
Current Undergraduate Students
Elena Ising
Email: evi3@case.edu
Elena is working on bioengineered nutrient recycling technology.
Ben Kau
Email: bxk381@case.edu
Ben works on a collaborative project with the Martin Lab developing nanodiamond sensors.
Caeden Couch
Email: cec200@case.edu
Caeden is working on electrochemical methods to detect conformational changes of peptides on surfaces.
Sophia Chan
Email: sdc94@case.edu
Sophia is working to characterize the behavior and structure of peptides on solids surfaces.
Zijian Wang
Email: zxw960@case.edu
Zijian is working on developing peptide-based materials for REE separation.