Bodhi Chaudhuri

Professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Institute of Materials Science (IMS)

School: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Saeed Najafian

School: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Lyla White

School: University of Connecticut

Ami Shah

School: University of Connecticut

Kevin Miller

School: University of Connecticut

Abhinav Chalasani

School: University of Connecticut

Timothy Rodrigue

School: University of Connecticut

Debonique Burton

School: University of Connecticut

Ava Landry

School: University of Connecticut

 Frank Dolce

Sanjana Srinivas

School: University of Connecticut

(September 2018 – August 2019))
Current Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow, NREL, Golden, CO

Current Affiliation: Manager, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Knoxville, TN (December 2017 to May 2018)

(September 2018 – December 2019)

Current Affiliation: Senior Algorithm Engineer, Dexcom, San Diego, CA

(PhD, Completed August 2012)

Winner of AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award, 2012.

Winner of Best Poster Award, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Oct, 2011.

Winner of Gerald J. Jackson Memorial Scholarship Award, 2011.

Current Affiliation: Senior Process Development Scientist, Pfizer, Mcpherson, Kansas

(PhD, Completed November, 2014)

Winner of Karl. A. Harzog Award, 2012.

Best Poster Award, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov, 2013.

Winner of Best Poster Award, AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov, 2014.

Winner of AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award, 2014.

Current Affiliation: Senior Scientist, Kamat Pharmatech, North Brunswick, New Jersey

(PhD, Completed September, 2015)

Winner of Innocentive Award, 2015.

Winner of Best Presentation in AAPS NERDG Meeting, Farmington, CT, 2015.

Current Affiliation: Application Engineer, ESSS North America, Woburn, Massachusetts

(PhD, Completed January, 2018)

Current Affiliation: Manager, Sanofi, Chattanooga, Tennessee

(Graduate Student, 2011-2012)

Current Afiiliation: Scientist, Sanofi Genzyme, Framingham, Massachusetts

(Graduate Student, 2012-2014)

Current Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tasmania, Australia

(PhD, Defended August 16^th, 2019)

Winner of Gerald J. Jackson Memorial Scholarship Award, 2019.

Current Affiliation: Formulation Scientist, J&J, NJ

(PhD Student, 2015 – Current, expected to defend on December 2019)Winner of Best Poster Award, Particle Technology Forum, AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018.Travel Grant by Gordon Research Conference Several travel grants sponsored by Brown University, URI, and UConnWinner of UConn wide Best 3MT Presentation, Storrs

Current Affiliation: Product Development Scientist, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, NJ.

(PhD, Defended June 7th, 2021)

(PhD, Defended June 5th, 2023)

(PhD, Defended January 12th 2024)

Ryan Bellucci

School: University of Connecticut

Trey Mastriani

School: University of Connecticut

Alice Rivard

School: University of Connecticut

Amal Bittar

School: University of Connecticut

Dongkwan (Brian) Shin

School: University of Connecticut

Hooman Kashi

School: University of Connecticut

Katayun Irani

School: University of Connecticut

Julianne Jacela

Isabella Tardy

Amber Buske

Undergraduate Research Students Advised

Pharmacy and Pre-Pharmacy:

Anisa Naka, Nicholas Dumont, Romil Shah, Lindsy Murphy, Ushma Patel, Yeonsun Choi, Rayhan Saikh, Mi Hye Kim, Varunkumar Bhattaram, Sweta Vachani, Yungfeng Zhu, Eesha Desai, Melissa Kuhn, Janet Cho, Jennifer Nguyen, Amanda Szeligowski, Michael Saito, Gabrielle Richterman, Kai Lee, Rhandin Desantis, Rukshana Chowdhury, Nabia Mouli, Dien Nguyen, Amanda Savath, Kirandeep Kaur, Jin Lee, Holly Grota, Kimberly Coop, Annie King, Karol Lewkowciz, Mabel Ly, Emily Butterworth, Vivian Du, Gretchen Stern, Mary Kovacevic, Jared Mangano, Christopher Jensen, Jennifer Thiele, Kevin Phun, Gina Shah, Cindi Sounthonevat, Shelby Cerruli, Mark Basille II, Blerta Mulla, Bich Tran, Brett Chen, Connor Walker, Aki Yamamoto, Lauren Crespo, Entela Elmazaj, Andrew Reuter, Jeff Cineas, Jola Mehmeti, Blerina Mukallari, Kingsley Ennin, Jeffry Sam, Amber Buske, and Madeline Blair, Katyani Irani, Isabella Tardy, Lauren Bean, Hooman Kashi, Donkwang Shin, Amal Bittar, Alice Rivard, Amber Buske, Iraam Nasreen, Julianne Jacela, Ami Shah, Abhinav Chalsani, Lyla White, Debonique Burton, Timothy Rodrigue, and Ava Landry

Outside School of Pharmacy:

Roshan Shah (Mechanical Engineering, UConn), Jason Tomei (Mechanical Engineering, UConn), Robert Yau (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UConn), Jonathan De Arcos (Electrical and Computer Engineering, UConn), Nicholas Petruzzi (Computer Science and Engineering, UConn), Kuni Muto (Electrical and Computer Engineering, UConn), Nathan Murphy (Electrical and Computer Engineering, UConn),), Yasmine Malik (Molecular Cell Biology, UConn), Madhumita Das(Computer Science and Engineering, UConn), Shivangi Patel (Molecular Cell Biology, UConn), Shelby Cerruli (Molecular Cell Biology, UConn), Sergei Ivani (Molecular Cell Biology, UConn), Janice Kwak (Molecular Cell Biology, UConn), Joshua Ambroise (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UConn), Jiexian Chen (Biological Sciences, UConn), Nishal D’Souza (Molecular Cell Biology, UConn), Daniel Fernandes (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UConn), Ryan Bellucci (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UConn), Trey Mastriani (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UConn), Neel Shah (Chemical Engineering, Northeastern), Nathan Bergman (Mechanical Engineering, Purdue), Miguel Nistal (Electrical and Computer Engineering, RPI), Leila Sorrells (Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern Florida), Frank Dolce (MCB, UConn), Kevin Miller (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UConn) and Andrea Villa (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UConn)

Honors Thesis Advisee

1. Dr. Yungfeng Zhu (Pharm.D., Completed 2012)

      Currently: Pharmacist, Walmart, Chesire, Connecticut.

1. Dr. Amanda Szeligowski, (Pharm.D., Completed 2013)

      Currently: Pharmacy Manager, Rite-Aid, Branford, Connecticut.

1. Dr. Michael Saito, (Pharm.D., Completed 2014)

      Currently: Pharmacy Manager, Glastonbury, Connecticut.

1. Dr. Mark Basille II, (Pharm.D., Completed 2016)

      Currently: Pharmacist, South Windsor, Connecticut.

1. Dr. Andrew Reuter, (Pharm.D., Completed 2017)

      Currently: PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident at Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO.

1. Dr. Bich Tran. (Pharm.D., Completed 2017)

      Currently: Pharmacist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

1. Ami Shah (Pharm D batch of 2024)

      Currently: Pharmacist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

High School Student Researcher

Labanya Mukhopadhyay (San Jose, CA),

• Currently: Undergraduate Student, Computer Science, UC Berkeley, CA.
• Winner of prestigious INTEL Award for the project – Predicting the Efficiency of Chaotic Mixing of Granular Pharmaceutical Materials Using Image Processing

Nitya Bhattarai (Woodridge, CT).

• Currently: Undergraduate Student, University of Connecticut

Michael Pancras, South Windsor High School, Connecticut.