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. 

 

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. 

 

Louka Babik 

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Email: lab220@case.edu 

Louka is investigating bio-additives for nutrient recovery in wastewater systems. 

Luisa Parker

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Email: lrp62@case.edu   

Luisa is characterizing the transition behavior of short elastin like peptides.

Abigail Noah 

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Email: aen54@case.edu  

Abigail is exploring the use of novel electrodes for sensing applications in collaboration with Prof. Heidi Martin.

Zhuoran Li 

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Email: zxl1275@case.edu  

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