Group Members

Supervisor

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    Julie Renner, BS, PhD

    Dean's Fellow
    Case School of Engineering
    Associate Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    P. Anne Hiltner, PhD and Debra L. Wilfong, PhD Designated Professor in Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: julie.renner@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2905

Postdoctoral Researcher

Bernadette Schneider

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Email: bls69@case.edu

Bernadette is a jointly appointed postdoc facilitating collaboration between the Renner Lab and Duval Lab. She is developing novel chemistries for peptide-functionalized membranes and rare earth element recovery. 

 

Current Graduate Students

Rebecca Ahn

Musculoskeletal Training Fellow

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Email: rsa73@case.edu

Rebecca is a PhD student studying polyproline monolayer assembly and its antifouling properties. 

 

Geeta Verma

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Email: gxv68@case.edu 

Geeta is a PhD student investigating engineered peptides for rare earth element recovery.

 

Sogol Asaei

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Email: sxa1036@case.edu 

Sogol is a PhD student studying fundamental surface-bound elastin properties.

 

Terril Vallikalam

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Email: txv106@case.ed

Terril is a PhD student studying nutrient recovery using engineered peptides. 

 

Henry Grome

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Email: htg5@case.edu

Henry is an MS student studying antifouling and antimicrobial systems. 

 

 

Current Undergraduate Students

 

Ben Kau

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Email: bxk381@case.edu 

Ben works on a collaborative project with the Martin Lab developing nanodiamond sensors.

 

Caeden Couch

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Email: cec200@case.edu 

Caeden is working on electrochemical methods to detect conformational changes of peptides on surfaces. 


Louka Babic 

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Email: lab220@case.edu

Louka is working on bioengineered nutrient recycling technology.