Jiang Lab

Soft Matter and Nano Engineering Laboratory

Group Members

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Principle Investigator
Shan Jiang Photo

Shan Jiang, PhD

Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Agronomy (courtesy)
Crop Bioengineering Center (CBC)
Biomedical Engineering (BME) Program
Polymer and Food Protection Consortium (PFPC)
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (courtesy)

Prior Research Experience
•Project Leader, Waterborne Coating Technology, The Dow Chemical Company
•Postdoc, Drug Delivery and Gene Therapy, MIT, Langer Lab
•Ph.D., Janus Particles Synthesis and Self-assembly, UIUC, Granick Lab

Awards and Honors

•SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED) Grant, 2023
•Innovation Acceleration Fund, 2023
•Digital and Precision Agriculture Grant, 2023
•Biobased Products Technology Demonstration Fund, 2022
•VentureWell Course Program Grant Award, 2022
•NSF PFI-TT Award, 2022
•Exploratory Research Projects Grant, 2022
•NASA Flight Test Award, 2022
•Early Achievement in Teaching Award, 2021
•Dean’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Grant, 2021
•Regents Innovation Fund Award, 2021
•Miller Faculty Fellowship, 2021
•Crop Bioengineering Center (CBC) Seed Grant Award, 2021
•NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Grant Award, 2020
•NSF IUSE EHR Undergraduate Education Grant Award, 2020
•Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program Award, 2020
•Foreign Travel Grant Award, ISU, 2020
•NASA ISGC BASE Program Award, 2020
•NASA EPSCoR Program Award, 2020
•Regents Innovation Fund Award, 2018 - 2022
•Dean’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Grant, 2019
•NSF-USDA EAGER Grant Award, 2019
•ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Doctoral New Investigator Grant Award, 2019
•Biobased Chemical/Bioproduct Seed Grant, 2019
•College of Human Sciences Intramural Collaborative Seed Grant, ISU, 2019
•Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Seed (PIRS) Grant Award, ISU, 2019
•First-Year Honors Mentor Grant, ISU, 2017, 2018, 2019
•The Education Leadership Award, Iowa Chinese Association, 2019
•3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, 3M, 2018
•NSF conference proposal award, 2018
•Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2) Grant Award, NSF I/UCRC, 2017
•Foreign Travel Grant Award, ISU, 2016
•YCC Leadership Development Award, ACS, 2015
• Certified Dow Six Sigma Green Belt Project Leader, 2014
• Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, R&D 100 Award (team member), 2013
• MIT Postdoc Association Travel Grant, MIT, 2012
• Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
• Racheff-Intel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, 2008

Office: Hoover 2220BD & Gilman 3111
Lab: Gilman Hall
Email: sjiang1@iastate.edu
Mailing address:
528 Bissell Road
Ames, IA 50011-2300

Scholars and Students
Fei Liu

Fei Liu, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Ph.D., Peking University
NSF and ACS Conference Travel Award
Postdoctoral Scholar Seed Grant Award


email: fliu@iastate.edu

Alan Eggenberger

Alan Eggenberger, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

email: ale@iastate.edu

Serkan Demirci

Serkan Demirci, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Gazi University    
Assistant Professor: Amasya University

email: sdemirci@iastate.edu

Matthew Marander

Matthew Marander

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
McGee-Wagner Scholarship
ISGC Fellowship


email: marander@iastate.edu

Connor Thorpe

Connor Thorpe

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Arizona
F. Wendell Miller Graduate Scholarship
DataFEWSion Graduate Traineeship


email: cthorpe@iastate.edu

Connor Thorpe

Utsav Kumar Dey

Ph.D. Candidate
Master: Iowa State University


email: utsav@iastate.edu

Tyler Kirscht

Tyler Kirscht

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University


email: tkirscht@iastate.edu

Zhengtao Yang

Zhengtao Yang

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Central Florida


email: zyang1@IASTATE.EDU

Ritinder Sandhu

Ritinder Sandhu

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University


email: ritinder@iastate.edu

Ricardo Ortega

Ricardo Ortega

Ph.D. Candidate
IINspire-LSAMP scholarship
Copper Club Scholarship

email: ortega@iastate.edu

Aneeba Chaudary

Aneeba Chaudary

Ph.D. Candidate

email: chaudary@iastate.edu

Thamer Rawah

Thamer Rawah

Ph.D. Candidate

email: trawah@iastate.edu

Bingrui Huang

Bingrui Huang

Undergraduate Student

email: bingruih@iastate.edu

Jack Nolder

Jack Nolder

Undergraduate Student
NSF REU Scholarship

email: jnolder@IASTATE.EDU

Jessica Fuertes-De Arcos

Jessica Fuertes-De Arcos

Undergraduate Student
NSF REU Scholarship

email: jfuertes@IASTATE.EDU

Joseph Koenig

Joseph Koenig

Undergraduate Student

email: jwkoenig@iastate.edu

Collin Grota

Collin Grota

Undergraduate Student
Boeing Fellow Intern

email: cgrota@IASTATE.EDU

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We are always interested in Ph.D., Master candidates and undergraduate students with materials science background. However, all motivated and hard-working candidates are encouraged to apply.


