Research Professor and Staff
Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu – Research Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests: Functional materials, patterning and fabrication methods, and device systems for electrochemical energy storage; chemical sensing; electromagnetic interference shielding; thermal protection; printed, flexible, flexible/hybrid, & wearable electronics.
Email: uzokoro@umass.edu
Chaoyun (Cal) Tang – Senior Research Fellow
Education: Ph. D., Material Science and Engineering, Central South University, China
Research interests: Porous carbon materials for photo-electrochemical applications, green energy, membrane electrode assembly.
Email: chaoyuntang@umass.edu
Daeeon (Dan) Jung – Senior Post Doctoral Researcher
Education: Ph.D, Organic and Nano Engineering, Hanyang University
Research Interests: Fabrication of optical elements using nanoimprint lithography including metalenses, gratings and waveguides
Email: daeeonjung@umass.edu
Business Administrator
Brad Mish
Education: College of the Holy Cross
Email: bmish@umass.edu
Teams Phone: 413-545-9103
Postdoctoral Associates
Dipankar Saha
Education: Ph.D., Chemistry, McMaster University, Canada
Research Interests: Electrochemistry, Bottlebrush polymers, and Roll-to-roll fabrication process
Email: dsaha@umass.edu
Prateek
Education: Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Polymer Nanocomposites, Roll-to-roll fabrication process, and Photonics Applications
Email: prateek@umass.edu
Graduate Students
Leonie A. Krieger
Education: Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany
Research Interests: Nanoimprint lithography of inorganic, Cellulose biopolymers, Photocatalysis
Email: lkrieger@umass.edu
Varun Pande
Education: B. Tech. Surface Coating Technology, ICT Mumbai, India
M Tech. Polymer Science and Technology, IIT-Delhi
Research Interests: 3D Carbon structures for electrochemical applications
Email: vpande@umass.edu
Connor L. Witt
Education: B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University
Research Interests: Bottlebrush polymers, bottlebrush self-assembly, and 3D printing
Email: cwitt@umass.edu
Yuanmeng Fang
Education: B.S. Polymer Science, Jilin University, China
M.S. Polymer Science, University of Science and Technology, China,
Research Interests: Nanoimprint lithography and Pre-Ceramic Polymers
Email: yuanmengfang@umass.edu
Karan Sagar
Education: B.Tech: Ceramic Engineering, IIT-BHU, India
Research Interests: Nanoimprint lithography, Bottlebrush polymers, Pre-Ceramic Polymers, and electrochemistry
Email: ksagar@umass.edu
Xiaona (Melody) Xu
Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
M.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University
Research Interests: Nanoimprinting, Metalenses, Soft Robotics
Email: xiaonaxu@umass.edu
David Schechter
Education: B.S. Material Science and Engineering, Univeristy of Florida
Research Interests: Bottlebrush self-assembly, Pre-Ceramic Polymers
Email: dschechter@umass.edu
Lucas Verrastro
Education: B.A., Chemistry, Grinnell College
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, nanoimprint lithography, 2D optical materials
Email: verrastro@umass.edu
Siddhant (Sid) Iyer
Education: B.S. & M.S. Polymer & Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell
Research Interests: Dielectric bottlebrushes, thin-film mechanics, adhesion biomechanics
Email: siddhantiyer@umass.edu
Zhanda Chen
Education: B.S.E. Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Research Interests: Bottlebrush polymers
Email: zhandachen@umass.edu
Ecenaz Asad
Education: B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering & Economics, Koç University, Turkey
Research Interests: Bottlebrush polymers, metal nanostructure, and electrochemistry
Email: easad@umass.edu
Alexander (Alex) Berger (Visiting Ph.D. Student)
Education: B.S. Chemistry, Bayreuth University, Germany
M.S. Polymer Science, Bayreuth University, Germany
Research Interests: Carbon materials
Email: aleberger@umass.edu
Alumni (Graduates & Postdocs)
| Name | Year | Group Position | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mithun Das | 2024-2025 | Post Doc | – |
