Primary Investigator
Caroline L. Schauer, Ph.D.
Margaret C. Burns Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department
Email: cls52@drexel.edu
Office: Lebow Engineering 439A
Phone: 215.895.1821
Graduate Students
Emma Snelling
Emma Snelling is a fourth year Materials Science and Engineering PhD student. She joined the lab in 2019 while pursuing a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Materials Science and Engineering within Drexel University’s BS/MS program. Her current research focuses on the upcycling of industrial food waste streams into value-added products.
Undergraduate Students
Alessandra Cabrera
Alessandra is a fourth year BS student in Materials Science and Engineering. She joined the NMPP lab in 2021 as a STAR Scholar and is passionate about the wide applications of nanofibers and creating sustainable products through polymer engineering.
Conway Zheng
Conway is a fourth year Materials Science and Engineering student. He joined the lab in 2022 as a STAR Scholar. He is currently working with touchspinning and studying it’s deposition of nanofibers as well as working on the nanoyarn machine.
Saffron Buscemi
Saffron is a third year Custom Designed Major in Textile Engineering and Technology. She joined the lab in 2024 through the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program which focused on fabricating nanoyarns from natural polymers. Current research interests are biopolymer based nanofibers and composites.
Peyton Buie
Peyton is a second-year Materials Science and Engineering student who first joined the lab as a STAR Scholar in 2024. She mainly focuses on electrospinning natural polymers for bone and tissue engineering.
Brendan Parker
Brendan is a first-year Materials Science and Engineering student. He joined the lab in 2025 and is fascinated by radiative cooling fabrics that can be produced using electrospinning.
Ahnaf Rahman
Ahnaf is a first-year Materials Science and Engineering student. He joined the lab in 2025 and has an interest in the production of nanoyarn.
Garvey Wolk
Garvey is a first-year Materials Science and Engineering student. He joined the lab in 2025 and is currently assisting with biochar and food waste projects.