Catherine Pak

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Catherine Pak is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University. She is interested in the overlap between intentional design and sustainable energy, and she currently works on the Robosense project. She is continuously inspired by how nature can educate engineering and design choices and hopes to develop her knowledge and skills in the realm of bioinspired design.

Bo Li

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Bo Li is a graduate student in the M.S. Design Technology program at Cornell University. With over a decade of experience in architectural and urban design, Bo previously served as a partner at a top 10 architectural firm in China. His work has received multiple design awards, contributing to projects such as China’s first-generation high-speed rail stations and public rental housing. He has worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies including China Vanke Co., Ltd., China Resources Land Limited, and Poly property. Currently, he is a research assistant at JS LAB, focusing on robotic fabrication, modular 3D printing, and robotic assembly, while also exploring AI-driven interactive design in architecture.

Gabriella Best

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Gabriella Best is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.A. in Computer Science at Cornell University. She is currently working on the NSF-funded URoL:EN project. Beyond her work in the JSLab, she is a software engineer on the Cornell Rocketry Team and training a machine learning model for wasp pose tracking through synthetic data generation. As a Milstein Program Scholar, she is passionate about exploring the interdisciplinary applications of emerging technologies.

Elise Carpenter

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Elise Carpenter is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Information Science at Cornell University. Interested in the intersection of biological data and interactive technologies, she is contributing to modeling living systems in the NSF-funded URoL:EN project. With a passion for inquiry, she is a member of The Cornell Commitment program as a Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar.

Stevie Phelabaum

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Stevie Phelabaum is a graduate student in the M.S. Design Technology program at Cornell University.  She has previous academic, industry, and government research experience in the fields of biofuel development, oncology, virology, and bacteriology.  She is interested in incorporating her biotechnology and molecular biology skills into the fabrication of bioinspired living materials.  In the JSLab, Stevie is currently working on the NSF-funded URoL:EN project.  

Andrew Sandberg

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Andrew Sandberg is a junior in the B. Arch program at Cornell University. He is working across disciplines to push advanced fabrication and material development. Andrew's main goal is to develop Class II Lunar and Martian habitats while adapting the same technologies to support vulnerable populations on Earth, as climate change threatens to leave some parts of the world uninhabitable. Outside of the lab, he enjoys swimming, woodworking, hiking, running, and biking.   

Morgan Stuart

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Morgan Stuart is a junior at Cornell University studying Information Science, with minors in CS and AI, working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, advanced fabrication, and computational design. He has academic and industry experience in AI systems engineering, machine learning, and full-stack development, and serves as President of the Cornell Generative AI Club, leading technical initiatives, industry partnerships, and applied projects deploying real-world generative and agentic systems. He is particularly interested in applying AI and ML methodologies to interdisciplinary challenges by integrating data-driven modeling, intelligent systems, and emerging technologies to solve complex problems across domains.

Qi Han

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Qi Han is a graduate student in the M.S. Design Technology program at Cornell University. With a background in architecture, Qi brings extensive fabrication experience and has completed built parametric design projects. In the JSLab, Qi is currently working on a 3D underwater printing project, exploring advanced fabrication workflows and material system development.  

Alumni: 

Zeiad Amin, Alexia Asgari, Julia Barnoin, Jeremy Bilotti, Eda Begum Birol, Nicholas Cassab, Daniel Cellucci, Omar Dairi, Madeleine Eggers, Shuo Feng, Lauren Greene, Frances Gregor, Chenming He, John Hilla, Zhenxiang Huang, Jessica Jiang, Colby Johnson, Yuji Kitamura, Alexander Kyaw, Ian Limbaseanu, Anita Lin, Jingyang Liu Leo, Jasmine Liu, Xinlin Lu, Andrew Lucia, Bowen Luo, Yehong Mi, Martin Miller, Mahshid Moghadasi, Andrew Moorman, Cameron Nelson, Bennett Norman, Giffen Ott, Jack Otto, Yifei Peng, Karolina Piorko, Ivania Rivera, Cardinal Robinson, David Rosenwasser, Marina Rosolem, Jeeya Savani, Zada Stuart, Teng Teng, Hung Ming Tseng, Max Vanatta, Simin Wang, Alexander Wolkow, Daniel Woo, Liangjie Wu, Chisato Yamakawa, Hoon Yoon, Veronika Varga, Chi Zhang, Viola Zhang