| Takumi Uchiyama | 2024 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Hyemin Kim | 2024 | PhD Student | LG South Korea |
| Ayush Bhardwaj | 2023 | PhD Student | PPG Industries |
| Fatemah Andami | 2023 | MSc Student | – |
| Davoud Mashhadijafarlou | 2021-2023 | Post Doc | Cummins Inc. |
| Sravya Nuguri | 2022 | PhD Student | Dow |
| Hsin-Jung Yu (Hanna) | 2022 | PhD Student | Applied Materials |
| Vincent Einck | 2022 | PhD & Post Doc | Myrias Optics |
| Yong-Guen Yu | 2020-2022 | Post Doc | Postdoc at McMaster University |
| Xiyu Hu | 2021 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Hua-Feng Fei | 2016-2020 | Post Doc | Faculty at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Jacobo Morere Rodriguez | 2015-2020 | Post Doc | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos |
| Wenhao Li | 2019 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Gayathri Kopanati | 2019 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Janghoon Park | 2017-2019 | Post Doc | Dupont |
| Benjamin Yavitt | 2018 | PhD Student | Faculty at the University of Cincinnati, USA |
| Yiliang Zhou | 2018 | PhD Student | Apple |
| Aditi Naik | 2018 | PhD Student | Draper |
| Feyza Dundar | 2018 | PhD Student | Meta |
| Irene Howell | 2018 | PhD Student | Merck |
| David Leonardo Gonzales Arellano | 2014-2018 | Post Doc | PPG Industries |
| Dong-Po Song | 2012-2017 | Post Doc | Faculty at Tianjin University, China |
| Adam O’Neil | 2013-2017 | Post Doc | Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| Shengkai Li | 2017 | PhD Student | Lam Research |
| Yue Gai | 2017 | PhD Student | Apple |
| Ozlem Usluer | 2015-2016 | Post Doc | Naval Air Weapons Station |
| Cheng Li | 2016 | PhD Student | Huawei |
| Rohit Kothari | 2016 | PhD Student | Micron |
| Nicholas Colella | 2016 | PhD Student | Harvard University |
| Gang Qian | 2012-2014 | Post Doc | New Iridium |
| Guanghao Lu | 2013-2014 | Post Doc | Xi’an Jiaotong University |
| Hongtao Zhang | 2012-2014 | Post Doc | NIST |
| Ying Lin | 2009-2014 | Post Doc | Apple |
| Jayanta Baral | 2012-2014 | Post Doc | Faculty at Central University of Jharkhand, India |
| Li Yao | 2014 | PhD Student | Meta |
| Xinyu Wang | 2014 | PhD Student | Benjamin Moore |
| Michael Beaulieu | 2013 | PhD Student | Cabot Corporation |
| Christopher Ziegler | 2012 | PhD Student | SABIC Innovative Plastics |
| Qingshuo Wei | 2010-2012 | Post Doc | National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| Daniel Miranda | 2012-2012 | PhD & Post Doc | W.L. Gore & Associates |
| Eunyoung You | 2012 | PhD Student | Hyundai Motor Company |
| Alvin Romang | 2012 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Nicholas Hendricks | 2012 | PhD Student | Heidelberg Instruments Nano |
| Yuanlong Zhao | 2011 | PhD Student | Regeneron |
| Hao Zhang | 2011-2011 | Post Doc | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| David Mesguich | 2010-2011 | Post Doc | Faculty at Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III) |
| Vikram Daga | 2011 | PhD Student | LyondellBasell |
| Curran Chandler | 2011 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Christos Karanikas | 2009 | PhD Student | Nike |
| John Ell | 2008-2010 | Post Doc | Dow |
| Sivakumar Nagarajan | 2008 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Eric Anderson | 2008 | PhD Student | Savor |
| David Hess | 2007 | PhD Student | InnoSense LLC |
| Radha Rani Vippagunta | 2005-2007 | Post Doc | Novartis |
| Katherine Best | 2007 | PhD Student | Spirit AeroSystems |
| James Sievert | 2006 | PhD Student | USPTO |
| Xiaoying Shan | 2006 | PhD Student | Adient |
| Yinfeng Zong | 2005 | PhD Student | Phenomenex |
| Pai Rajaram | 2005 | PhD Student | Intel |
| Timothy Francis | 2005 | PhD Student | BASF |
| Ephrem Hunde | 2004 | PhD Student | Food & Drug Administration |
| Scott Fisher | 2004 | PhD Student | SABIC |
| Ravi Gupta | 2003 | PhD Student | W.L Gore & Associates |
| Bryan Vogt | 2003 | PhD Student | Faculty at Penn State University, USA |
| Garth Brown | 2002 | PhD Student | Colortech |
| Vijay Ramachandra Rao | 2001 | PhD Student | Lam Research |
| Jason Blackburn | 2001 | PhD Student | Fluence |