Principle Investigator
Jim Pfaendtner
Department Chair, Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Jim Pfaendtner is the Bindra Career Development Professor and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Georgia Tech, 2001) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (Northwestern University, 2007). Additional appointments include Senior Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Lab and a Senior Data Science Fellow at the UW eScience Institute as well as the holder of a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer certificate. Jim’s research focus is computational molecular science and his recent teaching interests are in the area of teaching data science skills to grad students in chemical and materials science and engineering. Jim is a recipient of an NSF CAREER award and the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor bestowed by the University of Washington. He is currently the director of an NSF graduate training program (NRT) at the intersection of data science and clean energy.
Postdocs
Chowdhury Ashraf
Penn State University, PhD
University of Illinois, MS
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, BS
Janani Sampath
THE Ohio State University, PhD
THE Ohio State University, MS
RV College of Engineering, BS
Grad Students
Sarah Alamdari
Arizona State University, BS
Wesley Beckner
University of Washington, MS
University of Texas, Austin, BS
Orion Dollar
University of Kansas, MS
University of Kansas, BS
Luke Gibson
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, BS
James Ludwig
University of Washington, MS
University of Nevada, Reno, BS
Moke "Coco" Mao
University of Washington, MS
Hunan University, BS
Chris Nyambura
University of California, Santa Barbara, BS
Jesse Prelesnik
Western Washington University, BS
Sabiha Rustam
University of Washington, MS
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, BS
Josh Smith
University of Washington, MS
Oregon State University, BS
Kailei Liu
Nanjing University, BS
