The Stewart Lab » Our Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. Elizabeth J. Stewart

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

B.S. Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2008

M.S. Chemical Engineering University of Michigan 2010

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering University of Michigan 2015

Postdoc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Material Science and Engineering (DMSE) 2015-2017

ejstewart@wpi.edu

Graduate Students

Lily Gaudreau

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2019

Messiah College

Research: Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms, in vitro models, host-pathogen interface

Hobbies: Baking, reading, playing guitar, and visiting lighthouses

ligaudreau@wpi.edu

Patryck Michalik

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering 2019

University of Virginia

Research: Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms, mechanical properties of bacterial biofilms in the context of disassembly and dispersion, membraneless water purification

Hobbies: Guitar, hiking, video games, climbing, and puzzles

pjmichalik@wpi.edu

Sydney Packard

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemical Engineering 2020

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Research: Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms, bacterial aggregates

Hobbies: Running, hiking, skiing, gardening, and reading

srpackard@wpi.edu

Undergraduate Students

Gabriel Bulacan

Biomedical Engineering Class of 2024
Penn State University
Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU Student)

Nicole Calandra

Chemical Engineering Class of 2024

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Grace Henderson

Biomedical Engineering Class of 2026
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Lab Alumni

Jay Gandhi:Research Volunteer Fall 2020-Fall 2021, Chemical Engineering Class of 2022, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Ciara Young: Research Volunteer Fall 2020-Fall 2021, Chemical Engineering Class of 2022, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Andrew Yatsuhashi: Research Volunteer Spring 2020, Chemical Engineering Class of 2022, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Elham Shoghi Ghalelshahi: REU Student Summer 2019, Bioengineering Class of 2021 ,University of California, Berkeley
Philip Ye: Research Volunteer Summer 2019, Biomedical Engineering Class of 2022, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ulises Cardona: B.S. Biochemistry 2019, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jacob Pickett: B.S. Chemical Engineering 2019, Worcester Polytechnic Institute