Yao Lin, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
E-mail: yao.lin@uconn.edu
Phone: (860) 486-8969
Tianjian Yang
Graduate Student
Education: M.S., University of California, San Diego; B.S., Jinan University, China
Research Interests: supramolecular polymerization and material properties of polypeptides
E-mail: tianjian.yang@uconn.edu
Joe Gorecki (co-advised with Prof. Jessica Rouge)
Graduate Student
Education: B.S., University of Connecticut
Research Interests: Bio-inspired catalytic systems using DNA/RNA nanostructures.
E-mail: joseph.gorecki@uconn.edu
Hanyi Duan (co-advised with Prof. Jie He)
Graduate Student
Education: M.S., Zhejiang University, China; B.S., Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Research Interests: hybrid nanoparticles
E-mail: hanyi.duan@uconn.edu
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
Alumni
Ph.D. Students
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)