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
Email: Nadine.vanZyl@utdallas.edu. Education: MS, University of Texas at Dallas, Mechanical Engineering.
Nadine Pennington
Lab Manager
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
Email: Xiaoqian.ge@utdallas.edu. Education: PhD, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Xiaoqian Ge
Postdoc Associate
Email: Ye.Gao@utdallas.edu. Education: PhD, Chemical Engineering, Jackson State University.
Ye Gao
Research Associate
Email: axc230088@utdallas.edu, PhD- Chemistry, Indian Institute of Madras, India. Former Postdoc at Rice University.
Amrita Chakraborty
Postdoc Associate
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Email: Tiffany.Leong@utdallas.edu.
Tiffany Leong
PhD Student, Bioengineering
Email: Chen.Xie@utdallas.edu.
Chen Xie
PhD Student
Email: Tingting.Zhang@utdallas.edu.
Tingting Zhang
PhD Student
Email: Hanwen.Fan@UTDallas.edu.
Hanwen Fan
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Email: Harsh.Dave@UTDallas.edu.
Harsh Dave
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Email: Arindam.Pal@UTDallas.edu.
Arindam Pal
PhD Student, Bioengineering
Email: Hassan.TajarenejadAbdollahi@UTDallas.edu.
Hassan Tajarenejad Abdollahi
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Email: Sathvik.Saggurthi@utdallas.edu.
Sathvik Saggurthi
MS Student, Electrical Engineering
Email: Sammy.Hakam@UTDallas.edu.
Sammy Hakam
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering
Email: Yuhui.Guo@utdallas.edu.
Yuhui Guo
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Email: Priyansh.Pathak@utdallas.edu.
Priyansh Pathak
PhD Student, Bioengineering
Email: Renjinming.Dai@utdallas.edu
Renjinming Dai
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Email: Alexandro.DeAnda@utdallas.edu.
Alexandro DeAnda
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Email: Vijay.KarthikeyaRaja@UTDallas.edu.
Vijay Karthikeya Raja
B.S. in Computer Science
Email: Sapna.Vyas@UTDallas.edu.
Sapna Vyas
B.S. in Healthcare Studies, Pre-Med Track
Email: Bill.Wang@utdallas.edu.
Bill Wang
B.S. in Healthcare Management
Email: AthulRaj.Anilkumar@UTDallas.edu.
Athul Raj Anilkumar
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Email: Sneha.Gummadi@UTDallas.edu.
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 U.
Krutin Kumar
B.S. in Neuroscience, 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., Mechanical Engineering and Economics
Abdullah Bayram
Postdoc Associate
Jonghae Youn
Postdoc Associate
Zhenghong Gao
PI, Assistant Prof. of Mech. E.
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
Napat Dawkrajai
MS Student
Davis John
B.S. in Biology
Hejian Xiong
Research Scientist
Blake A. Wilson
Postdoc Associate
Jiyang Chen
Postdoc Associate
Yaning Liu
Research Associate
Alex Truong
B.S. in Neuroscience
Xueqi Xu
PhD Student
Anjila Niraula Gautam
Lab Technician
Miaomiao Wang
PhD Student
Qi Cai
Postdoc Associate
Zaineb Saeed
B.S. in Biology
