Program in Polymers and Soft Matter (PPSM)
Current Students
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR RECENT GRADUATES!
Reginald Avery (BioEng)
Deborah Ehrlich (Chemistry)
Brett Geiger (BioEng)
Yuwei Gu (Chemistry)
Yuan He (Chemistry)
Aaron Huang (ChemE)
German Parada (ChemE)
Wade Wang (Chemistry)
| Just Graduated | Name |
Research Interest
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Advisor(s) | |
| Alfaraj, Yasmeen | PENDING |
alfarajy@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson | |
| Antilla, Sarah | Proteins/Drug delivery |
santilla@mit.edu | Bradley Pentelute | |
| Av-Ron, Sarah | Recycling of rubber and biodegradable microplastics | savron@mit.edu | Bradley D. Olsen | |
| Beech, Haley | Exploration of Molecularly Optimized Networks |
beech@mit.edu | Bradley D. Olsen | |
| Bhagchandani, Sachin | Self-assembled hydrogels for delivery of therapeutics |
sachb@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson and Robert S. Langer | |
| Cazzell, Seth | Using Color to Understand Mechanical Properties in Metal-Coordinate Gels |
cazzell@mit.edu | Niels Holten-Andersen | |
| Christoff-Tempesta, Ty | Supramolecular Nanomaterials | tchristo@mit.edu | Julia H. Ortony | |
| Church, Richard | Structurally Integrated 3-D Batteries |
rbchurch@mit.edu | John Hart | |
| Colombe, Pierre | Development of an hydrogel incorporating select stem cells and regulatory molecules for the treatment of retinal disease |
colombep@mit.edu | Myron Spector and Alfredo Alexander-Katz |
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| Deiss-Yehiely, Elad |
LbL Nanoparticles for Mucus Penetration and Biofilm Disruption |
eladdy@mit.edu | Paula T. Hammond |
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| He, Yanpu |
Layer-by-layer Coated Microneedles for Immunotherapy of Skin Cancer |
heyanpu@mit.edu | Paula T. Hammond | |
| Hilburg, Shayna | Theory and atomistic molecular dynamics simulation of polymer mediated biomineralization |
shilburg@mit.edu | Alfredo Alexander-Katz | |
| Hong, Celestine | Hemostasis systems for internal bleeding field care |
chjh@mit.edu | Paula T. Hammond and Bradley D. Olsen | |
| Johnston, Brandon | Avascular Tissue Drug Delivery |
bmjohnst@mit.edu | Paula T. Hammond | |
| Kaser, Samuel | PENDING |
skaser@mit.edu | Mei Hong | |
| Khare, Eesha | Molecular Understanding of Metal-Coordination Mechanics Using Simulation and Experiment |
ekhare@mit.edu | Niels Holten-Andersen and Markus J. Buehler |
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| Krucker, Emily | Nonlinear Electrokinetics |
ekrucker@mit.edu | James Swan | |
| Kubiak, Joshua | Directed assembly of polymer grafted silica nanoparticles into 3D crystals |
kubiak@mit.edu | Robert J. Macfarlane | |
| Lai, Erica | Marine Inspired polymer sealant materials for non-vascular tissue surgery |
elai@mit.edu | Niels Holten-Andersen | |
| Lee, Margaret | Directed self-assembly of nanocomposites |
mlee22@mit.edu | Robert J. Macfarlane | |
| Lensch, Valerie | PENDING |
vlensch@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson and Laura L. Kiessling | |
| Liu, Xinyue | Living materials and hydrogel interface |
xinyliu@mit.edu | Xuanhe Zhao | |
| Lundberg, David | Applied PolyMOC Gels |
davidjl@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson and Zachary P. Smith | |
| Mizrahi, Katherine | PENDING |
katmiz@mit.edu | Zachary P. Smith |
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| Mohapatra, Somesh | Inverse Design of Sequences |
someshm@mit.edu | Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli | |
| Pearson, Matthew | PENDING |
pearsonm@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson | |
| Qin, Peter Ke | IEG Polymers |
qink@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson | |
| Rasid, Irina Mahmad | PENDING |
irasid@mit.edu | Niels Holten-Andersen and Bradley D. Olsen | |
| Ravi, Basuhi | Investigation of environmentally sustainable and economically feasible end-of-life options for post-consumer plastic waste management |
basuhi@mit.edu | Elsa A. Olivetti | |
| Roh, Heejung | TBA |
heejungr@mit.edu | Xuanhe Zhao | |
| Shen, Sabrina | TBA |
scshen@mit.edu | Markus J. Buehler | |
| Song, Jake | Mechanics and stress relaxation of networks |
jakesong@mit.edu | Gareth H. McKinley and Niels Holten-Andersen |
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| Sourakov, Alexandra | Topological Defects in Polymer Networks |
sourakov@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson | |
| Stolberg, Michael | Polymer Electrolytes for Li-Batteries |
stolberg@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson | |
| Storme, Kayla | TBA |
kstorme@mit.edu | Timothy M. Swager | |
| Sun, Zehao | Self-Assembly of Janus-Type Multi-Block Bottlebrush Copolymers |
zehao@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson and Caroline A. Ross |
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| Wang, Sheryl |
Tunable Coatings for Controlled Therapeutic Delivery in Orthopedic Implants
|
swang73@mit.edu | Paula T. Hammond and Alan J. Grodzinsky |
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| Wang, Wencong |
PENDING
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wencong@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson |
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| Yuan, Weize |
Designing and Application of Structured Conducting Polymer Actuator
|
w96yuan@mit.edu | Timothy M. Swager | |
| Zhao, Julia |
Structural Defects of Polymer Networks
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juzhao@mit.edu | Jeremiah A. Johnson |
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| Zumbro, Emiko | Linking Mucin Polymer Structure to Function |
ezumbro@mit.edu | Katharina Ribbeck and Alfredo Alexander-Katz |
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