Didi Waraho, PhD (visiting faculty)
Lecturer, Dept. of Biological Engineering, KMUTT, Thailand
Ph.D. Cornell University, 2008
B.S. RMIT University, Australia, 2003
Email: dw95 at cornell dot edu
Project: Engineering intracellular antibodies for targeted protein knockout
Eda Çelik-Akdur, PhD (visiting faculty)
Lecturer, Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Ph.D. Middle East Technical University, 2008
M.S. Middle East Technical University, 2003
B.S. Middle East Technical University, 2001
Email: ec525 at cornell dot edu
Project: Phage-assisted glycoengineering in bacteria
Graduate research associates
Cassie Guarino, PhD
Ph.D. Comparative Biomedical Sciences, 2012
B.S. Cornell University, 2004
NSF GK-12 Fellow, 2010-2012
Email: cg82 at cornell dot edu
Project: Characterizing and engineering oligosaccharyltransferase specificity
Jason Boock
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
B.S. Johns Hopkins University, 2007
M.S. Johns Hopkins University, 2008
NSF GK-12 Fellow 2012
Email: jtb92 at cornell dot edu
Project: New approaches to engineering enzyme fitness and function
Alyse Portnoff
Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
NIH Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant Fellow
Email: adp37 at cornell dot edu
Project: Proteolytic knockout of cellular proteins using engineered “ubiquibodies”
Graduate Rotation Students
None at the moment
Masters of Engineering (MEng) students
None at the moment
Undergraduate research assistants
Sheridan Wakimoto (2013-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Xiaolu Wen - (2013-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Jennifer Li - (2013-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Zach Wu (2013-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Tom Hittinger (2013-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Zachary Goldblatt (2013-Present) - Biological Engineering
Cristen Peterson (2012-Present) - Biological Engineering
Alana Szkodny (2012-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Andrew Carpenter (2011-Present) - Biological Engineering
Maria Tchamova (2011-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ankai Xu (2011-Present) - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
High school research assistants
Rachel Stein (summer 2013)
Postdoctoral associates
Linxiao Chen
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
B.S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2009
Email: lc538 at cornell dot edu
Project: Creating glycoconjugate vesicle vaccines for infectious disease
Rick Pampuro
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
B.S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2009
Email: rpp47 at cornell dot edu
Project: Engineering antibodies against integral membrane proteins
Michael-Paul Robinson
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
B.S. Case Western Reserve University, 2009
NSF Graduate Research Fellow and Ford Foundation Fellow
Email: mr636 at cornell dot edu
Project: Engineering full-length antibodies in E. coli
Sai Pooja Mahajan
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
B.S. IIT-Bombay, 2008
Email: sm868 at cornell dot edu
Project: Structural and dynamic analysis of single-domain nanobodies
(w/ Fernando Escobedo)
Professional Experience
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2013-Present
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell - 2009-2013
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell - 2003-09
Gastprofessur, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich - 2010-11
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Austin - 2001-03
Field Member, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell - 2004-Present
Field Member, Microbiology, Cornell - 2005-Present
Field Member, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Cornell - 2007-Present
Co-founder and Scientific Advisory Board, Glycobia, Inc. - 2007-Present
Executive Committee, NIH Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program, Cornell - 2010-Present
Scientific Advisory Board, Vybion, Inc. - 2007-Present
Scientific Advisory Board, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation - 2008-Present
Scientific Advisory Board, Biotechnology and Bioengineering - 2009-Present
Awards and Honors
IDA/DARPA Defense Science Study Group - 2014-15
Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award - 2013
American Chemical Society BIOT Division Young Investigator Award - 2010
Sloan Foundation Faculty Fellow - 2010
Cornell Provost’s Award for Distinguished Scholarship - 2009
Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecturer, University of Delaware - 2009
Biotechnology and Bioengineering’s Daniel I.C. Wang Award - 2008
Transatlantic Frontiers of Chemistry - 2008
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker '50 Excellence in Teaching Award - 2007
NYSTAR Distinguished Faculty Award - 2007
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award - 2006
Technology Review's TR35, Top 35 Innovators Under Age 35 - 2005
Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award - 2005
Merck Best Poster Award, ECI BioChe XIV (to Adam Fisher) - 2005
National Science Foundation CAREER Award - 2005
Alzheimer’s Association New Investigator Grant - 2005
National Academy of Engineering "Frontiers of Engineering" - 2006
National Academy of Sciences "Frontiers of Science" - 2005
NYSTAR James D. Watson Young Investigator Award - 2004
Matthew DeLisa, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
E-mail: md255 at cornell dot edu
More about Professor DeLisa
Educational Qualifications
B.S., University of Connecticut, 1996
M.S., University of Maryland, College Park, 1998
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, UT-Austin, 2000-03
Research Focus
Biomolecular Engineering
Biopharmaceuticals
Cellular Machinery
Glycobiology
Protein Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Kathy Rogers
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2010
Email: kvr28 at cornell dot edu
Project: Modeling and analysis of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in prostate cancer
(w/ Jeff Varner)
Taylor Stevenson
Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Rice University, 2010
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Email: tcs79 at cornell dot edu
Project: Metabolic oligosaccharide engineering in bacteria
Principal Investigator
Bunyarit Meksiriporn
Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Chulalongkorn University, 2005
M.S. Chulalongkorn University, 2008
Royal Thai Government Scholar
Email: bm488 at cornell dot edu
Project: Engineering new antibody formats for intracellular protein knockdown
Hyeon-Cheol Lee, PhD
Ph.D. KAIST, 2003
M.S. Seoul National University, 1997
B.S. Seoul National University, 1995
Email: hl643 at cornell dot edu
Project: Engineering antibodies against challenging targets
Anne Ollis, PhD
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2011
B.S. Lafayette College, 2004
Email: aao65 at cornell dot edu
Project: Characterizing and engineering glycosylation pathways
Jenny Baker, PhD
Ph.D. Yale University, 2012
M.S. Yale University, 2009
B.S. The College of New Jersey, 2006
Email: jlb578 at cornell dot edu
Project: Glycans-by-Design: engineering microorganisms for the biosynthesis of complex glycans and glycoconjugates
Yi Chai, PhD
Ph.D. Saarland University, 2011
M.S. Zhejiang University, 2004
B.S. Zhejiang University, 2001
Email: yc925 at cornell dot edu
Project: Directed evolution of glycosyltransferases in bacteria
Dario Mizrachi, PhD
Ph.D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2001
M.S. University of Santiago de Chile, 1995
Email: dm573 at cornell dot edu
Project: Engineering membrane protein folding in living cells
May Taw
Microbiology
B.S. Fairleigh Dickenson University, 2009
M.S. University of Texas, Arlington, 2012
Email: mnt29 at cornell dot edu
Project: Quality control along the bacterial twin-arginine translocation pathway
Aravind Natarajan
Microbiology
B.S. University of Madras, 2010
M.S. Madurai Kamaraj University, 2012
Email: an393 at cornell dot edu
Project: Ribosome engineering
Erin Stephens
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
B.S. Colorado School of Mines, 2012
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Email: eas437 at cornell dot edu
Project: Ubiquibodies
