Yao Lin, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
E-mail: yao.lin@uconn.edu
Phone: (860) 486-8969
Jianan Mao
Graduate Student
Education: B.S., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research Interests: material properties of polypeptides and polypeptide fibril networks
E-mail: jianan.mao@uconn.edu
Abrar Ali Sitab
Graduate Student
Education: M.S., B.S., University of Dhaka
Research Interests: custom-designed polypeptide materials
E-mail: abrar_ali.sitab@uconn.edu
Justin Amengual (co-advised with Prof. Mu-Ping Nieh)
Graduate Student
Education: B.S., University of Connecticut
Research Interests: fundamentals of cooperative behavior and automated polymer synthesis
E-mail: justin.amengual@uconn.edu
Tish Huynh (co-advised with Prof. Kerry Gilmore)
Graduate Student
Education: B.A., Drexel University, Philadelphia
Research Interests: synthesis and applications of functional polypeptides
E-mail: trang.huynh@uconn.edu
Sara Beth Bouchard
Graduate Student
Education: B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown
Research Interests: Functionalization of polypeptide therapeutics and peptide dynamics
E-mail: sara_beth.bouchard@uconn.edu
Alumni
Ph.D. Students
Dr. Tianjian Yang (2024)
Dr. Hanyi Duan (2024)
Dr. Joseph Gorecki (2024)
Dr. Arlene Bartolome (2023)
Dr. Stephen Ekatan (2021)
Dr. Kyle Benson (2019)
Dr. Hailin Fu (2018)
Dr. Murali Anuganti (2018)
Dr. Yuan Ren (2017)
Dr. Hongwei Xia (2016)
Dr. Ranjan Kamat (2013)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Yongkun Yang (2012)
Dr. Jing Wang (2011)
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Jianying Huang (2019)
Dr. Minfeng Zeng (2017)
Dr. Wanfu Ma (2013)
Dr. Fujian Liu (2012)
Dr. Linjun Shao (2012)
Masters Students
Xixian Ye (M.S. 2016)
Jennifer Iandosca (M.S. 2010)
Undergraduate Students
Cong Chen (2020)
Daniela Aguillon (2018)
Rosalie Bordett (2017)
Kevin Webb (2015)
Daniel Neville (2013)
Katherine McGarry (2012)
On-you Jung (2012)
Daniel Peck (2011)
Aimon Iftikhar (2010)
Marjorie Versluys (2009)