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

Awards and honors:

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:

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

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Mei Wang, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Projects: Nucleation and growth mechanisms of colloidal nanocrystals; radiation chemistry during in situ electron microscopy

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, Chemistry

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Projects: artificial cells, colloidal assembly, polymer capsules

Jiayue Sun, Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry

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Projects: cloud nucleation on aerosol nanoparticles, nanochemistry of multimetallic nanoparticle formation

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

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Projects: liquid phase TEM, electrocatalysis

Nathan Wong, B.S./M.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Project: Optical characterization of sub-visible protein aggregates with interferometric scattering

Justin Hughes, B.S. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

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Project: Chemical reaction driven assembly of colloids

Maira Iqbal, B.S. candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Project: Protein aggregation in biopharmaceuticals

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

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Project: Responsive polymer capsules

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