{"id":123,"date":"2021-08-04T20:28:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/jenningslab\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:24:42","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/jenningslab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2>G. Kane Jennings, Ph.D.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Principal Investigator<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/8-768x512-1-600x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Ph.D. of Chemical Engineering and M.S. of Chemical Engineering, <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusettes Institute of Technology<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>B.S. of Chemical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auburn.edu\/\">Auburn University<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kane.g.jennings@Vanderbilt.Edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- rich-text -->\r\n<h2>Current Students<\/h2>\r\n<!-- rich-text -->\r\n<h2><strong>Matthew Vasuta<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Material Sciences Program<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/Matthew_Vasuta-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Joined Lab in 2023<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utk.edu\/\">The University of Tennessee<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:matthew.vasuta@vanderbilt.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- rich-text -->\r\n<h2><strong>Praise Eromosele<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/Headshot_PraiseE-768x492-1-600x492.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Joined Lab in 2024<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>M.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaust.edu.sa\/en\/\">King Abdullah University of Science and Technology<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kstu.ru\/knrtu\/index_en.jsp\">Kazan National Research Technological University<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:praise.o.eromosele@vanderbilt.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>Cade Tharrington<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-633\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/NCSU_2025_Headshot-600x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/NCSU_2025_Headshot-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/NCSU_2025_Headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/NCSU_2025_Headshot-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/NCSU_2025_Headshot-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/NCSU_2025_Headshot.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Joined Lab in 2025<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina State University<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cade.t.tharrington@vanderbilt.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>Stephen Hiles<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>M. Sci. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-632\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/linkedinprofile-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/linkedinprofile-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/linkedinprofile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/07\/linkedinprofile-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Joined Lab in 2025<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Virginia<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:stephen.m.hiles@vanderbilt.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- rich-text -->\r\n<h2>Ph. 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Alumni<\/h2>\r\n<p><strong>Zane Parkerson<\/strong> &#8211; August Bioservices<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Ali Zaker Shawon<\/strong> &#8211; Zeno Power<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Allison Cordova-Huaman<\/strong> &#8211; Brewer Science\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Joshua Livingston<\/strong> &#8211; University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Marc Nabhan\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Joshua Passantino<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Nth Cycle<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Kody Wolfe<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; University of Ohio<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Liudmyla Prozorovska<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Scale Materials<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Xuanli Deng<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Google<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Cole Brubaker<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; PING<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Maxwell Robinson<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Simon-Kucher<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Ian Njoroge<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; CSL Behring<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Gabriel LeBlanc<\/strong> &#8211; University of Tulsa<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Carlos Escobar<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Dow Chemical<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Steve Vilt<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; BASF<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Juan Tuberquia<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Dow Chemical<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Brandon Booth<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Boeing<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Peter Ciesielski<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; NREL<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Chris Faulkner<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Agilyx<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Brad Berron<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; University of Kentucky<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Dongshun Bai<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Brewer Science<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Hellen Kincaid<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Buckman<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Eric Brantley<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; LANXESS<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Wenfeng Guo<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Dong Yan<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical<\/p>\r\n<!-- rich-text -->\r\n<h2>M. 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