Victor Ortega-Jimenez

Research Scientist

Victor's research gravitates towards organismal motion and complex flows. Currently, he is working on the fluid dynamics of water striders, filter-feeding birds, and roundworms. (https://ornithopterus.com) 

ornithopterus[at]gmail[dot]com

Yasmine Ozcan -

Aydin

Postdoctoral Fellow with Goldman Lab (Physics)

Yasemin studies the collective dynamics of worm and robotic blobs

yasemine.ozkanaydin[at]physics[dot]gatech[dot]edu

Udita Ringania

ChBE PhD Candidate

Udita’s research is trying to tackle the challenge of high energy requirements for drying Cellulose Nanofibers/crystals

Xiangting (Ray) Lei

ChBE PhD Candidate

Ray is working on building cyborg synthetic cells!

Benjamin Seleb

Robotics PhD Student

Ben's research is focused on the development of frugal instrumentation and equipment in order to increase accessibility to animal/environmental data collection.

​bseleb3@gatech.edu

Elio J. Challita

BioE PhD Candidate

Elio's research focuses on extreme organismic biophysics and interfacial fluid mechanics. Current projects include sharpshooter peeing and spitting termites!

Jonathan O'Neil

ChBE PhD Candidate

1st generation Trinidadian American from Baltimore. Johnny is studying changes in geometry in response to water transport in synthetic models inspired by desert bird feathers.

joneil8@gatech.edu

Harry Tuazon

BioE PhD Student

Harry is studying to understand the collective group dynamics of physically entangled biological active matter such as California Blackworms and apply that into robotics

htuazon3@gatech.edu

Joseph Harrison

Junior ChBE Undergrad

Joseph works on the separation of water from nanocellulose pulp via through unconventional low-cost technologies. 

Urvaksh Irani

Senior ME Undergrad

Urvaksh studies the Biphase Helmholtz Resonator: fundamental fluid mechanics of how liquids ‘jump’ out of containers with a single opening.

Gaurav Byagathvalli

Junior ChBE Undergrad

Gaurav's research lies at the interface of synthetic biology and genetic engineering, with a focus on electroporation technology and drug/vaccine development

Raghav Achrya

Junior ChBE Undergrad

Raghav's research involves looking at the biomechanics of extreme human hand motion.

Abhay Iyer

Junior ChBE Undergrad

 Abhay’s research involves understanding the mechanics behind water transport in bird feathers, specifically on a nano-scale. He also likes his dogs.