Group Members
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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 Education & 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
•M.S., B.S., cum laude, Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Zhejiang University, China
Awards and Honors
• Lead PI: NSF IGE, PFI-TT, USDA NIFA, DOE, NASA, DOD
• Early Achievement in Teaching Award
• Miller Faculty Fellowship
• The Education Leadership Award
• 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award
• YCC Leadership Development Award
• Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, R&D 100 Award (team member)
• Racheff-Intel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research
Office: Hoover 2220BD & Gilman 3111
Lab: Gilman Hall
Email:
sjiang1@iastate.edu
Mailing address:
528 Bissell Road
Ames, IA 50011-2300

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, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
email: ale@iastate.edu

Serkan Demirci, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Gazi University
Assistant Professor: Amasya University
email: sdemirci@iastate.edu

Abhijit Bera, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D., AcSIR, CSIR
email: abhijitb@IASTATE.EDU

Matthew Marander
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
McGee-Wagner Scholarship
ISGC Fellowship
email: marander@iastate.edu

Connor Thorpe
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Arizona
F. Wendell Miller Graduate Scholarship
DataFEWSion Graduate Traineeship
email: cthorpe@iastate.edu

Utsav Kumar Dey
Ph.D. Candidate
Master: Iowa State University
email: utsav@iastate.edu

Tyler Kirscht
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
email: tkirscht@iastate.edu

Zhengtao Yang
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Central Florida
email: zyang1@IASTATE.EDU

Ritinder Sandhu
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
email: ritinder@iastate.edu

Ricardo Ortega
Ph.D. Candidate
IINspire-LSAMP scholarship
Copper Club Scholarship
email: ortega@iastate.edu

Aneeba Chaudary
Ph.D. Candidate
email: chaudary@iastate.edu

Thamer Rawah
Ph.D. Candidate
email: trawah@iastate.edu

Ahmad Malkawi
Ph.D. Student
email: malkawi@iastate.edu

Bingrui Huang
Master Student
email: bingruih@iastate.edu

Cole Hanson
Master Student
email: chanson3@iastate.edu

Jack Nolder
Undergraduate Student
NSF REU Scholarship
email: jnolder@IASTATE.EDU

Joseph Koenig
Undergraduate Student
email: jwkoenig@iastate.edu

Collin Grota
Undergraduate Student
Boeing Fellow Intern
email: cgrota@IASTATE.EDU

Sophia Schmitz
Undergraduate Student
Boeing Fellow Intern
email: spetras@iastate.edu

Billie Alexander
Undergraduate Student
APEX-E Summer Program
email: billiea@iastate.edu

Please review my website and publications carefully before contacting me. Due to the high volume of applications I receive, I will only respond to candidates I am interested in interviewing. Preference will be given to applicants already based in the U.S. with relevant experience.

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, 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, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab
Trinect Fellow Award
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: Valent BioSciences
email: kylem167@gmail.com

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, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab
Bachelor: Cornell University
Current Position: Dow Chemical
email: therjmort@gmail.com

Zihao Xu, Ph.D.
Iowa State Master
email: zihaoxu@iastate.edu

Yanhua (Conan) Huang
Iowa State Master
Iowa State PhD Candidate
email: yanhuah@iastate.edu

Dana Smith
Iowa State Bachelor
ES3, Geogia

Connor Hammons
Iowa State Bachelor

Nancy Sweeney
Summer SULI Student

Weston Laake
Iowa State Bachelor

Charles Truka
Iowa State Bachelor

Ana Miller
Iowa State Bachelor
NSF REU Award
Current Position: HID Global, Minneapolis

Riley Behan
Iowa State Bachelor
NSF REU Award
MD/PhD, University of Iowa

Carmen Wu
Summer NSF REU Student

Yasmeen Mansoorieh
Iowa State Bachelor

John Henjum
Iowa State Bachelor
ATI

Mason Kenkel
First-Year Honors Undergraduate Student
Iowa State Bachelor
email: mnkenkel@iastate.edu

Henry Thurber
Iowa State Bachelor
University of Michigan, Ph.D. Candidate
email: hthurber@iastate.edu

Devin Palm
Undergraduate Student
Honor Program
Iowa State Bachelor
email: dcpalm@iastate.edu

Madison Drent
3M
Dean’s Leadership Award
Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA)
Iowa State Bachelor
email: mldrent@iastate.edu

Tae Hyung Kim
Undergraduate Student
Iowa State Bachelor
email: taehyung@iastate.edu

Chanhong Lee
Iowa State Bachelor
PhD Candidate Virginia Tech
email: echanlee@iastate.edu

Xilong Ke
Iowa State Bachelor
Undergraduate Student
email: xke@iastate.edu

Ally Dunnum
PhD candidate Georgia Institute of Technology
email: adunnum1@iastate.edu

Annie Huynh
APEX-E Summer Program
Undergraduate Student
email: annieh47@iastate.edu

Kristen Aebischer
IINspire-LSAMP scholarship
Undergraduate Student
email: kaebischer@dmacc.edu

Andrew Ruba
PhD Candidate University of Michigan
email: ajruba@iastate.edu

Elizabeth Griffin
PhD Candidate Northwestern
email: lizg14@iastate.edu

Adam Eichhorn
PhD Candidate University of Michigan
email: axe1@iastate.edu

Sai Maurice
Donaldson
email: smaurice@iastate.edu

Junho Lee
Undergraduate Student
email: ljh1124@iastate.edu

Erin Peters
Undergraduate Student
email: empeters@iastate.edu

Jessica Fuertes-De Arcos
Undergraduate Student
NSF REU Scholarship
email: jfuertes@IASTATE.EDU

Robert Bengel
Undergraduate Student
email: rhobear@iastate.edu