People

Principle Investigator


Ryan Poling-Skutvik

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Curriculum Vitae
Email: ryanps@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-2627

Graduate Students


Masoud Abdi

Ph.D. Candidate (co-advised with Dr. Irene Andreu)

Department of Chemical Engineering


Project: Polymer-grafted nanoparticles for advanced sensing
Email: masoud.abdi@uri.edu


Mohammadjavad Hajirezaei

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Chemical Engineering

Project: Stability of polymer liners for natural gas pipeline remediation
Email: mohammadjavad@uri.edu


Kylie Hartley

M.S. Candidate

Department of Chemical Engineering

Project: 3D-printed anodes for benthic fuel cells

Email:
kylie_hartley@uri.edu


Daniel Keane

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Chemical Engineering

Project: Telechelic block copolymers as high-performance rheological additives
Email: dkeane@uri.edu


Elnaz Nikoumanesh


Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Chemical Engineering

Project: Elucidating the physics of the yield transition

Email: elnaznm@uri.edu


Sabirul Khan Priyo

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Chemical Engineering

Project: Promoting polymer bridge formation in colloidal suspensions
Email: sabirulkhanpriyo@uri.edu


Sepehr Yari

Ph.D. Candidate (co-advised with Dr. Daniel Roxbury)

Department of Chemical Engineering

Project: Intracellular Dynamics of Carbon Nanotubes

Email: sepehr.yari@uri.edu

Undergraduate Students


David Amirsadri

Chemical Engineering
Project: Polymer-grafted nanoparticles for advanced sensing


Email: david_amirsadri@uri.edu


Maile Campbell

Electrical Engineering
Project: Stability of polymer liners for natural gas pipeline remediation

Email: mailecampbell@uri.edu


Colby Constantine

Chemical Engineering
Project: Biomimetic transport of nanoparticle-based therapeutics
Email: cconstantine21@uri.edu


Aiden Ferreira

Mechanical Engineering
Project: Stability of polymer liners for natural gas pipeline remediation
Email: aiden_ferreira@uri.edu


Charles Jouaneh

Chemical Engineering
Project: Hydrogel rheology and impacts on printability

Email:
charles_jouaneh@uri.edu


Liam Kennings

Biomedical Engineering
Project: Liquid-crystal elastomers for artificial tendons


Email: liam_kennings@uri.edu


Abigail Olson

Chemical Engineering
Project: Characterization of biogenic manganese oxide nanoparticles
Email: abigail_olson@uri.edu


Gabriel Stradtman

Mechanical Engineering

Project: Printability metrics for thixotropic yield stress fluids
Email: gstradtman@uri.edu

Alumni

StudentDegreeGraduation DateCurrent Position
Sean CooperB.S. Electrical EngineeringMay 2027URI EE
Elias Newall-VuillemotB.S. Mechanical EngineeringMay 2027URI MISE
Matthew MellorB.S. Chemical EngineeringMay 2024Ph.D. Candidate – PSME UMass Amherst
Sophia BoianiM.S. Chemical EngineeringMay 2025URI CHE
Steven RegoA.A. Biology, CCRIMay 2025CCRI Biology
Jonatan FloresB.S. Pharmaceutical SciencesMay 2025URI BPS
Brittany BriereB.S. Chemical EngineeringMay 2022Validation Engineer at CAI
Enrique HernandezB.S. Chemical EngineeringMay 2022Manufacturing Associate at Amgen
Temitope AinaB.S. Biomedical EngineeringMay 2023International Engineering Program at URI