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Arifur Rahman earned his bachelor’s degree in Textile Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Textiles and his M.S. in Polymer Chemistry from Pittsburg State University. During his master’s studies, he was involved in an industry-sponsored research project with InsectaPel LLC and completed a summer internship in the R&D department at Tnemec Company, Inc. His graduate research focused on bio-derived textile coatings, centrifugally spun nanofibers, and wet-spun fibers. His current research at Cornell focuses develop fiber-based

Caitlyn Pelletier is a Ph.D. candidate in Nutrition, working with Dr. Martha Field. Before coming to Cornell, she earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in Neuroscience and Nutrition Science. Caitlyn is interested in brain-nutrient interactions and their implications for human health. Now in Dr. Field's lab, Caitlyn is studying the role of folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism on Parkinson's Disease pathology, with a specific focus on mitochondrial dynamics.