Ph.D. Students
Previous Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University, China
Wenhao is studying the responses of soft materials to electric fields. This could lead to a simpler way to do 3D-printing of gels and tissues.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, University of Maryland, College Park
Faraz is working on new designs for self-assembled hydrogels, with applications in the oilfield. He is also creating new kinds of polymeric capsules.
Previous Education: B.Tech. in ChemE, IIT Kanpur, India
Mahima's goal is to develop biocompatible, carbon dioxide-responsive systems that can be used for drug delivery. She is also studying the properties of different biopolymer films.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, University of Maryland, College Park
Morine is designing 'smart' nanocontainers for the delivery of drugs (such as cancer therapeutics) in response to light or ionizing radiation.
Previous Education: M.S. in ChemE, University of Maryland, College Park
Abbas is creating nanoparticles with imaging agents to target biomarkers in cancer. This could locate cancer tumors earlier and may also demonstrate if a drug therapy affects the tumor.
Previous Education: University of Valencia, Spain
Paula’s research focuses on hemostatic products based on hydrophobically modified chitosan. She is also developing biomaterials that can advance surgical repairs.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE and M.S. in Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Wei-Yi is developing multi-compartment capsules for on-demand chemiluminescence and colloidal crystalline arrays and their response under external stimuli.
Previous Education: Central University of Kerala, India
Ireen's work focuses on developing materials for efficient separations of dyes from aqueous-based systems.
Previous Education: B.S. in BioE, Vanderbilt University
Briahnah is working on integrating biosensing bacteria cells into alginate capsules, to create biocompatible platforms for sensing and responding to chemical messengers produced by bacteria in natural environments.
Previous Education: B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain
Irene aims to develop a system to deliver drugs on applying electric field by improving their permeation into closed-packed biological tissues
Previous Education: M.S. in ChemE, Tabriyat Modares University
Amir's research aims to explore the effects of electric filed on the adhesion of different metals to hydrogels. This concept can be further applied in biomedical implants and in robotics.
M.S. Students
Previous Education: B.S. in MechE, University of Maryland, College Park
Hannah's work focuses on synthesizing wax micro-capsules that slowly release oxygen to be used for cell culture.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, University of Maryland, College Park
Undergrads
PostDocs
Ph.D. Students
Previous Education: B.S., M.S. in Chemistry, NIT-Rourkela, India
Ph.D. Dissertation: Gel-Derived Sponges and Sheets as Absorbents for Water, Blood, and Oil
Papers as First Author: (1): AMI (2021)
Other Papers as Co-author: (1): AMI (2019)
Position after Ph.D.: Postdoc at MIT
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D. Dissertation: Gel-Derived Sponges and Sheets as Absorbents for Water, Blood, and Oil
Papers as First Author: (1): AMI (2021)
Other Papers as Co-author: (1): AMI (2019)
Position after Ph.D.: Postdoc at MIT
Previous Education: B.Tech. in ChemE, IIT-Gandhinagar, India
Ph.D. Dissertation: Gel-Derived Sponges and Sheets as Absorbents for Water, Blood, and Oil
Papers as First Author: (1): AMI (2021)
Other Papers as Co-author: (1): AMI (2019)
Position after Ph.D.: Postdoc at UC Berkeley
Previous Education: B.Tech. in ChemE, IIT-Madras, India
Ph.D. Dissertation: Soft Aqueous Structures with Smart Skins
Papers as First Author: (1): AMI (2021)
Other Papers as Co-author: (2): PCCP (2017), Lang (2019)
Position after Ph.D.: Postdoc at Princeton University
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Univ. of Michigan
Ph.D. Dissertation: Biomimetic Polymer Capsules: Novel Architecture and Properties
Papers as First Author: (1): AMI (2021)
Other Papers as Co-author: (1): AMI (2019)
Position after Ph.D.: Novavax Inc.
Previous Education: B.Tech., M.Tech. in ChemE, IIT-Kharagpur, India
Ph.D. Dissertation: Self-Assembly in Polar Organic Solvents
Papers as First Author:(3): Lang (2019), Lang (2020), Lang (2021
Other Papers as Co-author: (2): PCCP (2017), Lang (2019)
Position after Ph.D.: Intel Corp.
