Principal Investigator
Peter J. Beltramo
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, UMass-Amherst, 2018 - Present
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2009
Ph.D., University of Delaware, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014
Postdoc, ETH Zürich, Soft Materials, 2017
Peter Beltramo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UMass Amherst. He earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 2014, where he studied the electrokinetics and self-assembly of colloidal suspensions. Before starting at UMass Amherst in 2018, he completed a postdoc in Soft Materials at ETH Zurich. At UMass, his lab studies interfacial soft matter in contexts ranging from membrane biophysics and biomimetic materials to particle stabilized emulsions and ordered 2D materials. His recent recognitions include the NSF CAREER Award, ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, and a Lilly Teaching Fellowship at UMass Amherst.
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Roni Coskun, ChE 2026
Zaw Htet Lin, ChE 2025
Former Graduate Students
Paige Liu, MS 2020, Current Affiliation: continuing in Beltramo Lab towards her PhD!
Shreyas Joshi, MS 2021, Current Affiliation: Amgen
Guinevere Tillinghast, MS 2021, Current Affiliation: UMass
Samuel Trevenen, PhD 2023, Current Affiliation: GCP Applied Technologies (Saint-Gobain)
Heather Hamilton, PhD 2023, Current Affiliation: Mount Holyoke
Oscar Zabala-Ferrera, PhD 2023, Current Affiliation: Moderna
Deepa Reddy Konuganti, MS 2023, Current Affiliation: Tesla
Omoregie Bright, MS 2024
Former Undergraduate Students
James Trottier- ChE 2021
Lillian Kurina- Chem 2021
Mitchell Wheeler- ChE 2020
Zeynep Alptekin- ChE 2022
Emma Villares- ChE 2022
Peter Chiaravallo- ChE 2022
Aaron-Emiliano Portillo- Holyoke CC 2022
Zaw Htet Lin- ChE 2025
Taina Turner- Alcorn State 2023
April Haines- BME 2024
Stefan Goretskiy- Holyoke CC 2023
Nicholas Mancini- ChE 2023
Roni Coskun- ChE 2026
Juan Echeverri- UF 2025