NANO-THERMAL BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY

With the interdisciplinary nature of the work, our team consists of talented scientists with different backgrounds (engineering, biology, chemistry, etc). We are affiliated with the Center for Advanced Pain Studies. The growth and success of our team members are our highest priority. We are always open to the most motivated individuals who can bring unique insight and expertise to join our laboratory.
We are hiring open-minded, ambitious PhD students to develop new nano-biotechnologies and tackle challenges in the brain.
Learn more about our hiring opportunities here.
LAB MANAGEMENT AND TECH


Nadine van Zyl
Lab Manager


Anjila Niraula Gautam
Lab Technician
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS


Hejian Xiong
Research Scientist


Qi Cai
Postdoc Associate


Blake A. Wilson
Postdoc Associate


Xiaoqian Ge
Postdoc Associate


Ye Gao
Research Associate


Jiyang Chen
Postdoc Associate
GRADUATE STUDENTS


Yaning Liu
PhD Student


Tiffany Leong
PhD Student


Chen Xie
PhD Student


Xueqi Xu
PhD Student


Tingting Zhang
PhD Student


Hanwen Fan
PhD Student


Harsh Dave
PhD Student


Arindam Pal
PhD Student


Miaomiao Wang
PhD Student


Hassan Tajarenejad Abdollahi
PhD Student, ME
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS


Davis John
B.S. in Biology


Alex Truong
B.S. in Neuroscience


Vijay Karthikeya Raja
B.S. in Computer Science


Sapna Vyas
B.S. in Healthcare Studies, Pre-Med Track


Anthony Faulkner
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering


Bill Wang
B.S. in Healthcare Management


Zaineb Saeed
B.S. in Biology


Athul Raj Anilkumar
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering


Sneha Gummadi
B.S. in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
SPONSORED UNDERGRADUATE AND HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT TEAMS


2022 Summer CAST STEM Group
Research Project: Smartphone-based Plasmonic Sensing for Respiratory Viruses
Team: Rishi Rai, Luke Ting, Steven Nguyen, Bryan Hong, Yufei Pan, Isabella Liu, Joy Ting (not pictured)


2021 UT Design Group 1304
Signal Digitization and Processing for a Biomedical Diagnostic Device
Team: Saira Saleem, Ibrahim Hillway, Brandon Faas, Siddharth Vadlamani, Lashani De Alwis


2021 Summer CAST STEM Group
Research Project: Plasmonic Nanoparticle Assisted Sensing for Multi-targets by Darkfield Imaging
Team: Daisy Ming Chang, Audrey He, Enying Fu, Zach Li, Sarah Tang


2019 UT Design Group 772
BIOLASER: Laser-Based Point of Care for Diagnosing Infectious Diseases
Team: Austin Daneman, Vinit Sheth, John Yoo, Marisa Romero, Michelle Chang, Adrienne Phillips


2018 UT Design Group 691
Rat Labs: Fully Automated Cranial Windows
Team: Frederick Cossio, Alec Zobal, Craig Hartnell, Sukhmani Sandhu, John Jackson


2018 Summer CAST STEM Group
Research Project: Synthesis of Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) with asymmetric functionalization
Team: Kaitlyn Liu, Shirley Wu, David Ye, Andrew Zhang, Judy Zhou
ALUMNI AND PAST MEMBERS


Varsha Godakhindi
PhD Student


Daipayan Sarkar
PhD, Visiting Scholar


Joana Randrianalisoa
Visiting Scholar


Mohammad Karim
Postdoc Associate


Sanghun Lee
MS Student


Aravind Revuru
MS Student


Oumar Fall
Visiting MS Student


Baileigh Darnell
MS Student


Johan Cazals
Visiting MS Student


Chaoran Dai
B.S. in Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University


Krutin Kumar
B.S. in Neuroscience with a minor in Innovation


Jesse Zou
High school, CAST STEM Bridge program


Peiyuan Kang
Research Associate


Xiuying Li
Research Scientist


Saquib Peerzade
Postdoc Associate


Antony Vieira
Visiting MS Student


Yang Wang
Research Associate


Sahi Chundu
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Economics


Abdullah Bayram
Postdoc Associate


Jonghae Youn
Postdoc Associate


Zhenghong Gao
PI, Assistant Prof. of Mechanical Engineering


Alyssa Lamberti
PhD Student


Xiaoqing Li
PhD Student


Haihang Ye
Postdoc Associate


Dan Bouzolin
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering


George Kidane
B.S. in Biochemistry and Neuroscience

