JRSI Leadership
Serving Chemistry & PME
people
Lauryn Carver
lcarver@uchicago.edu
Co-President
Lauryn is a PhD Candidate in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering co-advised by Profs. Matthew Tirrell and Yun Fang. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in May 2019 where she received B.S. in Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology. Her current research surrounds the use of nanoparticles in medical applications, specifically for the potential treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases and fibroses.
Anmol Mishra
anmolmishra@uchicago.edu
Finance Committee Member
Research Committee Member
Anmol is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry in the Szostak lab. His research is broadly based on the ‘Origins of Life’. He is particularly interested in the in-vitro evolution of ribozymes that carry out primordial cell metabolic tasks. Anmol started out at JRSI in 2024 and is excited to help enhance the campus safety culture. Outside of the lab, Anmol likes listening to music, cooking, traveling and playing cricket.
Colleen Foley
crfoley@uchicago.edu
Publicity Committee Chair
Colleen is a fourth year PhD candidate in PME (Immunoengineering). She works in Melody Swartz’s lab, where she studies effects of lymphangiogenesis on immunotherapy response and metastasis in melanoma. Outside of lab, she volunteers with middle and high school students, and enjoys running and hanging out with her cats. She is excited to advocate for biosafety as a member of JRSI.
Ivan Vuong
ivuong1@uchicago.edu
Finance Committee Chair
Ivan is a third-year PhD student in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering advised by Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell. He earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Entrepreneurship and Management from Johns Hopkins University. In the Hubbell Lab, Ivan studies protein-protein interactions and engineers protein therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. He joined JRSI to help equip researchers across departments with safety practices and resources.
Ryne Montoya
rmontoya@uchicago.edu
Publicity Committee Member
Education Committee Member
Ryne is a PhD candidate in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, working under the advisement of Jeff Hubbell. He primarily uses chemical synthesis techniques and protein engineering approaches to develop immunotherapies for the treatment of auto-immune diseases and various types of cancer. Ryne joined JRSI in 2024 and is looking forward to upholding the strong safety environment on campus. Outside of the lab, he enjoys watching/playing sports, hiking, and exploring the food scene in Chicago!
Andrea Diaz
andreadiaz@uchicago.edu
Research Committee Chair
Ignas Masiulionis
ignas@uchicago.edu
Finance Committee Member
Education Committee Member
Ignas is a fourth year PhD Candidate in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and is a part of Prof. Supratik Guha’s group and spends most of his time at the Argonne National Lab. He graduated with B.S. in Astronomy and a secondary major in Physics from the Case Western Reserve University. His current research involves development of thin-film devices to be used as quantum repeaters.
Sam Marsden
samarsden@uchicago.edu
Publicity Committee Member
Education Committee Member
Sam is a PhD candidate in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering working in Prof. Stuart Rowan’s lab. His focus is on the synthesis and characterization of new materials that behave similarly to commercial plastics while being able to be chemically broken down for ease of recycling. He joined the JRSI in order to help foster a culture of safety at the university. Outside of work, Sam loves baking, tabletop games, and reading by the lakeside.
Shraman Saha
sahas@uchicago.edu
Finance Committee Member
Publicity Committee Member
Shraman is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry and a member of the Guyot-Sionnest group. His research focuses on developing toxic-metal-free quantum dots to create LEDs in the mid-infrared region. Shraman joined JRSI to foster a strong culture of lab safety and contribute to safer research environments at the University. Outside of his academic work, he enjoys cooking, meditating, and reading.
Matt Styles
mstyles@uchicago.edu
Research Committee Member
Matt is a Postdoc in the Department of Chemistry in the Dickinson Lab. He received his PhD in 2021 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he worked in the Blackwell Lab at the intersection of biophysics, chemistry, and microbiology. His research in the Dickinson group focuses primarily on method development for directed evolution of protein-protein interaction modulating biomolecules.
Jelena Momirov
momirov@uchicago.edu
Education Committee Chair
Jelena is currently a fourth year grad-student in the Department of Chemistry and a member of the Dickinson group. She graduated from Barry University with BS in Chemistry, after which she spent several years as a research tech in the Boger Lab at Scripps Research. Her research interests include developing new chemical biology platforms to make drug discovery safer and more efficient. In the Dickinson group, she is developing new protein engineering approaches for targeted prodrug activation and extracellular protein labeling. Jelena joined JRSI in order to learn and promote more precautionary lab safety techniques among her peers
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