Nanoscale Assembly and
Electron Microscopy Lab
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland
Professor Taylor J. Woehl
Students
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-1074
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Awards and honors:
Liquid phase electron microscopy GRC Chair (2024-2026)
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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Martin Ahn, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(Co-advised with Prof. Akua Asa-Awuku)
Projects: Atmospheric aerosols, bioaerosols, in situ electron microscopy
Jiayue Sun, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry
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Projects: nanochemistry of multimetallic nanoparticle formation, liquid phase transmission electron microscopy
Amy Chen, Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
ORAU Journeyman Fellow, Army Research lab
Projects: liquid phase TEM, redox processes on plasmonic nanocrystals
Prathiba Thamizhavel, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Projects: pyrolysis and radiolysis of preceramic polymers, in situ TEM
Pronob Das, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Project: Pyrolysis of preceramic polymers, in situ TEM, nanostructure of polymer derived ceramics
Quenten Chicon, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry
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Project: nanochemistry of multimetallic nanoparticle formation, liquid phase transmission electron microscopy
Post docs
Dr. Satyam Srivastava, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Project: Electrochemically fueled colloidal assembly, in situ TEM of crystallization dynamics during polymer membrane scaling
Dr. Camila Faccini de Lima, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Project: Nanopattering of nanoparticles, liquid phase electron microscopy, reaction-diffusion phenomena
Undergraduates
Shakti Arumugam, B.S. CHBE
Project: Electrochemically fueled colloidal assembly
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Jemma Wood, B.S. CHBE
Project: Chemically responsive polymer hydrogels
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
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Allison Fear, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Glaxo Smith Klyne
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Justin Hughes, B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, current position: Ph.D. student, UPenn
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Shakiba Nikfarjam, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Postdoctoral fellow, LLNL
Medha Rath, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
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Umesha Dissanayake, Ph.D, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: University of Illinois, Chicago
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Sarangua Battamur, M.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Yuhang Wang, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry
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