Graduated Ph.D. Students | Graduated Masters Students | Former Post-Doctoral Students & Visiting Researchers

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Ph.D. Degrees Awarded

Name	Project	Date
Aria Zhang	Controlling Assembly of Polymer-grafted Nanoparticles to Enhance Mechanical Properties in Polymer Nanocomposite Films	MSE, 01/25
WeiWei Kong	Polymer Infiltrated Nanoporous Gold: Kinetics and Optical Properties of Novel Polymer Nanocomposites	MSE, 12/24
Mike Boyle	Nanoparticle and Ion Transport at Polyelectrolyte Interfaces	MSE, 9/22
Katie Rose	Single (nano)particle tracking in hydrogels	CBE, 7/22
Shawn Maguire	Kinetics and thermodynamics of polymer nanocomposites	MSE, 10/21
Boris Rasin	Vertical Block Copolymer Cylinder-Nanorod Self-Assembly	MSE, 10/19
Benjamin Lindsay	Nanoparticle Ordering within Nanocomposite Films	CBE, 8/19
Nadia M. Krook	Nanoparticle Alignment within Block Copolymers to develop Hierarchical Structures	MSE, 7/19
Emmabeth Parrish	Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Networks	MSE, 9/17
Chia-Chun Lin	Dynamics in Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Fixed and Mobile Nanoparticles	MSE, 12/15
Robert C. Ferrier	Surface Chemistry Mediated Assembly of Polymer Grafted Nanorods in Solution and Polymer Matrices	CBE, 12/15
Matthew A. Caporizzo	Non-Specific Interactions Between Cationic Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites and Biomolecules	MSE, 8/14
Michael J. A. Hore	Polymer-Grafted Au Nanorods in Polymer Thin Films: Dispersion and Plasmonic Coupling	MSE, 7/12
Sangah Gam	Polymer Diffusion in Crowded Nanocomposites	MSE, 7/11
Jung Hyun Park	Amphiphilic Block Copolymers and Hydrogels for the Alignment of f-Actin	MSE, 5/09
Marla McConnell	Covalent Attachment of NPs to Copolymer Surfaces to Control Structure-Property Relationships	MSE, 12/09
Chen Xu	Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic and Nanoparticle Containing Block Copolymers	MSE, 5/08
Ranjan Deshmukh	Dispersion and Self-Assembly of Nanospheres and Nanorods in Polymer Nanocomposites	MSE, 12/07
Pimporn Uttayarat	Chemical and Physical Modifications of Silicone for Novel Vascular Grafts	MSE, 5/07
H-J Chung	Phase Behavior of Confined Polymer Blends and Nanoparticle Composites	MSE, 12/05
Mark Lee	Peptide Engineered Materials	BE, 8/05
Russell Walters	Ionomer Transport and Surfaces	CBE, 12/03
Ana C Costa	Thin Film Property Modification via Block Copolymer Adsorption	MSE, 12/02
Howard Wang	Interfacial Segregation and Wetting Transitions	MSE, 12/00
Robert Oslanec	Adsorption at the Polymer/Inorganic Interface	MSE, 12/97
Peter Dreux	Polymer Adsorption at the Solution/Solid Interface	ChE, 12/96
Jan Genzer	Interfacial Phenomena in Partically Compatible Polymers	MSE, 5/96
Qi Pan	Polymer Blends Under Confinement	MSE, 5/96