Previous Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Virginia Tech.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Polymer Capsules Exhibiting Emergent Properties due to Internal Chemical Reactions
Papers as First Author:(1): Lang (2019)
Other Papers as Co-author: (4): AMI (2018), Nano Energy (2018), JMatChem-B (2019), MatHoriz (2019)
Position after Ph.D.: Gelest Inc.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. Dissertation: Multilayered Spheres, Tubes, and Surfaces by Inside-Out Polymerization
Papers as First Author:(1): NatureComm (2017)
Other Papers as Co-author: (3): AMI (2016), AdvMat (2018), AMI (2018)
Position after Ph.D.: L'Oreal Inc.
Previous Education: B.Tech. in ChemE, IIT-Kanpur, India
Ph.D. Dissertation: Electrically Induced Gelation, Rupture and Adhesion of Polymeric Materials
Papers as First Author:(2): AMI (2016), AMI (2019) Lang (2021
Other Papers as Co-author: (2): AMI (2016), AMI (2016)
Position after Ph.D.: Intel Corp.
Previous Education: B.S. in Chemistry, State Univ. of New York, Plattsburgh
Ph.D. Dissertation: Designing Hydrogels that Transform their Shapes
Papers as First Author:(3): Lang (2014), AMI (2016), Soft M (2018)
Other Papers as Co-author: (1): Soft M (2014)
Position after Ph.D.: Sanofi S. A., France
Previous Education: B.S., M.S. in Microbiology, National Taiwan Univ.; M.S. in Biotechnology, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. Dissertation: Nanostructures for Theranostic Applications (co-advised by Prof. Warren D'Souza, UMB)
Papers as First Author:(2): RSC Adv (2014), Lang (2016)
Position after Ph.D.: FDA
Previous Education: B.S.. in ChemE, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. Dissertation: Interfacial Aspects for Droplet PCR Lab-on-a-Chip Devices (co-advised by Prof. Ian White, BioE)
Papers as First Author:(2): CollSurfB (2015), AnChem (2015)
Position after Ph.D.: New York Genome Center
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. Dissertation: Microfluidic Generation of Anisotropic Capsules (co-advised by Prof. Don DeVoe, MechE)
Papers as First Author:(3): Lang (2013), AMI (2016), ChemSci (2017)
Other Papers as Co-author: (3): JCIS (2015), Analyst (2015), AMI (2016)
Key Awards: SMART Scholarship (DoD)
Position after Ph.D.: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. Dissertation: Bio-Inspired Polymer Microparticles for Targeted Recognition and Response
Papers as First Author:(3): JMatChem-B (2013), AMI (2016), AMI (2017)
Other Papers as Co-author: (2): Small (2011), AMI (2016)
Position after Ph.D.: Co-founder and CTO of GripBoost Inc., a company based on inventions made during his Ph.D.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Pohang Univ (POSTECH), South Korea
Ph.D. Dissertation: Photoresponsive Systems Based on Self-Assembly
Papers as First Author:(6): JACS (2012), Soft M (2013), Soft M (2013), Lang (2015), AMI (2016), ChemSci (2017)
Other Papers as Co-author: (11): including Lang (2013), SoftM (2014), JACS (2015), AdvFuncMat (2016)
Key Awards: Best Ph.D. in ChBE (2014)
Position after Ph.D.: LG Chemical Co., South Korea
Previous Education: B.Tech. in ChemE, Osmania University, India
Ph.D. Dissertation: New Concepts for Gelation of Alginate and its Derivatives (co-advised by Prof. Greg Payne, BioE)
Papers as First Author:(3): Lang (2011), JAgric (2012), Biomat Sci (2014)
Other Papers as Co-author: (7): including Lang (2011), Soft M (2013), Injury (2016)
Key Awards: Best Ph.D. in ChBE (2013)
Position after Ph.D.: Intel Corp.
