Montclare Lab

Welcome Hanshika Biswas a Biotechnology MS student & Micahael Samuel a ChemE BS student at NYU Tandon School of Engineering to ! Hanshika earned her earned her BS in Biotechnology with a specialization in Clinical Laboratory Science from Penn State University in 2025, while Micahael will be completing his BS and looking to pursue a MS. We look forward to their research contributions to the lab.

Job well done to Temi Majekodunmi, Isabella Huang & Smriti Thosani for presenting their research at the 1st Annual Graduate Research Symposium in CBE! Temi spoke on her work to engineer enzymes for polymer synthesis; Isabella presented her work on water responsive protein materials; and Smriti presented ok designing multivalent protons assemblies to target hypoxic tumors.

Join me in welcoming Jeremy Craig to ! He graduated from in 2022 with a BS in . He is currently pursuing an in and at where his interests include biomaterials & biotechnology in healthcare.

Welcome Jeremy Craig to ! Jeremy graduated from the University of Michigan in 2022 with a BS in . Following that, he worked in a pharmaceutical lab doing preclinical trials on various biologics, specializing in HPLC and electrophoresis. He is currently pursuing an in and at NYU Tandon School of Engineering where his interests include biomaterials and biotechnology in healthcare. He is also a fellow this summer!

Welcome Darren Sea and Basia Czarkowska to ! Both are rising & majors joining us this summer. Darren will be advancing research on for plastic degradation and sustainability, while Basia will be developing for gene delivery applications.
Excited to see their contributions to the lab and to support the next generation of scientists and engineers through hands-on interdisciplinary research!

Job well done to Megh Raj Bhatt, PhD and Andrew Bai for presenting their protein engineered biomaterials research at the 2026 NYAS Chemical Biology Symposium!
The keynote speaker was Alanna Schepartz who is our lab academic parent ( PhD Advisor)!
Grateful to the academic family, mentors and collaborators…the future is bright! ProteinEngineering

Congratulations to Katarina Milas for passing her qualifying exam with flying colors! She is now officially a candidate! 🎉🎂

Official hooding ceremony to honor Dr. Jonathan Sun! Congratulations !

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there!

Job well done to Muhammadzohir Hidoyatov for presenting his research on fluorinated biomaterials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Polymer Day 2026!