Current Students

Just Graduated	Name	Research Interest	Email	Advisor(s)
	Alfaraj, Yasmeen	Polymer Chemistry and Organic Materials: polyMOC Development	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
	Deiss-Yehiely, Elad	LbL Nanoparticles for Mucus Penetration and Biofilm Disruption	eladdy@mit.edu	Paula T. Hammond
	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
	Jeang, William	TBD	wjeang@mit.edu	TBD
	Johnson, Alayna	TBD	alaynaj@mit.edu	TBD
	Johnston, Brandon	Avascular Tissue Drug Delivery	bmjohnst@mit.edu	Paula T. Hammond
	Kaser, Samuel	Structure and Dynamics of Plant Cell Wall Biopolymers	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
	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
	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	Functionalized Microporous Polymers and Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Energy-Efficient Gas Separations	katmiz@mit.edu	Zachary P. Smith
	Mohapatra, Somesh	Inverse Design of Sequences	someshm@mit.edu	Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
	Pearson, Matthew	Development of polymer/MOF hybrid materials	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	Development of hydrogel with the aims including wet-adhesion and strain-programmable platform	heejungr@mit.edu	Xuanhe Zhao
	Shen, Sabrina	Exploration and design of hierarchical biomaterials and bio-inspired materials	scshen@mit.edu	Markus J. Buehler
	Singhal, Avni	TBA	avni@mit.edu	TBA
	Song, Jake	Mechanics and stress relaxation of networks	jakesong@mit.edu	Gareth H. McKinley and Niels Holten-Andersen
	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	Design of polymers for chemical separations in applications like carbon capture, and natural gas treatment	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
	Wang, Sheryl	Tunable Coatings for Controlled Therapeutic Delivery in Orthopedic Implants	swang73@mit.edu	Paula T. Hammond and Alan J. Grodzinsky
	Wang, Wencong	PENDING	wencong@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson
	Yuan, Weize	Designing and Application of Structured Conducting Polymer Actuator	w96yuan@mit.edu	Timothy M. Swager
	Zhao, Julia	Structural Defects of Polymer Networks	juzhao@mit.edu	Jeremiah A. Johnson
	Zumbro, Emiko	Linking Mucin Polymer Structure to Function	ezumbro@mit.edu	Katharina Ribbeck and Alfredo Alexander-Katz