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M.S. Degrees Awarded

Name	Project	Date
Mingxuan Ma	Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Biofilms	NANO, 5/21
Emily Augustine	Towards Antibacterial and Antifouling Surfaces	CHEM, 5/20
Alexander Grun	Liquid Crystal Polymer Nanocomposites	MSE, 5/20
Zhengdong Wu	Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Solutions	MSE, 6/18
Dongliang Wang	Nanorods Aspect Ratio and Alignment	MSE, 6/13
Oydis Gadeholt	Shear Alignment of Au Nanorods	MSE, 12/11
Chin-Chen Kuo	Dextran Patterned Surfaces	MSE, 12/09
Sally Yeh	Collagen Attachment to Soft Surfaces	MSE, 12/08
Bruce Hillman	Ag Nanoparticles as Metal Contacts in Flexible Displays	MSE, 12/08
Chih-I Yang	Conductivity of Nanorod Composites	MSE, 9/07
A. Corlu	Polymer Nanocomposites	MSE, 5/07
D. Ahn	Model PDMS Elastomers as Tunable Biomaterial Surfaces	CBE, 6/04
C. Menzel	Cell Adhesion on Surface Modified Polymers	MSE, 8/01
Ed Botchwey	Protein Adsorption	MSE, 8/97
Joyce Espiritu	Stability of Polymer Bilayers	MSE, 8/97

Former Post-Doctoral Students and Visiting Researchers

Name	Project	Date
Yechan Kim	Nanoparticle Dynamics in Polyelectrolyte Brushes	02/22-9/24
Jaehyun Kim	Gold Nanoparticle Capsule-Based Plasmonic Sensor	02/21-5/23
Christopher S. O’Bryan	Polymer Adsorption at the Solid/Liquid Interface	8/19-6/22
Tatiya Siripongpreda (Firm)	N-doped Graphene-TiO2 Nanocomposite-Polymer Films	10/21-6/22
Yitian Zhou	Zwitterionic Surface Chemistry Facilitates Detachment of Bacteria	1/21-12/21
Jihoon Choi	Dynamics of Ionic Molecules in Organometal Halide Perovskites	1/20-1/21
Connor Bilchak	Anisotropic Alignment of Nanomaterials	3/19-12/20
Molly Shave	Bacterial Adhesion on Anti-fouling Surfaces	2/19-12/20
Xuanbo Liu	Liquid Crystalline Polymer Nanocomposites	1/19-12/19
Daniel Strickland	Adhesion Between Anti-Bacterial Coatings and Model Bacteria	1/18-4/19
Yuanchi Ma	Nanoparticle Diffusion in Biofilms	2/17-10/18
Hyun-Su Lee	Biocompatible, pH-controlled Drug Release System	1/10-9/17
Nina Dissler	Nanoparticle Diffusion in Biofilms	5/17-8/17
Jihoon Choi	Polymer Dynamics in Nanocomposites	1/12 – 8/14
Carme Coll Ferrer	Hybrid Nanogel Drug Delivery System	6/08 – 1/14
Guoqian Jiang	Au Nanorods in PS-b-P2VP Block Copolymers	3/10 – 3/12
Irene Tsai	Dextran/Polyurethane	5/08 – 11/10
Takeshi Ohara	Swelling of Amphiphilic Polymers	6/08 – 7/09
Yu Liu	Surface Modification of Titanium and Enamel	5/06 – 9/08
Pimporn Uttayarat	Vascular Grafts for Coronary Bypass Operations	5/07 – 12/07
Mark Lee	Peptide Engineered Materials	8/05 – 8/07
Michela Ombelli	Protein Adsorption on Biomimetic Surfaces	1/04 – 1/05
George Toworfe	Protein Adsorption on PDMS Surfaces	7/02 – 6/04
Davide Miksa	Biomimetic Dextran Surfaces	3/03 – 8/04
E. Ada Calvalcanti	Peptide Modified Silicone	8/01 – 6/02
Ahmed El-Ghannam	Cell Adhesion	8/00 – 2/02
Bi-Min Zhang-Newby	Confined Thin Film Polymer Blends	8/98 – 8/00
Qi Pan	Spin on Glasses	1/97 – 1/98
Richard Perrinaud	Interfacial Properties of PVF:PMMA Blends	4/95 – 4/97
Alessandro Faldi	Polymer Segregation and Dewetting	1/93 – 5/94
William E. Wallace	Interactions of Ions with Polymeric Materials	1/92 – 8/93