Brian is a second year PhD student in the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical Engineering, where he is a member of Dr. Palmer’s research group. His work with Dr. Palmer focuses on hemoglobin based drug delivery applications. Brian attended Miami University as an undergraduate, and received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Brian is originally from Wooster, Ohio, and has lived in Ohio most of his life. Outside of school Brian is an avid runner, a big movie fan, and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family.

Brian is excited to serve as CEGC’s social chair, and would like to encourage everyone to attend the many events that will be held this academic year. Brian is also very interested in hearing suggestions for future activities. Hopefully we can all work together to make this year both fulfilling and fun.

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Matt is a second year PhD candidate in the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical Engineering, where he is co-advised by Drs. Barbara Wyslouzil and Kristy Ainslie.  He finds it very exciting and beneficial to be associated with two research groups.  In his research, he uses an electrospray process to fabricate polymeric microparticles for the delivery of subunit vaccines.  Matt worked for a few years between his undergraduate career at Northwestern University and his graduate career here at Ohio State University (The Ohio State University, if you so choose).  Although he grew up a Buckeye football fan, he will proudly talk about his allegiance to Wildcat football (he will always cheer for the Wildcats to beat the Buckeyes).  He has more or less lived in the exciting metropolitan areas of Midwestern cities that begin with the letter C (Cleveland, Chicago, and now, Columbus).  Instead of boring you with his interests outside of the laboratory, he will simply say that he enjoys going on adventures and trying new things.  As part of the CEGC board, he is looking forward to a year full of collaborative work that will continue to improve the academic, professional, and social experience of the department’s graduate students.

Viraj is currently a third year PhD student in the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical Engineering. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly known as UDCT). With a solid background in the field, and an urge to learn more about it made him pursue graduate studies at Ohio State. The rare mix of both fundamental and applied research, which at the same time, was beyond the boundaries of traditional chemical engineering, drew him to join Prof. Barbara Wyslouzil’s group. His current work involves experimental and simulation studies of aerosols of octane and nonane.

You can find him either in the desolate basement of Koffolt, doing research, or at Jesse Owens South, pumping weights. He is passionate about hiking and used to be a regular trekker in the northern Himalayas, before coming to a much flatter Ohio. He also likes to cook, is a voracious reader, and an ardent fan of cricket.