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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. 

 

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. 

 

Current Undergraduate Students

Angel Chen

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Email: axc1413@case.edu 

Angel is working on novel ways to remove microplastics from wastewater.

 

Joshua Kuwana

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Email: jak430@case.edu

Joshua is understanding how peptides impact nitrogen and phosphorous recovery.