CHBE - Key Persons


Adrienne Hillman

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Ellen Murkison - Academic Advising Manager

Alex Abramson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular
Alex Abramson, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at Georgia Tech. His research, which focuses on drug delivery and bioelectronic therapeutics, has been featured in news outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, and Wired. Dr. Abramson has received several recognitions for scientific innovation, including being named a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science List and the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 List. Dr. Abramson is passionate about translating scientific endeavors from bench to bedside. Large pharmaceutical companies have exclusively licensed a portfolio of his patents to bring into clinical trials, and Dr. Abramson serves as a scientific advisor overseeing their commercialization. In addition to his scientific endeavors, Dr. Abramson plays an active role in his community by leading Diversity Equity and Inclusion efforts on campus and volunteering as a STEM tutor to local students. Prof. Abramson received his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow under the direction of Profs. Robert Langer and Giovanni Traverso. He conducted postdoctoral work at Stanford University as an NIH fellow with Profs. Zhenan Bao and the late Sanjiv S. Gambhir.

Brad Dixon

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Brad Parker

Job Titles:
  • Research Machinist

Clinton Beeland

Job Titles:
  • ChE '90 ( EAB Chair )

Curtis Burnett

Job Titles:
  • Building Coordinator

Denzel Deloach

Job Titles:
  • Financial

Donna Bondy

Job Titles:
  • Program and Operations Manager

Donna Peyton

Job Titles:
  • Director of Corporate Development, ChBE and
  • Director, Office of Corporate Engagement

Ellen Murkison

Job Titles:
  • Ellen Murkison - Academic Advising Manager

Hannah Hawthorne

Job Titles:
  • Admin Professional III

Imogene Baker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Supervisor - Human Resources Manager
  • Adminstrative Manager II ( HR )

J. Carson Meredith

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute
  • Professor and James Preston Harris Faculty Fellow, Executive Director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute
Dr. Meredith is the Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute, and the James Harris Faculty Fellow in ChBE.

Jacqueline Mercadal

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Janice Whatley

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor - Graduate Program

Juanita Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Kevin Guger

Job Titles:
  • IT Support - Lead
  • IT Support Manager

Lauren Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development
  • Director of Development I ( Individuals and Foundations ), ChBE and

Leslie Schlag

Job Titles:
  • Grants Administrator

Lori Federico

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Manager II, Assistant to School Chair - Professor Christopher W. Jones
  • Administrative Manager II, Assistant to the Chair Professor Christopher W. Jones

Luz Feliciano

Job Titles:
  • IT Support Prof II

Mack Jenkins

Job Titles:
  • IT Support Engineer
  • IT Support Prof II

Mark Prausnitz

Job Titles:
  • Regents' Professor
Dr. Prausnitz is a Regents' Professor, the J. Erskine Love Jr. Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and director of the Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery.

Martha Grover - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Chairman
  • Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, James Carl and Sheila Farrell Pirkle, Jr. Faculty Fellow, and ADVANCE Professor, College of Engineering )

Nicholas Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Financial Operations
  • Asst. Director Financial Ops

Nicole Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Asst. Dir. Admin. Ops

Nisha Kukreja

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Rachel Segalman

Job Titles:
  • Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Warren G. and Katherine S. Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara

Ralph Taylor-Smith ChE - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Randee Turner

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager
  • Financial Manager I

Richard Barger

Job Titles:
  • Financial

Rochelle Moses

Job Titles:
  • Program and Operations Manager

Rod Sefton

Job Titles:
  • Henry Building Manager

Sara Kunicki

Job Titles:
  • Program and Operations Manager

Sarah Flake

Job Titles:
  • Development Assistant

Shawn Feist

Job Titles:
  • Lead R & D Director, Core R & D, the Dow Chemical Company

Stephanie Laney

Job Titles:
  • Program Support Coordinator - ACS Journal Office Administrator

Todd Clarkson

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Manager

Valarie Spradling

Job Titles:
  • Admin Professional III

Victor Breedveld - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Chairman