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
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Materials Science and Engineering
Chemistry and Biochemistry
1223B Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-1074
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)
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
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
Yuhang Wang, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Projects: liquid and gas phase TEM of atmospheric aerosols
Sarangua Battumur, B.S./M.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Electrokinetics of colloids in AC electric fields, chemically fueled reconfigurable polymer hydrogels
Post docs
Dr. Satyam Srivastava, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Electrochemically fueled colloidal assembly, in situ TEM of crystallization dynamics during polymer membrane scaling
Undergraduates
Shakti Arumugam, B.S. CHBE
Project: Electrochemically fueled colloidal assembly
Jemma Wood, B.S. CHBE
Project: Chemically responsive polymer hydrogels
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
Allison Fear, B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, current position: Glaxo Smith Klyne
Justin Hughes, B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, current position: Ph.D. student, UPenn
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
Umesha Dissanayake, Ph.D, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago