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*[[User:James Fargnoli|'''James Fargnoli''']] is from Providence, RI and performed undergraduate research with the Roberts Lab prior to his earning of an undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst in 2014. He now works as a research fellow, optimizing the maintenance of the Plant Cell Collection. | *[[Image:James_Fargnoli.jpg|right|100px]][[User:James Fargnoli|'''James Fargnoli''']] is from Providence, RI and performed undergraduate research with the Roberts Lab prior to his earning of an undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst in 2014. He now works as a research fellow, optimizing the maintenance of the Plant Cell Collection. | ||
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Revision as of 11:31, 2 April 2015
Susan C. RobertsSue is an associate professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at The University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also holds a position as the director of the UMass Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE). She obtained her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1998.Contact Information: Current Graduate StudentsWhitney Stoppel completed her B.S. in Chemical Engineering with minors in Mathematics and Cell & Molecular Biology at Tulane University in 2008. Following an REU program in Cellular Engineering at UMass in 2007, Whitney chose to attend graduate school at UMass, continuing to work in the Roberts lab. She joined the Roberts lab in the fall of 2008, and is working on enhancing the growth and functionality of mammalian cells in 3-D constructs by tailoring mechanical and physiological properties within the device through a collaboration with Surita Bhatia, Kim Tremblay, and Al Crosby. Email: wstoppel@ecs.umass.edu Sarah Wilson completed her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Rowan University in the spring of 2009. She decided to attend graduate school at UMass to conduct research in cellular engineering and joined the Roberts group in the fall of 2009. Sarah's focus is on characterizing novel genes involved in paclitaxel production with an overall goal to enhance the accumulation and production of paclitaxel in Taxus cell cultures through agrobacterium-mediated transformation. She is completing this work in collaboration with Joyce Van Eck at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Ithaca, New York.
Michelle McKee earned her BS in Biology from Indiana University. Michelle joined the Roberts lab in the fall of 2014 and is working towards her PhD in Plant Biology. Her focus is optimizing Taxus plant cell culture using genetic approaches to increase paclitaxel production. Research Fellows
Current Collaborators
Current Undergraduate ResearchersKelsey Mantoni joined the Roberts Lab in the fall of 2011 as a sophomore honor chemical engineering student to begin work on her Capstone honors thesis. Kelsey will be working with Whitney in the field of biomaterials and tissue engineering.
Bronwyn Finney joined the Roberts Lab in the fall of 2013 as a sophomore honor chemical engineering student to begin work on her Capstone honors thesis. Bronwyn will be working on the metabolic engineering of Taxus suspension cultures. Former Postdoctoral Researchers
Former Graduate Students
Email: mkolewe@mit.edu
Former Undergraduates with Honors Theses
Former REU StudentsSummer 2014
Summer 2013
Summer 2012
Summer 2011
Summer 2010
Summer 2009
Summer 2008
Before 2008
The Roberts lab is always willing to take REU students funded through programs on the UMass campus. Please see the Institute for Cellular Engineering REU program and the UMass College of Engineering REU program for opportunities. |