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Our Team
The Kunjapur Lab is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment.
​We celebrate the different backgrounds and perspectives that every lab member brings to our team.

We are hiring! We are looking for 1 or 2 postdocs to add to the team in 2021.

Postdocs with experience in mammalian cell culturing or chemical biology are preferred.
Interested postdoc candidates should email a brief cover letter and CV to Aditya.
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Principal Investigator: Aditya M. Kunjapur

2019     Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
2018     Post-Doc, Genetics, Harvard Medical School (Advisor: George Church)
2015     PhD, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Kristala Prather)
2010     BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas (Advisor: Bruce Eldridge)

     Aditya is from Houston, Texas, and interned for 5 summers with Shell and ExxonMobil during his undergraduate years. His interest in biomolecular engineering was sparked by a desire to develop renewable liquid transportation fuel alternatives, and he is always excited to discover what chemicals can be formed from renewable sources using biocatalysis. During his post-doc, he became fascinated by the enormous potential and creative opportunities to harness designer bacteria for biomedical applications. When outside of lab, Aditya enjoys playing board games, watching basketball/football, and traveling.
     For more info on how Aditya became interested in synthetic biology, see this blog post from 2015.

Recent Awards
2020 - American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 35 Under 35
2019 - Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative (ELBI) Fellow 
Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Neil Butler

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 
​B.S., Penn State University

ndb(at)udel(dot)edu
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Soumili Chattopadhyay

M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
B.Tech, MAKAUT, West Bengal

soumili(at)udel(dot)edu
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Roman Dickey 
B.S., Penn State University
​rdickey(at)udel(dot)edu

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Amanda Forti 
B.S. University of Rochester
​aforti(at)udel(dot)edu

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Madan Gopal 
(Co-advised by Wilfred Chen)
B.S. University of Texas
mgopal(at)udel(dot)edu


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Michaela Jones
NIH CBI Fellow, ​NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
B.S., Cornell University
majones(at)udel(dot)edu
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Sabyasachi Sen
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
sen(at)udel(dot)edu
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Morgan Sulzbach

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
​B.S., University of Maryland - College Park
msulzbac(at)udel(dot)edu

 
Undergraduate Students
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Ryan Buchser
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Ishika Govil
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Nathan Edwards
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Sean Wirt
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Natalie Fuhr
Past Mentees: (UG = Undergrad / G = Grad / T = Technician / P = Post-Doc)


Before Delaware:
Emily Niu - 2018 - UG - MIT
Aditya Jog - 2018 - UG - MIT
Lucas Brown - 2018 - T - Harvard Medical School
Karen Noguera - 2017-2018 - T - Harvard Medical School
Peter Smith - 2017-2018 - G - Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Devon Stork - 2016-2018 - G - Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jason Hyun - 2014-2015 - UG - Then: MIT - After: Manus Biosciences
Asmawaw Wassie - 2013 - UG - Then: MIT - After: MIT Biological Engineering PhD
Nikita Khlystov - 2012-2014 - UG - Then: MIT - After: Stanford Chemical Engineering PhD
Spencer Wenck - 2012-2013 - UG - Then: MIT - After: Boston Consulting Group
Bernardo Cervantes - 2012 - UG - Then: Berkeley - After: MIT Microbiology PhD
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Delaware January 2019 Team
L to R: Aditya Kunjapur, Sean Wirt, Natalie Fuhr, Morgan Sulzbach, Ryan Buchser, Sunny Sen, and Neil Butler.

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HMS Summer 2018 Team
L to R: Karen Noguera, Devon Stork, Aditya Jog, Lucas Brown, Emily Niu, and Aditya Kunjapur.
Selected Lab Social Events

2020

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic began

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After the pandemic began

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2019
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Location
The Kunjapur Lab
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware
150 Academy Street, CLB 358/362
Newark, DE 19716

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