Principal Investigator
Urara Hasegawa
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Other affiliations:
Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, Regenerative Engineering and Translational Ecosystem Forum,
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (MCIBS) Graduate Program
Office: 331 Steidle Building
Email: uph5002@psu.edu
Research/work experience:
- Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2020 – present
- Lecturer (Part-time), Department of Biological Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, Fall 2021
- Assistant Professor, Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, USA, 2017 – 2020
- Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University, Japan, 2011-2016
- Postdoctoral Fellow, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 2007-2011
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
- M.Eng. in Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Japan
- B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Japan
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Lab members
Amira Ben Mabrouk
PhD candidate (MATSE)
Research/work experience:
Research Associate, Nanyang Technological University, 2016 – 2020
Research Engineer, University of Tunis el Manar, 2014 – 2016
Education:
Eng. D in Bioengineering, National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT), Tunisia
Research Interest:
Rational design of long-circulating nanomedicines. Interaction between cells and polymeric nanoparticles.
Binru Han
PhD candidate (MATSE)
Education:
M.S., University of Florida
B.S., Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Research Interest:
Injectable thermosensitive hydrogels composed of polymeric micelles.
Elmira Abbasi GharehTapeh
PhD student (MATSE)
Research/work experience:
Research Assistant, Institute of Polymeric Materials
Education:
M.S. in Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology
B.S. in Polymer Engineering, Science and Research branch of Azad University of Tehran
Research Interest:
Polymeric nanosystems for delivery of reactive sulfur species.
Po-yu (Bernie) Chen
PhD student (MATSE)
Co-advised by Dr. Enrique Gomez
Education:
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng kung University, Taiwan, 2021
Research Interest:
Detection systems for intracellular reactive species.
Cagdas Aksit
Master student (ESM)
Education:
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022
Research Interest:
Development of oxidation sensitive nanoparticles.
Xiaoyue Liang
Accelerated Master student (MATSE)
Education:
Research Interest:
Modification of metal oxide nanoparticles for prolonged blood circulation.
Molly Smock
Undergraduate student, Department of Chemistry, Penn State
Research Interest:
Development of porphyrin-containing nanoparticles.
Lily Umbel
Undergraduate student, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State
Research Interest:
Development of conjugated polymer-based biosensors.
Isabelle Fetzer
Undergraduate student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Penn State
Research Interest:
ZIF-8 nanoparticles for drug delivery
Amira Shakur
NASA Research Internship (WISER, MURE, and FURP Program)
Undergraduate student, , Penn State
Research Interest:
Evaluation of drug release from injectable hydrogels.
Shri Vennu
Undergraduate student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Penn State
Research Interest:
Evaluation of cellular uptake of polymer brush-modified nanoparicles.
Alumni
Marianna Lucia Olaya, NASA Research Internship (2023)
Alex Sawyers, McNair Scholar (Summer 2023)
Roujia Chang, Master Student (2022-2023), Undergraduate Research Assistant, Senior thesis (2021-2022)
Dr. Setsuko Yamane, Visiting Scholar (2022-2023)
Abdul Hadi Bin (Sibah) Yusri, MCREU, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Senior thesis (2022-2023)
Brian Chou, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022-2023)
Gabriel Valentin, Undergraduate research assistant (2022-2023)
Bethany Kuhns, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022)
Kemper J. Young, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Senior thesis (2021-2022)
Sahil Tandale, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Senior thesis (2021 – 2022)
Nini Nguyen, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021 – 2022)
Tyler Woolsey, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022)
Joshua Wick, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022)
Ziyuan Qin, MatSE Undergraduate Research Fellow (2021-2022)