Alumni
Emily Olson

Emily Olson, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Brown Graduate Fellowship, NASA Fellowship
MSE Research Excellence Award
Current Position: Ecolab

email: emily.olson@ecolab.com

Ayuna Tsyrenova

Ayuna Tsyrenova, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Master: National University of Science and Technology MISiS
Fulbright Scholar, Catron Fellowship
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: Seigwerk USA

email: ayuna.tsyrenova@siegwerk.com

Kyle Miller

Kyle Miller, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Trinect Fellow Award
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: Valent BioSciences


email: kylem167@gmail.com

Yifan Li

Yifan Li, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Master: Cornell University
Presidential Scholar, Brown Graduate Fellowship
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: AkzoNobel

email: EvanYFLi@outlook.com

Rebecca Mort

Rebecca Mort, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Bachelor: Cornell University
Current Position: Dow Chemical

email: therjmort@gmail.com

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Zihao Xu, Ph.D.

Iowa State Master

email: zihaoxu@iastate.edu

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Yanhua (Conan) Huang

Iowa State Master

Iowa State PhD Candidate

email: yanhuah@iastate.edu

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Dana Smith

Iowa State Bachelor

ES3, Geogia

Connor photo

Connor Hammons

Iowa State Bachelor


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Nancy Sweeney

Summer SULI Student

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Weston Laake

Iowa State Bachelor

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Charles Truka

Iowa State Bachelor

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Ana Miller

Iowa State Bachelor
NSF REU Award

Current Position: HID Global, Minneapolis

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Riley Behan

Iowa State Bachelor
NSF REU Award

MD/PhD, University of Iowa

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Carmen Wu

Summer NSF REU Student

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Yasmeen Mansoorieh

Iowa State Bachelor

John photo

John Henjum

Iowa State Bachelor

ATI

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Mason Kenkel

First-Year Honors Undergraduate Student
Iowa State Bachelor

email: mnkenkel@iastate.edu

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Henry Thurber

Iowa State Bachelor
University of Michigan, Ph.D. Candidate

email: hthurber@iastate.edu

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Devin Palm

Undergraduate Student
Honor Program

Iowa State Bachelor

email: dcpalm@iastate.edu

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Madison Drent

3M
Dean’s Leadership Award
Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA)

Iowa State Bachelor

email: mldrent@iastate.edu

Tae Hyung Kim

Tae Hyung Kim

Undergraduate Student
Iowa State Bachelor

email: taehyung@iastate.edu

Chanhong Lee

Chanhong Lee

Iowa State Bachelor
PhD Candidate Virginia Tech

email: echanlee@iastate.edu

Xilong Ke

Xilong Ke

Iowa State Bachelor
Undergraduate Student

email: xke@iastate.edu

Alexandra Dunnum

Ally Dunnum

PhD candidate Georgia Institute of Technology

email: adunnum1@iastate.edu

Annie Huynh

Annie Huynh

APEX-E Summer Program
Undergraduate Student

email: annieh47@iastate.edu

Kristen Aebischer

Kristen Aebischer

IINspire-LSAMP scholarship
Undergraduate Student

email: kaebischer@dmacc.edu

Andrew Ruba

Andrew Ruba

PhD Candidate University of Michigan

email: ajruba@iastate.edu

Elizabeth Griffin

Elizabeth Griffin

PhD Candidate Northwestern

email: lizg14@iastate.edu

Adam Eichhorn

Adam Eichhorn

PhD Candidate University of Michigan

email: axe1@iastate.edu

Sai Maurice

Sai Maurice

Donaldson

email: smaurice@iastate.edu

Junho Lee

Junho Lee

Undergraduate Student

email: ljh1124@iastate.edu

Erin Peters

Erin Peters

Undergraduate Student

email: empeters@iastate.edu

Billie Alexander

Billie Alexander

Undergraduate Student
APEX-E Summer Program

email: billiea@iastate.edu