Principle Investigator
Ryan Poling-Skutvik
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
Department of Physics
Curriculum Vitae
Email: ryanps@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-2627
Socials: LinkedIn | BlueSky
Graduate Students
Masoud Abdi
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
Project: Polymer-grafted nanoparticles for advanced sensing (co-advised with Dr. Irene Andreu)
Jacob Cultrera
M.S. Candidate
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
Project: Optimization of 3D-printed anodes for benthic fuel cells
Mohammadjavad Haji Rezaei
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
Project: Stability of polymer liners for natural gas pipeline remediation
Elnaz Nikoumanesh
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
Project: Elucidating the physics of the yield transition
Sabirul Khan Priyo
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
Project: Promoting polymer bridge formation in colloidal suspensions
Sepehr Yari
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
Project: Intracellular Dynamics of Carbon Nanotubes (co-advised with Dr. Daniel Roxbury)
Undergraduate Students
Leila Chowning
Chemical Engineering
Project: Faster-than-expected diffusion of single-wall carbon nanotubes in polymer solutions
Aiden Ferreira
Mechanical Engineering
Project: Optical microscopy methods to identify microplastics
Paige Georgeou
URI Plastics REU, Virginia Tech
Project: Differential dynamic microscopy to identify micro- and nanoplastics
Elena Oliveira
Chemical Engineering
Project: Developing kinetic printability metrics for evaluating 3D printing ink formulations
Daniele Russo
Chemical Engineering
Project: Aggregation of polymer-functionalized emulsion droplets
Carson Smith
Mechanical Engineering
Project: Establishing printing metrics for direct-ink writing
Gabriel Stradtman
Mechanical Engineering
Project: Printability metrics for thixotropic yield stress fluids
Elizabeth Willard
Computer Science and Sociology
Project: Physics-informed machine learning models to identify microplastic chemistry from optical microscopy
Alumni
PhD and MS
| Student | Degree | Graduation Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Daniel Keane | Ph.D. Chemical Engineering | December 2025 | Principal Chemist, Ingredion |
| Sophia Boiani | M.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2025 | Regeneron |
| Kylie Hartley | M.S. Chemical Engineering | August 2025 | Quality Control Chemist, Neurotech Pharmaceuticals |
Undergraduates
| Student | Degree | Graduation Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brianna Marandola | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2026 | |
| Liam Kennings | B.S. Biomedical Engineering | May 2026 | Ph.D. Candidate – University of Rhode Island, EE |
| Samuel Toppa | B.S. Biomedical Engineering | May 2026 | |
| Olivia (Liv) Kittrell | B.S. Biomedical Engineering | May 2026 | |
| Keisuke Minagi | Chemistry, Okayama University, JIEP | ||
| Rowan Bixler | Physics, Amherst College | May 2028 | Amherst College Physics |
| Abigail Olson | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2025 | Ph.D. Candidate – UT Knoxville |
| Colby Constantine | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2025 | Ph.D. Candidate – University of Delaware |
| David Amirsadri | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2025 | Ph.D. Candidate – University of Michigan |
| Charles Joseph Jouaneh | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2025 | URI Pharmaceutical Sciences MS Student |
| Maile Campbell | B.S. Electrical Engineering | May 2027 | URI EE |
| Sean Cooper | B.S. Electrical Engineering | May 2027 | URI EE |
| Elias Newall-Vuillemot | B.S. Mechanical Engineering | May 2027 | URI MISE |
| Matthew Mellor | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2024 | Ph.D. Candidate – UMass Amherst PSE |
| Steven Rego | A.A. Biology, CCRI | May 2025 | CCRI Biology |
| Jonatan Flores | B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences | May 2025 | URI BPS |
| Brittany Briere | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2022 | Validation Engineer at CAI |
| Enrique Hernandez | B.S. Chemical Engineering | May 2022 | Manufacturing Associate at Amgen |
| Temitope Aina | B.S. Biomedical Engineering | May 2023 | International Engineering Program at URI |