Principal Investigator
Dr. Carolyn Mills
Pronouns: she/they
Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
M.S., Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
B.S., Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
Favorite Protein: PduA
Office: Bioengineering 3004
Ph.D. Students
Janelle Arnold
Pronouns: she/her
Co-advised with Prof. Michelle O’Malley
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S.E., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 2023
Favorite protein: Lactase
Shoili Banerjee
Pronouns: she/they
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 2023
Favorite Protein: ATP Synthase
Juyeon Ha
Pronouns: she/her
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2022
Favorite Protein: Cadherin
Natasha Jones
Pronouns: she/her
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S., Biochemistry-Molecular Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2022
Favorite Protein: Sonic Hedgehog (shh)
Braeden Dilworth
Pronouns: he/him
Co-advised with Prof. Rachel Segalman
Department of Materials
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S.E., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2024
Favorite Protein: NADPH Oxidase
Jenna Wolfanger
Pronouns: she/her
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2023
M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2024
Favorite Protein: Kinesin
Masters Students
Andreas Chris Vamvakas
Pronouns: he/him
Visiting Masters' Student
Department of Biology
California State University, San Bernadino
B.S Biology, California State University, San Bernadino 2023
M.S. Biology, California State University, expected 2026
Favorite Protein: Beta-lactoglobulin
Undergraduate Students
Joseph Salceda
Pronouns: he/him
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Favorite Protein: Cas9
Dzianis Mahila
Pronouns: he/him
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Favorite Protein:
Former Undergraduate Students
August Dolmatch
Pronouns: he/him
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
Favorite Protein: Floppase