G. Kane Jennings, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ph.D. of Chemical Engineering and M.S. of Chemical Engineering, Massachusettes Institute of Technology
B.S. of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
Current Students
Matthew Vasuta
Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Material Sciences Program
Joined Lab in 2023
B.S. of Chemical Engineering, The University of Tennessee
Praise Eromosele
Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Joined Lab in 2024
M.S. of Chemical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
B.S. of Chemical Engineering, Kazan National Research Technological University
Cade Tharrington
Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Joined Lab in 2025
B.S. of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
Stephen Hiles
M. Sci. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Joined Lab in 2025
B.S. of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia
Ph. D. Alumni
Zane Parkerson – August Bioservices
Ali Zaker Shawon – Zeno Power
Allison Cordova-Huaman – Brewer Science
Joshua Livingston – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Marc Nabhan – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Joshua Passantino – Nth Cycle
Kody Wolfe – University of Ohio
Liudmyla Prozorovska – Scale Materials
Xuanli Deng – Google
Cole Brubaker – PING
Maxwell Robinson – Simon-Kucher
Ian Njoroge – CSL Behring
Gabriel LeBlanc – University of Tulsa
Carlos Escobar – Dow Chemical
Steve Vilt – BASF
Juan Tuberquia – Dow Chemical
Brandon Booth – Boeing
Peter Ciesielski – NREL
Chris Faulkner – Agilyx
Brad Berron – University of Kentucky
Dongshun Bai – Brewer Science
Hellen Kincaid – Buckman
Eric Brantley – LANXESS
Wenfeng Guo
Dong Yan – Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
M. Sci. / M. Eng. Alumni
Tyler Oddo – Savannah River National Lab
Nimrod Korda – The Mosaic Company
Ryan Solomon
Jarrid Ristau
Siyuan Yang – Shanghai Futeng Private Equity Fund Management
Darlene Gunther
Angline Cione – U.S. Federal Government
Mayker Bantz – Author
Samuel Ko – Philos International Holdings
Todd Lusk – SLR Consulting
Brian Babcock – Surnetics