{"id":10,"date":"2019-02-12T16:01:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:40:25","slug":"group-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-reynolds-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d2de38ccfad5e78bf885e5ab692a44ee\">Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2220\" height=\"2220\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Sanjana Mutyapu\" class=\"wp-image-729\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942.jpg 2220w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/11\/IMG_6942-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2220px) 100vw, 2220px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sanjana Mutyapu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Year PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> August 21st, 2025<br \/><strong>Main PhD Advisor:<\/strong> Dr. Nathalie Lavoine<br \/><strong>Research Area:<\/strong> Investigate the effect of drying and mounted substrates on the self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals.<br \/><strong>From:<\/strong> Karimnagar, India<br \/><strong>Fun Fact: <\/strong>As a kid, I loved watching <em>Food Factory<\/em>; now I get to study the materials that make it all possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"smutyap@ncsu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:smutyap@ncsu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smutyap@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/3D362715-D057-4332-B884-8771AB67CD07.png\" alt=\"Photo of Fatima Ezzahra Allam\" class=\"wp-image-766\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/3D362715-D057-4332-B884-8771AB67CD07.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/3D362715-D057-4332-B884-8771AB67CD07-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/3D362715-D057-4332-B884-8771AB67CD07-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/nathalielavoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/3D362715-D057-4332-B884-8771AB67CD07-768x1152.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fatima Ezzahra Allam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Year PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> January 20th, 2026<br \/><strong>Main PhD Advisor:<\/strong> Dr. Nathalie Lavoine<br \/><strong>Research Area:<\/strong> Investigate the effect of drying and mounted substrates on the self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals.<br \/><strong>From:<\/strong> Casablanca, Morocco<br \/><strong>Fun Fact: <\/strong>I look serious in the lab, but I\u2019m actually the one who will start dancing if an experiment finally works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"smutyap@ncsu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:fallam@ncsu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fallam@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-reynolds-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5c129a74d34a56b70f32cafb1a1d4e25\">Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Logan Hickman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Freshman\/Sophomore Undergraduate Student<br \/>Sustainable Materials and Technology<br \/><br \/><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> Spring 2026<br \/><strong>Research Area:<\/strong> Educational Sustainability Kit Development (sponsored by VentureWell)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sarah P. Garcia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduate Student<br \/>Integrative Physiology and Neurobiology (Pre-med Track)<br \/><br \/><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> Spring 2026<br \/><strong>Research Area:<\/strong> Educational Sustainability Kit Development (sponsored by VentureWell)<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lily Dahlgren<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Undergraduate Student<br \/>Paper Science &amp; Engineering \/ Chemical Engineering Dual degree<br \/><br \/><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> Spring 2026<br \/><strong>Research Area:<\/strong> Production of cellulose nanofibrils from post-consumer waste (FIBER-UP)<br \/><strong>Collaboration<\/strong> with Prof. Aji Mathew, Stockholm University, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kevin Garcia-Diaz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophomore Undergraduate Student<br \/>Paper Science &amp; Engineering<br \/><br \/><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> Spring 2026<br \/><strong>Research Area:<\/strong> Shimmering colors from cellulose nanocrystals<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harold Figueroa Vazquez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior Undergraduate Student<br \/>Paper Science &amp; Engineering<br \/><br \/><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> Spring 2026<br \/><strong>Research Area:<\/strong> Shimmering colors from cellulose nanocrystals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-reynolds-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4672e66a768fc9654434d4adbd8846ca\">Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Postdoctoral Researchers: <\/strong>Dr. Karthik Ananth Mani (2022-2023), Dr. Yuan Yue (2021-2022), Dr. Elmira Kalantari (Visiting Scholar, 2020-2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduated PhD Students:<\/strong> Dr. Shiyao Hong (Spring 2026), Dr. Mirela Artner (Summer 2024), Dr. Erfan Kimiaei (Visiting Scholar, Feb-Aug 2023), Dr. Nicolo Pajer (Visiting Scholar, 2022=2023), Dr. Lisandra Vanessa Chason (Winter 2022), Dr. Tao Zou (Visiting Scholar, Mar-Jun 2020), Dr. Selen Guner (Visiting Scholar), Dr. Ekrem Durmaz (Visiting Scholar, 2019-2020), Dr. Ramakrishna Trovagunta (Winter 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduated Master Students: <\/strong>Emna Hedhili (Visiting Scholar, Summer 2025), Emily V. Piner (Spring 2022), Gregorio Simon Diaz Martinez (Visiting Scholar, 2021-2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Research Students: <\/strong>Kevin Garcia Diaz (Spring-Summer 2025), Dalinska Garcia (2024-2025), Linda Y. Posada-Argueta (Summer 2023), Yihang Qiu (Jan-Feb 2023), Zhengkai Chen (Jan-Feb 2023), Ashley Bean (2022-23), Ari Jindal (Feb-Nov 2023), Ashlrey R. 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