People
![David Nielsen](http://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/drnielse-2.png)
David Nielsen
Principal Investigator
- Professor
- Program Chair, Chemical Engineering
- Postdoc, MIT, 2006-2009
- Ph.D., Queen’s University at Kingston, 2006
- B.Sc., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2001
Postdocs, Visiting Professors, Research Technicians
Ph.D. Students
![Arren Liu](https://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Arren Liu
Biological Design
Co-Advised w/ Prof. Arul Varman
![Amanda Godar](https://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Amanda Godar
Microbiology
Co-Advised w/ Prof. Xuan Wang
![Cody Kamoku](http://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Cody Kamoku
Chemical Engineering
![Isaiah Woodson](http://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Isaiah Woodson
Chemical Engineering, Presidential Graduate Fellow
M.S. Students
![Pedro Gonzalez Ochoa](https://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_8523.jpg)
Pedro Gonzalez Ochoa
B.S. Students
![Dan Lunaria](http://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Dan Lunaria
![Luis Taquillo](http://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Luis Taquillo
![Bennett Fisher](http://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Bennett Fisher
![Dalton Conway](https://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/D-scaled.jpg)
Dalton Conway
![Pranav Bhavaraju](http://nielsenlab.engineering.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/placeholder-1.jpg)
Pranav Bhavaraju
Alumni
Ph.D.
M.S. Thesis
M.S. Applied Project
Postdocs, Visiting Researchers, Research Scientists & Technicians
Group Photos
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Socially distanced lunch for Thanksgiving 2020!
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Some of the Group at our 2019 Christmas Party!
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Aloha! Summer 2019
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Recent photo from our joint group meetings, held together with the Wang and Varman labs.