



Graduate Students

Benedicte Diakubama
M.S. Chemical Engineering (Data Science Track) | University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Jacob Rodriguez | PhD Student
jaroddy@uw.edu
Graduate: Material Science and Engineering
Studied: Material Science and Engineering (Bachelor's and Master's) | University of Washington
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-rodriguez-37885a149/
John Hamann | Applied Masters Student
hamann3@uw.edu
Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering
Studied: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Research: High throughput experimental design
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-hamann/

Oliver Nakano-Baker | PhD Candidate
onb@uw.edu
Graduate Program: Material Science & Engineering
Studied: Materials Science and Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Music Performance | Carnegie Mellon University
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-nakano-baker-a6992930/

Richard Lee | PhD Student
Graduate Program: Materials Science & Engineering, and Nanotechnology & Molecular Engineering
Studied: Physiology & Neurobiology, and Molecular & Cell Biology | University of Connecticut
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-richard

Sanaz Saadat | PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Oral Health Sciences | UW School of Dentistry
Saransh Jain | M.S. 2021
saranshj@uw.edu
Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering
Studied: Chemical Engineering | University of Mumbai, India
Research: Recommender Systems for predicting peptide/surface interaction behaviors, based on the singular value decomposition of properties found in the Amino-Acid Index database.
Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saransh-jain/
Siddharth Rath | PhD Student
Graduate Program: Materials Science & Engineering
Studied: Materials Science & Engineering (Master's) | Michigan State University; Metallurgical & Materials Engineering | Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, India.
Research: Quantum Mechanical driving forces for protein and peptide folding, modeling of peptide/solid bioelectronic interfaces| Artificial Intelligence via spiking neural networks, neural population dynamics, and synaptic plasticity| Metadata Standards in empirical, semi-empirical and convergent science paradigm, Data Science and Engineering
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthrath

Tyler Jorgenson | PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Engineering and Sciences
Studied: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Current Project: Scanning probe microscopy-based characterization of self-assembled peptide (SAP) systems on single-layer atomic material (SLAM) structures.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-jorgenson-8a6976b0

Yousef Mohammed Baioumy | Applied Masters student
Applied Masters in Materials Science Engineering
Project: Yousef works with Dr. Deniz Yucesoy and Dr. Hanson Fong, and is involved in research towards biomimetic dental repair, specifically through the regeneration of hard tissues in the oral cavity, utilizing peptide-guided biomineralization treatments.