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
LAB TECHNICIAN
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
Napat Dawkrajai
MS Student
Harsh Dave
PhD Student
Arindam Pal
PhD Student
Miaomiao Wang
PhD Student
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Davis John
B.S. in Biology
George Kidane
B.S. in Biochemistry and Neuroscience
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
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 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
