Nanoscale Assembly and
Electron Microscopy Lab
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland
Professor Taylor Woehl
Students
Associate 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
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)
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
Projects: Chemically fueled nanoparticle self-assembly, liquid cell TEM of self-assembly processes
Shakiba Nikfarjam, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Projects: Phase separation and aggregation of proteins; single molecule fluorescence; light scattering; hydrogels
Medha Rath, Ph.D. candidate (co-advised by S. Raghavan), Chemistry
Projects: artificial cells, colloidal assembly, polymer capsules
Jiayue Sun, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry
Projects: nanochemistry of multimetallic nanoparticle formation
Amy Chen, Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
Projects: liquid phase TEM, electrocatalysis
Yuhang Wang, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Projects: liquid and gas phase TEM of aerosol systems, cloud condensation nucleation of insoluble aerosols
Matt Licausi, B.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Interferometric scattering of nanoparticle drugs
Sarangua Battumur, B.S./M.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Electrokinetics of colloids in AC electric fields
Allison Fear, B.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Responsive hydrogel capsules
Aengus Vervier, B.S./M.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Interferometric scattering of nanoparticle drugs
Group alumni
Adam Ferrick, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: R&D engineer, Cresilon
Nina Uchida, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: R&D Associate, MedImmune
Jackie Weaver, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Ph.D. Student, UCSF
John Michael Borg, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Mfg Associate, Catalent Pharma Solutions
Hannah Strobel, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Supply Chain Assoc., Frito Lay
Nathan Wong, B.S./M.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Intel
Mei Wang, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Intel