Students & Research Staff

Current MVP Center Researchers

  • Asingsa Lakminini Weerasinghe Wickramasinghe Arachichige

    Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas

    Degrees/Certifications: B.Sc. Special in Biological Science, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (2023)

    Research Interests: Validation of AAV

  • Ben Galloway

    Instructor, Political Science, University of Arkansas

    Degrees/Certifications: Ph.D. in Public Policy (2024)

    Research Interests: Climate Change Risk Perception, Regulatory Policy

  • Cannon Hackett

    Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas

    Degrees/Certifications: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas (2022); B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri (2017)

    Research Interests: Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration, Downstream Bioprocessing, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

  • Elizabeth Adeogun

    Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas

    Degrees/Certifications: B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University (2016)

    Research Interests: Small Molecules - Protein Interactions, Drug Discovery, Biosensor Design, Phase Separations, Colloidal Interactions

  • Emily Ingram

    Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky

    Degrees/Certifications: B.S. in Chemistry, Lamar University (2020); B.A. in Political Science, University of Kentucky (2016)

    Research Interests: Polymers, Biotechnology, Membranes, Nanomedicine, Separation Technology

  • Mara Leach-Baughman

    Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky

    Degrees/Certifications: B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University (2022)

    Research Interests: Membrane Technology, Bioprocessing, Bio-Purification, Polymers, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology

  • Nimisha Tandon

    Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas

    Degrees/Certifications: M.Tech, Harcourt Butler Technical University, India (2020); B.Tech (Biotechnology), Banasthali University, India (2018)

    Research Interests: Viral Vector Purification, Membrane Designing, Recombinant DNA Technology

Former MVP Center Researchers

  • Nataliia Borozdina

    Ph.D. Student, Public Policy, University of Arkansas

    Degrees/Certifications: M.P.A., University of Arkansas (2022); Ph.D. in Education, Tambov State University, Russia, (2021); M.Ed. TESOL, University of Arkansas, (2019); M.A. in Foreign Language Education, Kursk State University, Russia (2016)

    Research Interests: Education Policy, Environmental Policy, Research Methods, Science, Technology, and Innovations Policy

  • Xiaolei Hao

    Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas

    Degrees/Certifications: Master of Engineering in Processing and Storage of Agriculture Products, Tianjin University of Science & Technology (2016); Bachelor of Engineering in Food Science and Engineering, Hebei Agricultural University (2013)

    Research Interests: Membrane-based techniques for filtration and purification in biopharmaceutical manufacturing