2025 Graduates
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Dr. Junwei Du
Graduation: May, 2025
Dissertation: Models and Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Induced Side Effects
Advisor: Prof. Mikhail Berezin, Radiology
Current Role: Fellow, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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Dr. Igor Luzhansky
Graduation: May, 2025
Dissertation: Intravital Optical Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Injury Response
Advisor: Prof. Mikhail Berezin, Radiology
Current Role: Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University School of Medicine
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Dr. Yixuan Wang
Graduation: December, 2025
Dissertation: Metal-Organic Framework-based Biohybrids for Biopreservation and Biosensing
Advisor: Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
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Dr. Yameng Xu
Graduation: December, 2025
Dissertation: Application of Flexible and Bioresorbable Materials for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Advisors: Prof. Wilson Z. Ray & Prof. Matthew MacEwan, Neurosurgery
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2024 Graduates
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Dr. Kaitlyn Broz
Graduation: December, 2024
Dissertation: RAGE Directed Control of the Bone Matrix and Mechanical Modifications in Type 2 Diabetes
Advisor: Prof. Simon Tang, Orthopaedic Research
Current Role: Biologics Specialist, Orthofix
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Dr. Fangzheng Chen
Graduation: May, 2024
Dissertation: Exploring the Frontier of Amorphous Materials: Structure, Dynamics, Nucleation Behavior, and Glass Forming Ability
Advisor: Prof. Kenneth Kelton, Physics
Current Role: Postdoctoral Scientist, Geely
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Dr. Guodong Ren
Graduation: May, 2024
Dissertation: Investigations of Ferroic Materials using a Synergistic Combination of Electron Microscopy and Theory
Advisor: Prof. Rohan Mishra, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington
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2023 Graduates
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Dr. Ning Gao
Graduation: August, 2023
Dissertation: Stem cell and drug delivery systems to promote angiogenesis and myogenesis in ischemic limbs
Advisor: Prof. Jianjun Guan, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
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Dr. Prashant Gupta
Graduation: August, 2023
Dissertation: Functional Nanomaterials for Artificial and Bio-hybrid Olfactory Sensors
Advisor: Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University School of Medicine
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Dr. Porter Weeks
Graduation: May, 2023
Dissertation: Structural Understanding of Glass-forming Metallic Alloys
Advisor: Prof. Katharine Flores, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Research Scientist, Corning Incorporated
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2022 Graduates
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Dr. Yu Dang
Graduation: May, 2022
Dissertation: Nanoparticles based Drug Delivery Systems for Cardiovascular Tissue Repair and Regeneration
Advisor: Prof. Jianjun Guan, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Senior Scientist, Charles River Labs
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Dr. Ya Guan
Graduation: May, 2022
Dissertation: Pro-survival, Pro-angiogenic and Anti-inflammatory Biomaterials for Ischemic Tissue Regeneration
Advisor: Prof. Jianjun Guan, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University
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Dr. Rohit Gupta
Graduation: August, 2022
Dissertation: Plasmonic nanomaterials-based Point-of-Care Biosensors
Advisor: Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Senior Scientist, Pfizer
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Dr. Li-Wei Lo
Graduation: August, 2022
Dissertation: Soft Electronics and Sensors for Wearable Healthcare Applications
Advisor: Prof. Chuan Wang, Electrical & Systems Engineering
Current Role: Principal Engineer, Sandisk
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Dr. Zhaohan Zhang
Graduation: August, 2022
Dissertation: Design of High Entrophy Alloys and Polar Semiconductors using First-Principles Calculations combined with Materials Informatics
Advisor: Prof. Rohan Mishra, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Senior Member of Technical Staff, Athenahealth
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2021 Graduates
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Dr. Qinyi Chen
Graduation: August, 2021
Dissertation: Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Nonthermal Plasma for Electrochemical Applications
Advisor: Prof. Elijah Thimsen, Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
Current Role: Senior Process Engineer, Applied Materials
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Dr. Yifan Diao
Graduation: May, 2021
Dissertation: Converting Inorganic Rust to Organic Nanostructured Conducting Polymers: Synthesis and Applications
Advisor: Prof. Julio D'Arcy, Chemistry
Current Role: Director of Product, Consumer Business Division, LONGi Solar
