{"id":123,"date":"2021-08-04T20:28:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/jenningslab\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:16:07","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/jenningslab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n          <h2>G. Kane Jennings, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n        <p>Principal Investigator<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/8-768x512-1-600x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><h2><strong>Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/strong><\/h2><h3>Director of Graduate Recruiting<\/h3>Ph.D. Chemical Engineering<br \/>M.S. Chemical Engineering<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusettes Institute of Technology<\/a><a href=\"mailto:kane.g.jennings@Vanderbilt.Edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n          <h2>Current Students<\/h2>\n        <h2><strong>Joshua Livingston<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/thumbnail_Image-768x977-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joined Lab in 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/\">Prairie View A&amp;M University<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:joshua.l.livingston@vanderbilt.edu\">Email\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <h2><strong>Zane Parkerson<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/20250604AR391-copy-768x769-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joined Lab in 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ua.edu\/\">The University of Alabama<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:zane.j.parkerson@vanderbilt.edu\">Email\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <h2><strong>Allison Cordova-Huaman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/Cordova_2-683x1024-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joined Lab in 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.edu.pe\/\">Universidad Nacional de Ingenier\u00eda<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"mailto:allison.victoria.cordova.huaman@vanderbilt.edu\">Email\u00a0<\/a>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <h2><strong>Sk. Md. Ali Zaker Shawon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/DSC_9100-768x882-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joined Lab in 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>M.S. of Chemistry,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utrgv.edu\/en-us\/\">University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.just.edu.bd\/\">Jashore University of Science and Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sk.md.ali.zaker.shawon@vanderbilt.edu\">Email\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <h2><strong>Matthew Vasuta<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Material Sciences Program<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/Matthew_Vasuta-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joined Lab in 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utk.edu\/\">The University of Tennessee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:matthew.vasuta@vanderbilt.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <h2><strong>Praise Eromosele<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/Headshot_PraiseE-768x492-1-600x492.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joined Lab in 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>M.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaust.edu.sa\/en\/\">King Abdullah University of Science and Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>B.S. of Chemical Engineering<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kstu.ru\/knrtu\/index_en.jsp\">Kazan National Research Technological University<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:praise.o.eromosele@vanderbilt.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n          <h2>Ph. D. Alumni<\/h2>\n        <p><strong>Marc Nabhan\u00a0<\/strong>-University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua Passantino<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Nth Cycle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kody Wolfe<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; University of Ohio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liudmyla Prozorovska<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Scale Materials<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xuanli Deng<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Google<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cole Brubaker<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; PING<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maxwell Robinson<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Simon-Kucher<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Njoroge<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; CSL Behring<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabriel LeBlanc<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Universtiy of Tulsa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlos Escobar<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Dow Chemical<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Vilt<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; BASF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juan Tuberquia<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Dow Chemical<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon Booth<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Boeing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Ciesielski<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; NREL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Faulkner<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Agilyx<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brad Berron<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; University of Kentucky<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dongshun Bai<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Brewer Science<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hellen Kincaid<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Buckman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eric Brantley<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; LANXESS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wenfeng Guo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dong Yan<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n          <h2>M. 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