Professor Taylor Woehl

Students

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Affiliate, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Affiliate, Materials Science and Engineering

Affiliate, University of Maryland Energy Research Center

Affiliate, Maryland NanoCenter

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Awards and honors:

NSF CAREER Award (2021)

ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator (2019)

ORAU Ralph Powe Jr Faculty Enhancement Award (2017)

Minta Martin Award, University of Maryland (2017)

Research and Scholarship Award (RASA), University of Maryland (2017)

National research council RAP award (2014)

Zuhair Munir Best PhD dissertation award, UC-Davis (2013)

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Contact information:

1223B Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building

College Park, MD 20742

Email: tjwoehl@umd.edu

Office phone: 301-405-1074

Thilini Umesha Dissanayake, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Projects: Chemically fueled nanoparticle self-assembly, liquid cell TEM of self-assembly processes

Shakiba Nikfarjam, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Projects: Phase separation and aggregation of proteins; single molecule fluorescence; light scattering; hydrogels

Medha Rath, Ph.D. candidate (co-advised by S. Raghavan), Chemistry

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Projects: artificial cells, colloidal assembly, polymer capsules

Jiayue Sun, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry

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Projects: nanochemistry of multimetallic nanoparticle formation

Amy Chen, Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

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Projects: liquid phase TEM, electrocatalysis

Yuhang Wang, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Projects: liquid and gas phase TEM of aerosol systems, cloud condensation nucleation of insoluble aerosols

Matt Licausi, B.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Project: Interferometric scattering of nanoparticle drugs

Sarangua Battumur, B.S./M.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Project: Electrokinetics of colloids in AC electric fields 

Allison Fear, B.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Project: Responsive hydrogel capsules

Aengus Vervier, B.S./M.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Project: Interferometric scattering of nanoparticle drugs

Group alumni

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Adam Ferrick, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: R&D engineer, Cresilon

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Nina Uchida, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: R&D Associate, MedImmune

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Jackie Weaver, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Ph.D. Student, UCSF

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John Michael Borg, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Mfg Associate, Catalent Pharma Solutions

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Hannah Strobel, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Supply Chain Assoc., Frito Lay

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Nathan Wong, B.S./M.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Intel

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Mei Wang, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Intel