Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Jamey D. Young, Ph.D.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering
Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Director of ITED T32 Training Program

Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics (1999) - University of Kentucky
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2005) - Purdue University
Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-08) - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Contact: j.d.young@vanderbilt.edu

Research Faculty and Postdocs

Clinton M. Hasenour, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Director of the Metabolic Flux Analysis Subcore, MMPC

Education
B.A. Biochemistry (2007) - DePauw University
Ph.D. Molecular Physiology & Biophysics (2014) - Vanderbilt University
Postdoctoral Researcher (2015-2018) - Vanderbilt University

Research Interests: In vivo metabolic physiology in diabetes and obesity

Contact: clinton.m.hasenour@vanderbilt.edu

Mariachiara Conti, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Education
B.A. Material Chemistry (2015) & M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2019) - University of Bologna
Ph.D. Engineering (2024) - The University of Edinburgh

Research Interests: Downstream processing of extracellular vesicles

Contact: mariachiara.conti@vanderbilt.edu

Graduate Students

Kevin J. Ruiz-Márquez

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Minor in Pharmaceutical Engineering (2021) - University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

Research Interests: Cell culture engineering for biomanufacturing applications

Contact: kevin.j.ruiz-marquez@vanderbilt.edu

Jaejung Kim

Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Education
B.S. Biomedical Engineering - National University of Singapore
M.S. Chemical and Biomedical Engineering - Nanyang Technological University

Research Interests: Cell culture engineering for biomanufacturing applications

Contact: jaejung.kim@vanderbilt.edu

Undergraduate Students

Nicholas Oberbroeckling

Undergraduate student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - Class of 2028

Research Interests: Cell culture engineering for biomanufacturing applications

Contact: nicholas.v.oberbroeckling@vanderbilt.edu

Nathaniel Johnson

Undergraduate student, Biology - Class of 2029

Research Interests: Cell culture for biomanufacturing applications and biotech business

Contact: nathaniel.g.johnson@vanderbilt.edu

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers

Mariachiara Conti, PhD - 2024-2026
Piyoosh Babele, PhD - 2019-2021
Tomasz Bednarski, PhD - 2017-2022
Yi Ern (Ian) Cheah, PhD - 2015-2019
Clint Hasenour, PhD - 2015-2018
Young Mi Whang, PhD 2012-2015
Graduate Students

Baltazar Zuñiga, MP&B PhD (2026)
Deveena Banerjee, MP&B PhD (2026)
Rachel Moen, ChBE PhD (2026)
Amy Zheng, ChBE PhD (2024)
Javier Gomez, ChBE PhD (2024)
Miles Crockett, MP&B MS (2022)
Sarah A. Sacco, ChBE PhD (2022)
Mohsin Rahim, ChBE PhD (2021)
Alisson McAtee Pereira, ChBE PhD (2018)
Martha Wall, CPB MS (2016)
Casey Duckwall, ChBE (2011-2014)
Adeola Adebiyi, ChBE MS (2015)
Lara Jazmin, ChBE PhD (2015)
Alexandra Leamy, ChBE PhD (2015)
Neil Templeton, ChBE PhD (2014)
Rob Egnatchik, ChBE PhD (2014)
Taylor Murphy, ChBE PhD (2013)
Undergraduate Students

Sabrina Bucaro (Spring '25)
Lauren (Kaylee) Jones, (Spring 25)
Matthew McPhail, (2024-25)
Brett Payne (2024-2025)
Sarah Patel (Spring 2024-25)
Ellie Rose Marie Armstrong (Fall '24)
Gabriela Faircloth (2023-25)
Miles Sitcawich (2022)
Max Byram (2021-2023)
Sophia Yue (2021)
Mushfikur Rahman, Honors program (2015-17)
Neel Ramachandran (2018)
Tanner Liddy (2017)
Allison Albright, Honors program (2018)
Victoria Potter, Honors program (2015-17)
Elaine Qian (2012-14)
Jessica Campos (2010-12)
Mayo Adigun (2011)
Judy Zhu (2010-11)
Lina Aboulmouna, Honors program (2009-11)
Peter DelNero, Honors program (2009-11)
Summer Research Training Program (SRTP) in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Jack Graham, Northeast Ohio Medical University (2017)
Kaleb Kohler, University of Cincinnati (2012)
Nicolina Wawrin, University of Toledo (2011)
Brendan Inouye, University of Hawaii (2010)
Visiting Undergraduate Students

Elizabeth Lee, Rice University (Summer 2025)
Anna Ruth Madera, Mercer University (Summer 2024)
Brooke Olesnevich, North Carolina State University (Summer 2015)
Visiting Graduate Students

Jerneja Stor, BOKU University (2022-)
Qianru Jin, Johns Hopkins University (Summer 2012)
Veronique Beckers, Braunschweig University of Technology (Fall 2011)

Young Lab Group Photos