MixingLab People
OPENINGS: Interested in becoming part of the team? Email a cover letter and curriculum vita. Interested in summer research as an undergraduate? We usually evaluate candidates in mid-February.
Current team
Douglas H. Kelley is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering. He earned a PhD in physics from the University of Maryland. He held postdoctoral appointments at Yale University (in mechanical engineering) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (in materials science and engineering). Previously he earned an MS from Auburn University and a BS from Virginia Tech. Doug is a member of the American Physical Society, ASME, and AAAS.
Doug's ORCiD profile | Doug's Google Scholar profile
218 Hopeman Hall
Rochester, NY 14627-0132
Kimberly Boster is a Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to this she was a Postdoctoral Associate at University of Rochester and a Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow at Purdue University. She obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University, studying phase-change heat transfer on superhydrophobic surfaces. She also earned an MS studying human vocal fold fluid-structure interactions and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University.
Kimberly's LinkedIn profile | Kimberly's ORCiD profile
Yisen Guo is a computational scientist at the University of Rochester. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Louisville, studying multiphase flow simulations of drop impingement dynamics. He also earned an MS from Oregon State University and a BS from Shandong University in China.
Yiming Gan is a postdoctoral researcher. Previously, he earned a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Science and Technology of China.
Kevin Wagner is a Research Analyst supporting the MixingLab team as well as the broader Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Mohammad Y. Abdelshafy (Yasser) is pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Rochester. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical and energy engineering from Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt. There, he built an experimental setup for a solar-assisted, PVT desiccant evaporative air conditioner for the semi-arid climate of Cairo. He is also a member of the Egyptian Society for Renewable Energy (ESRE).
Keelin Quirk is pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Aditya Ranjan is pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Rochester. He obtained his master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai where he conducted research on transdermal drug delivery. Previously, he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Netaji Subhash Engineering College (NSEC), Kolkata.
Athena Summers is pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Mohammad Vaezi is pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Amir Zeraatkardevin obtained a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy. He has been working on fluid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics. He is pursing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester.
Taylor Bayarerdene is pursuing a BS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester with minors in Computer Science and Aerospace Engineering.
Jaysen Cong is a Computer Science major undergraduate senior student at the University of Rochester. He comes from Anchorage Alaska and is looking to pursue a PhD degree in the future.
Devin Wong is pursuing a BS in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester and is also an e5 Scholar.
Jonathan Cheng (postdoc): faculty, Mechanical Engineering, US Naval Academy.
Jia Liu (postdoc)
Adi Raghunandan (postdoc): faculty, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Jeff Tithof (postdoc): faculty, 
Rakan Ashour (PhD): 
Ruy Ibanez (PhD): 
Ibrahim Mohammad (PhD): Postdoc, plasma physics, University of Rochester
Thomas Nevins (PhD): 
Bitong Wang (PhD): Postdoc, Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gerrit Horstmann (visiting PhD): PhD candidate, TU Dresden
Andreas Wiederhold (visiting PhD): PhD candidate, 
Rachel Bierasinski (MS): Design Engineer, Xerox
Jesse Cramer (MS): Engineer, Harris Inc.
Diego De La Cruz (MS): Process Engineer, Intel
Alfonso Gonzalez (MS): US Navy
Fatima Min Rivas (MS)
Logan Bashford (BS): MS program, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Mira Bodek (BS): Business Technology Analyst, Deloitte
Rony Colón (BS)
Hailey Epstein (BS): BS program, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester
Andrew Fianu (BS)
Jarod Forer (BS): PhD program, Biomedical Engineering, University of Oregon
Frederico Hama (BS)
Sanjeev K C (BS)
Brian Knisely (BS): PhD program, Mechanical Engineering, Penn State
Catherine Knox (BS): MS program, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester
Danielle Laiacona (BS)
Tianyi Liu (BS)
Rafael Luna (BS): BS program, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester
Kimberly Llajaruna Peralta (BS)
Ben Martell (BS): PhD program, Aerospace Engineering, MIT
Junior Beauclaire Mbanya (BS): Global Rhodes Scholar, Oxford
University
Meghan Patrick (BS): Engineer, Entegris
Adalberto Perez (BS): Engineer, Vuzix
James Powers (BS)
John Quinlivan (BS)
Nikola Raicevic (BS): PhD program, Mechanical Engineering, UCSD.
Kelsey Sahinen-Pedroso (BS): Sales Engineer, Pfaudler, Inc.
Helena Schreder (BS): PhD program, Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
Tom Ryan Smith (BS): Researcher, Naval Research Laboratory
Michael Jiatong Sun (BS)
Rebeca Toro Garza (BS): PhD program, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Daniel Troyetsky (BS): PhD program, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Jinge Wang (BS): PhD program, Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Xiaomai Wang (BS): BS program, University of California Berkeley
Hao Yin (BS): PhD program, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester