Group Alumni
Postdoctoral Students
Chao Lang
Postdoctorate (2017-2021)
Research: Synthesis and characterization of bioinspired membranes and gels.
Current position: Professor at South China University of Technology.
Graduate Students
Elisabeth Lloyd
Ph.D. (2019-2024)
Research: Tuning Structure and Properties of Porous, Biomimetic Hydrogels from the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers
Current position: Advanced Applications Research Scientist at Eastman Chemical Company
James Chao
M.S. (2023-2024)
Research: Synthesis and Characterization of Polyzwitterions as Dielectric Elastomeric Actuators for Soft Robotics
Bharat Poudel
M.S. (2022-2024)
Research: Synthesis and Characterization of Polyzwitterions as Dielectric Elastomeric Actuators for Soft Robotics
Vincent Torres
Ph.D. (2019-2023)
Research: Polymerization-induced nanostructural transition with applications in upcycling.
Current position: Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University.
Bethany Thoryk
M.S. (2021-2022)
Research: Synthesis and characterization of zwitterions with applications in Li-ion conduction.
Current Position: Research engineer at Conamix.
Wenwen Mei
Ph.D. (2018-2022)
Research: Synthesis and characterization of zwitterions with applications in Li-ion conduction.
Current Position: Research scientist at Dow.
Yifan Xu
Ph.D. (2017-2022)
Research: Photonic and nonlinear optical properties of linear and bottlebrush block copolymers.
Current Position: Produce development engineer at 3M.
Tylene Hilaire
M.S. (2017-2021)
Research: Synthesis and characterization of frustrated Lewis pairs.
Current Position: Skincare chemist at L’Oreal.
Jacob LaNasa
Ph.D. (2016-2021)
Research: Synthesis and characterization of diblock copolymer grafted nanoparticles.
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Visiting Students
Dandan Hou
Ph.D. (2017-2018)
Ph.D: China University of Mining and Technology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Microelectronics in the School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science at Peking University in China
Undergraduate Students
Everett Zofchak
Graduated Spring 2019
Current: Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering at University of Texas at Austin
Joshua Rinehart
Graduated Spring 2019
Current: Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Melissa Nelson
Graduated Spring 2019
Current: Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering at Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nicholas Pietra
Graduated Spring 2019
Current: Graduate Student in Macromolecules at Virginia Technical Institute
Benjamin Garland
Graduated Spring 2019
Current: Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University
John Stein
Graduated Fall 2019
Current: 2nd Lt in the United States Air Force
Joanna White
Graduated Spring 2020
Current: Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota
AJ Rothenberger
Graduated Spring 2020
Current: Graduate Student in Chemistry at University of California at Berkeley
William Fullerton
Graduated Spring 2020
Current: Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University
Kelly Matuszewski
Graduated Spring 2022
Current: Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University
Margaret Brown
Graduated Spring 2022
Current: Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
Lindsay Jones
Graduated Spring 2022
Current: Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
Krista Hauseman
Graduated Spring 2023
Current: Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.