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

Senior Research Associate 

Bernadette Schneider

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Email: bls69@case.edu

Bernadette is a jointly appointed senior research associate 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. 

 

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. 

 

Current BS-MS Students

Zhuoran Li 

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Email: zxl1275@case.edu  

Zhuoran is characterizing the adsorption and transition behavior of short elastin-like polypeptides. 

 

Sho Fraser

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Email: skf32@case.edu

Sho is conducting both market research and fundamental studies on our electrochemical REE sensor technology, as well as environmental research on the removal of microplastics from waste.

 

Current Undergraduate Students

Caeden Couch

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Email: cec200@case.edu 

Caeden is investigating biosensors for cancer screening in collaboration with University Hospitals. 

Sahana Shivakumar

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Email: sxs3259@case.edu 

Sahana is characterizing polyproline biomaterial properties.