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David Nielsen
Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
- [email protected]
- 480/965-4113
- BDC C499C Tempe AZ 85287-6106
Nielsen's primary research interests relate to the engineering of microbial biocatalysts and bioprocesses to convert renewable resources into useful fuels and chemicals.
Ph.D. Students
Kartik Baghat
Environmental Engineering
Co-Advised w/ Prof. Bruce Rittmann
Isaiah Woodson
Chemical Engineering
Presidential Graduate Fellow
Kenton Chung
Microbiology
Co-Advised w/ Prof. Xuan Wang
Chase Tarrillo
Chemistry
Co-Advised w/ Prof. Arul Varman
Anshuman Yadav
Chemical Engineering
Co-Advised w/ Prof. Brent NannengaM.S. Students
Baylen Cusick
Biological Design
Collin Travis
Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Dr. Amanda Godar, (Ph.D. 2025)
Dr. Cody Kamoku, (Ph.D. 2024)
Dr. Arren Liu, (Ph.D. 2024)
Dr. Zachary Dookeran, (Ph.D. 2022)
Dr. Andrew Flores (Ph.D., 2021)
M.S. Thesis
Dr. Michael Machas (Ph.D., 2019)
Dr. Kyle Staggs (Ph.D., 2017)
Dr. Brian Thompson (Ph.D., 2017)
Dr. Shawn Pugh (Ph.D., 2016)
Dr. Becky McKenna (Ph.D., 2014)
Brendan Brookhouser (M.S., 2022)
Alex Fenner (M.S., 2022)
Sean Innes (M.S., 2022)
Omar Abed (M.S., 2021)
M.S. Applied Project
Karthika Madathil (M.S., 2016)
Daniel Herschel (M.S., 2016)
Yuchen Wang (M.S., 2012)
Jake Adkins (M.S., 2012)
Anirudh Vasudevan (M.S., 2014)
Michael Wiehn (M.S., 2013)
Thomas Levario (M.S., 2011)
Pedro Gonzalez-Ochoa (M.S., 2024)
Alexa Sanchez (M.S., 2023)
Rakshith Chandra (M.S., 2021)
Raj Hariharan (M.S., 2021)
Gavin Steeber (M.S., 2020)
John Tindell (M.S., 2018)
Alex Mayhob (M.S., 2018)
John Hagstrom (M.S., 2017)
Vikas Patil (M.S., 2015)
Ramoni Oluwi (M.S., 2015)
Justin Jordan (M.S., 2014)
Mengling Li (M.S., 2014)
Marwan Osman (M.S., 2014)
Mason Oelschlager (M.S., 2013)
Ting Wu (M.S., 2013)
W. Phusitkanchana (M.S., 2012)
Nathan Wong (M.S., 2012)
Toby Johnson-Bates (M.S., 2012)
Luis Moya (M.S., 2011)
Matt Robbins (M.S., 2011)
Postdocs, Visiting Researchers, Research Scientists & Technicians
Dr. Chris Jones (Res. Sci., 2016-2023)
Prof. Yuji Aso (Visiting Prof., 2017)
Lizbeth Nieves (2018)
Dr. Wei Yuan (Postdoc, 2010-2012)
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