The Ricarte Lab

Our Team

Principal Investigator

Ralm G. Ricarte

Dr. Ralm Ricarte

Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2016

Marie Curie and PRESTIGE Postdoctoral Fellow, ESPCI Paris, 2017–2019

Email: rricarte@eng.famu.fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6170

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A162

Graduate Students

Guanrui Li

Guanrui Li

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, China, 2013

M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2017

Email: lg19i@fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6325

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A217A

Daniel Barzycki

Daniel Barzycki

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Trine University, 2018

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Florida State University, 2021

Email: dcb19h@fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6325

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A214A


Research Area: Block Copolymer Vitrimers

Dana Ezzeddine

Dana Ezzeddine

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

B.S., Biology, Lebanese American University, 2015

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Balamand, 2017

M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Balamand, 2019

Email: dezzeddine@fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6325

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A214A


Research Area: Vitrimer Gels

Yuxuan Dai

Yuxuan Dai

Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S., Chemistry, Iowa State University, 2019

M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2022

Email: yd23e@fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6325

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A214A


Research Area: Additive Manufacturing of Vitrimers

Undergraduate Students

Marie Chmara

Marie Chmara

B.S. Student, Biomedical Engineering

Email: mchmara@fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6325

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A217A


Research Area: Dynamic Covalent Hydrogels

Cassie Duclos

Cassie Duclos

B.S. Student, Chemical Engineering

Email: cmd21i@fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6325

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A217A

Nat Torres

Nat Torres

B.S. Student, Chemical Engineering

Email: nmt22@fsu.edu

Phone: +1-850-410-6325

Office: FAMU-FSU CoE A214A