Previous Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Univ. of Science & Technology, China
Ph.D. Dissertation: Microfluidic Creation of Polymeric Functional Microparticles (co-advised by Prof. Don DeVoe, MechE)
Papers as First Author:(4): Small (2011), Soft M (2012), Poly (2013), JCIS (2015)
Other Papers as Co-author: (2): Lang (2013), JMatChem-B (2013)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Agilent Tech.; Current Position: GEICO
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, University of Florida
Ph.D. Dissertation: Oxygen Measurement During Cell Culture: From Multiwell Plates to Microfluidic Devices (co-advised by Dr. Sam Forry, NIST)
Papers as First Author:(3): AnChem (2009), Soft M (2011), AnChem (2011)
Other Papers as Co-author: (2): Soft M (2012), Macro (2012)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Postdoc at U. Wisconsin with Prof. David Beebe; Current Position: Fluidigm Corp.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Yonsei University, Korea
Ph.D. Dissertation: New Self-Assembled Structures in Nonpolar Solvents
Papers as First Author:(5): Lang (2010), JACS (2011), Soft M (2011), JACS (2012), Soft M (2013)
Other Papers as Co-author: (4): incl. JACS (2008), ChemComm (2010), JACS (2012)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Postdoc at Penn State with Prof. Kyle Bishop; Current Position: Asst. Prof. at Kumoh National Inst. of Tech., South Korea
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, University of Florida
Ph.D. Dissertation: Advanced Materials for Drug Delivery and Wound Healing
Papers as First Author:(4): Lang (2009), SoftM (2011), Biomat (2011), Lang (2013)
Other Papers as Co-author: (4): including J Trauma (2012), Biomat Sci (2013)
Key Awards: Fischell Fellowship (2005), Dean's Award for Best Ph.D. in College of Engineering (2010)
Position after Ph.D.: Founder and CEO of Remedium Tech / now gel-e, Inc.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, University of Florida
Ph.D. Dissertation: Lipid-Hydrogel Nanoparticles: Synthesis & Properties (co-advised by Dr. Michael Gaitan, NIST)
Papers as First Author:(2): Lang (2008), Lang (2010)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: NIST; Current Position: Univ of Maryland Medical Center
Previous Education: B.S., M.S. in ChemE, Zhejiang Univ., China; M.E. in Molecular Eng., Singapore-MIT Alliance
Ph.D. Dissertation: Photoresponsive and Thermoresponsive Nanostructures
Papers as First Author:(3): JACS (2009), Lang (2010), JMatChem (2012)
Other Papers as Co-author: (1): JACS (2011)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Postdoc at MIT with Prof. Alan Hatton; Current Position: Estee Lauder
Previous Education: B.Tech. in ChemE, IIT Kharagpur, India
Ph.D. Dissertation: Self-Assembled Photoresponsive and Thermoresponsive Fluids with Tunable Rheology
Papers as First Author:(4): Lang (2007), Soft M (2009), Lang (2010), Lang (2010)
Other Papers as Co-author: (5): incl. JACS (2007), Angew (2010), Biomat (2011)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Syngenta Crop Protection; Current Position: Intel Corp.
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Dissertation: Self-Assembled 'Smart Fluids' with Viscosity Tunable by Light.
Papers as First Author:(2): JACS (2007), Soft M (2013)
Other Papers as Co-author: (2): JACS (2006), Lang (2010)
Position after Ph.D.: Naval Surface Warfare Center
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE and M.S. in MatSE, National Taiwan Univ.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Self-Assembly of Amphiphiles in Organic Liquids.
Papers as First Author:(5): JACS (2006), Lang (2007), JACS (2008), Soft M (2008), Lang (2008)
Other Papers as Co-author: (3): Lang (2007), JPC-B (2009), Lang (2010)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Postdoc at UC Berkeley with Prof. Ting Xu; Current Posn: Prof. of Polymer Science at NTU, Taiwan
Previous Education: B.S. in ChemE, University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. Dissertation: Nanocomposites Containing Anisotropic Nanoparticles.
Papers as First Author:(5): CollSurfA (2005), Polymer (2007), Polymer (2008), AMI (2009), Macro (2014)
Other Papers as Co-author: (8): including Macro (2007), Soft M (2011)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Balchem Inc.; Current Position: W. R. Grace
Previous Education: B.S., M.S. in ChemE, Seoul National Univ., South Korea
Ph.D. Dissertation: Soft Materials based on Vesicles and Biopolymers.
Papers as First Author:(4): Lang (2005), PRL (2006), Lang (2009), Biomac (2012)
Other Papers as Co-author: (5): including Lang (2006), Lang (2009), JACS (2012)
Position after Ph.D.: Initial Position: Postdoc at NIH with Dr. Joe Frank. Current Position: NIH Clinical Center.