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Dr. Yang Lu
Graduation: May, 2021
Dissertation: Aerosol Vapor Synthesis of Organic Processable PEDOT Particles and Measuring Electric Conductivity Using a 3D Printed Probe Station
Advisor: Prof. Julio D'Arcy, Chemistry
Current Role: Postdoctoral Researcher, Carbon Hub at Rice University
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Dr. Arashdeep Thind
Graduation: May, 2021
Dissertation: Rational Design and Optimization of Perovskite Semiconductors
Advisor: Prof. Rohan Mishra, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Postdoctoral Researcher, Klie Lab, University of Illinois Chicago
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Dr. Zheyu Wang
Graduation: May, 2021
Dissertation: Plasmonically-enhanced Ultrasensitive Biodetection Technologies
Advisor: Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Scientist, Bristol Meyers Squibb
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Dr. Xinsheng Xia
Graduation: August, 2021
Dissertation: Nucleation Studies in Barium Silicate Glasses and Soda-lime Silicate Glass
Advisor: Prof. Kenneth Kelton, Physics
Current Role: Engineer, Micron Technologies
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2020 Graduates
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Dr. Rongrong Dai
Graduation:May, 2020
Dissertation: Structure, Thermophysical Properties of Liquids, and their Connection with Glass Formability
Advisor: Prof. Kenneth Kelton, Physics
Current Role: Analytical Data Scientist II/Senior Scientist II, AbbVie
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Dr. Steven Hartman
Graduation: May, 2020
Dissertation: First-principles Studies of Anion Engineering in Functional Ceramics
Advisor: Prof. Rohan Mishra, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Senior Predictive Analyst, Farmers Insurance
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Dr. Linhua Xu
Graduation: December, 2020
Dissertation: High-Q Biopolymer Whispering Gallery Mode Optical Microresonators and Their Applications
Advisor: Prof. Lan Yang, Electrical & Systems Engineering
Current Role: Senior Engineer, DeepSight Technology
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2019 Graduates
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Dr. Bo Yin
Graduation: May, 2019
Dissertation: Defect Chemistry and Ion Intercalation during the Growth and Solid-state Transformation of Metal Halide Nanocrystals
Advisor: Prof. Bryce Sadtler, Chemistry
Current Role: Process Engineer, Tokyo Electron US
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2018 Graduates
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Dr. Yvonne Akua Owusua Afriyie
Graduation: December, 2018
Dissertation: Solid-state NMR Study of Amorphous Aluminum Oxy-Hydroxide Thin Films
Advisor: Prof. Sophia Hayes, Chemistry
Current Role: Advanced External Silicon Integration Engineer (Packaging Research and Development), Intel Corporation
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Dr. Zhengning Gao
Graduation: May, 2018
Dissertation: Nucleation and Growth of Atomic Layer Deposition films: Effect of Substrate and Precursor Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Parag Banerjee, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Researcher, Air Liquide Laboratory
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Dr. Qisheng Jiang
Graduation: December, 2018
Dissertation: Multifunctional Nanocomposites based on Bacterial Cellulose
Advisor: Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Principal Scientist, Brightest Bio
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2017 Graduates
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Dr. Kelly Kranjc
Graduation: May, 2017
Dissertation: Characterizing Structure, Properties, and Deformation in Metallic Glasses and Olivine Using Instrumented Nanoindentation
Advisor: Prof. Katharine Flores, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Rolls Royce
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Dr. Keng-Ku Liu
Graduation: August, 2017
Dissertation: Hollow and Porous Plasmonic Nanostructures for Highly Efficient Chemical and Biological Sensing
Advisor: Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University
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Dr. Sirimuvva Tadepalli
Graduation: December, 2017
Dissertation: Functional Bio-Nano Hybrids through a Precise Control of Interfacial Interactions at the Nanoscale
Advisor: Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana State University
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Dr. Huzeyfe Yilmaz
Graduation: May, 2017
Dissertation: Structural Protein Based Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
Advisor: Prof. Lan Yang, Electrical & Systems Engineering
Current Role: FDA, Senior Scientist
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2016 Graduates
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Dr. Peter Tsai
Graduation: December, 2016
Dissertation: High-throughput Exploration of Glass Formation via Laser Deposition and the Study of Heterogeneous Microstructure in a Bulk Metallic Glass Alloy
Advisor: Prof. Katharine Flores, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Current Role: Senior Machine Learning Scientist - Applications, Albert Invent
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