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Principal Investigator

Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia

Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D., Rice University

M.S.,Tsinghua University            

B.S., Xi’an Jiao Tong University

Email: YanZheng@missouri.edu; Phone: (573)884-0562​

Selected Awards: 

  • NSF Career Award

  • CAB Young Investigator Award

  • Materials Today Rising Star Award in Biomaterials

  • UM System President's Award for Early Career Excellence

  • College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award

Postdoc Researchers

Feng Zhang
Dr. Feng Zhang

Ph.D. in Textile Materials and Engineering

of Donghua University

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Dr. Chenggong Xu

Ph.D. in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Graduate Students

Zehua Cheng
Mr. Zehua Chen

Ph.D. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

M.S., University College London

Qunle Ouyang
Mr. Qunle Ouyang

Ph.D. student in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri

M.S., Hubei University

Xiaoyan Qian
Ms. Xiaoyan Qian

Ph.D. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

M.S., Soochow University

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Mr. Xuanbo Miao

Ph.D. student in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri

M.S., Tianjing University

Undergraduate Students

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Ms. Selby Chipman

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

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Mr. Campbell Breiler

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

Obaro Emeje
Ms. Obaro Emeje

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

Coral Tracy
Ms. Coral Tracy

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

Matthew Stroud
Mr. Matthew Stroud

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

David Stroman
Mr. David Stroman

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

Samuel Fieser
Mr. Samuel Fieser

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

Yva Waita
Ms. Yva Waita

B.S. student in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri

Samuel Stoll
Mr. Samuel Stoll 

B.S. Student in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri

Clayton Higgins
Mr. Clayton Higgins

B.S. Student in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri

Former Group Memembers

Dr. Sichen Cheng (Previous Postdoc Researcher)

Current: Professor at Xi'an Jiao Tong University

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Dr. Ganggang Zhao (Previous Ph.D. Student)

Current: Postdoc at UCLA

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Dr. Yadong Xu (Previous Ph.D. Student)

Current: Professor at Peking University (formerly Postdoc at Caltech)

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Dr. Yun Ling (Previous Ph.D. Student)

Current: Postdoc at Duke University

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Mr. Margaret Page (Previous Master Student)

Current: 3M

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Ms. Brian Arends (Previous Master Student)

Current: Valley View Agri-Systems

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Mr. Richard McCay (Previous Master Student)

Current: ASML

 

Mr. Shivam Goswami (Previous Master Student)

Current: Edwards Lifesciences

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Mr. Bohan Sun (Previous Undergraduate Student)

Current: Ph.D. Student at Johns Hopkins University 

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Mr. Xiatian Zhuang (Previous Undergraduate Student)

Current: Ph.D. Student at the University of Missouri-Columbia

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Ms. Xiaoyu Zhu (Previous Undergraduate Student)

Current: Master Student at Columbia University

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Mr. Yachao Liu (Previous Undergraduate Student)

Current: Master Student at Columbia University

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Mr. Zanyu Chen (Previous Undergraduate Student)

Current: Master Student at the University of Missouri-Columbia

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