Principal Investigator
Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D.
Dean’s Leadership Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering
Professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 352-392-0881
Email: carlos.rinaldi@ufl.edu
Laboratory Staff
Andrii Melnyk
Laboratory Engineer
Email: andrii.melnyk@ufl.edu
Blanca Ostmark
Laboratory Manager
Email: bostmark@bme.ufl.edu
Postdoctoral Students
Rajab Ali, Ph.D.
Email: skrajab.ali@ufl.edu
Daniela P. Valdés, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Physics, Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2024
M.Sc., Physical Sciences, Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2018
B.S., in Physics, Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2017
Email: d.valdes@ufl.edu
Doctoral Students
Esteban Bermúdez-Berríos
Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 2022
Email: ebermudez1@ufl.edu
Eric D. Imhoff
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M, 2022
Email: eimhof@ufl.edu
Aniela Nozka
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
B.S., Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2023
Email: anozka@ufl.edu
Ambar C. Velazquez-Albino
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 2019
Email: acoral.velazquez@ufl.edu
Undergraduate Students
Stephanie Manrique
Agricultural and Biological Engineering B.S. Student
Sarveshwaran Palani
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering B.S. Student
Britney Pun
Biomedical Engineering B.S. Student
Taylor Shields
Materials Science and Engineering B.S. Student
Zackary Spangler
Chemical Engineering B.S. Student
Isaac Tichy
Materials Science and Engineering B.S. Student