Current Members
Principal Investigator
Joshua J. Choi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Physics (by courtesy)
BIO
B. E., Cooper Union (2006)
Ph.D., Cornell University (2012)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University (2014)
Awards and Honors
NASA Early Career Faculty Award (2015)
Virginia Space Grant Consortium New Investigator Award (2015)
Email: jjc6z[at]virginia[dot]edu
Office: Chemical Engineering Building, Room 218
Phone: (434) 243-1822
Fax: (434) 982-2658
Graduate Researchers
Katelyn Dagnall
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemical Engineering
Joined Fall 2016
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Email: kadagnall[at]virginia[dot]edu
Ashley Conley
Ph.D. Candidate
​Department of Chemical Engineering
Joined Fall 2017
Co-advised with Prof. Gaurav Giri
B.S. Chemistry, The Ohio State University
B.S. Applied Mathematics, The Ohio State University
Email: ac4gt[at]virginia[dot]edu
Undergraduate Researchers
Ciara Noelle H. Smith
Class of 2022
Major: Chemical Engineering
Email: chs9hg[at]virginia[dot]edu
Abhilash Mangu
Class of 2022
Major: Chemical Engineering
Email: am4ns[at]virginia[dot]edu