Principle investigator

Jian Yang, PhD

Associate Professor of Bioengineering
The University of Texas at Arlington
500 UTA BLVD.
Engineering Research Building (ERB), Room 240
Arlington, TX 76010
Tel: 817-272-0562
Fax: 817-272-2251
Email: jianyang@uta.edu

Graduate Faculty of Biomedical Engineerng Program
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390

Faculty profile at UTA


   

Postdoctoral fellow and Research Staff

 
 

Zhiwei Xie, Postdoctoral Research Felllow

Ph.D.: Polymer and Fiber Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
M.S.: Materials Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
B.S.: Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China
Email: zackxie@gmail.com
Projects: Biosynthesis of degradable polymers, cardiovascular tissue engineering

 

 

Jinshan Guo, Postdoctoral Research Felllow

Ph.D.: Polymer Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
B.E.: Shandong University, Jinan, China
Email:
Projects: prodrug, fluorescent polymers, cancer drug delivery and imaging.

 

Richard Tran, Postdoctoral Reserach Fellow

Ph.D.: Bioengineering, University of Texas, Arlington
B.S.: Bioinformatics, Baylor University
Email: richard_t_tran@yahoo.com
Projects: Biodegradable elastomers, scaffolding technology, vascular tissue engineering


Dipendra Gyawali, Research Associate

M.S.: Bioengineering, University of Texas, Arlington
B.S.: Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
Email: dipendra1411@hotmail.com
Projects: Photocrosslinkable biodegradable polymers, injectable biomaterials for bone tissue engineering and drug delivery


 

Graduate students

 

Yi Zhang, PhD candidate

B.S.: Polymer materials and engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Email: zhangyi19850520@gmail.com
Projects: drug delivery, biodegradable photoluminescent polymers, regulation of stem cell fate via functional polymers, micelles

Chang Zhang, PhD candidate

B.E.: Biological Engineering, Shengyang Pharmaceutical University, Shengyang, China
Email: downtown_zc@hotmail.com
Projects: bone tissue engineering, drug delivery and biocomposite materials

Mohammadreza Mehdi Zadeh, PhD candidate (MSE)

M.S. Polymer Engineering, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Iran
B.S. Polymer Engineering, Amir Kabir university of Technology, Iran
Email: mohammadreza.mehdizadeh@mavs.uta.edu
Projects: Bioadhesive polymers, medical devices

Michael Palmer, PhD candidate

B.S. Biochemistry & Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego
Email: michael.palmer@mavs.uta.edu
Projects: Injectable bone tissue engineering, bio-templated biomaterials

 

Mandy Su, PhD candidate (Co-advised by Prof. Kytai Nguyen)

M.S. Material Science and Engineering, University of Texas, Arlington
E mail: mandy.4020@gmail.com
Projects: Endothelium regeneration, nanoparticles, wound dressing

 

 

Aniket Wadajkar, PhD candidate (Co-advised by Prof. Kytai Nguyen)

M.S. Bioengineering, University of Texas, Arlington
E mail: aniketwadajkar@yahoo.com
Projects: theranostic nanomedicine

 

 

 

Aleksey V. Kolasnikov, MS candidate

BS: Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
Email: aleksey.kolasnikov@mavs.uta.edu
Project: Soft tissue engineering, biomaterials

 

Aram Naseri, MS candidate

BS: Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
Email: aram.naseri@mavs.uta.edu
Project: biomaterials, tissue engineering

 

Pouriska Kivanany, MS candidate

BS: Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
Email: pouriska.kivanany@mavs.uta.edu
Project: Electrospinning, scaffold fabrication

 

Undergraduate students


 

IBrahim Qattan

Email: ibrahim.qattan@mavs.uta.edu

 

Sara Wadud

sara.wadud@mavs.uta.edu

Former students with last known position

Jeena Mathew (MS, Bioengineering, 2007. Research Associate, Georgetown University)
Jaya Ram Banjara (MS, Bioengineering, 2008)
Purak Khadka (MS, Bioengineering, 2008)
Binod Basnet (MS, Bioengineering, 2008)
Santosh Gautam (MS, Bioengineering, 2008)
Jagannath Dey (MS, Bioengineering, 2008, BIND Bioscience)
Preethi Suriamoorthy (MS, Bioengineering, 2009)
Dipendra Gyawali (MS, Bioengineering, 2009. Research Associate, UTA Yang Research Lab)
Shengyuan Zhou (MS, MSE, 2010)
Parvathi Nair (MS, BE 2010)
Elhum Naseri (MS,BE 2010, UTSW Research Assistant)
Natasha KC (BS, 2010, Sanaria in Rockville, MD)
Santosh Kumar Kumar Beeram (MS, 2010)
Richard T. Tran (PhD, 2011. Postdoctoral Fellow at Yang lab, UTA)
Elsa Cigainero (BS, Biology, 2011)
Elaheh Naseri (MS, BE, 2011)

Former high school students and Summer Interns

Thomas Wang, Mansfield High School, Mansfield, TX, 2009 Summer. Now UT Austin
Arjun Awasthi, Martin High School, Arlington, TX, 2009 Summer. Now UT Austin
Jimmy Zhu, Martin High School, Arlington, TX, 2009, 2010 Summer. Now Cornell University
Diane Manry, The Oakridge School, Arlington, TX, 2010 Summer. Now Princeton University
David Chou, Undergraduate student at UT Austin BME, 2010 Summer
Michael Lau, Martin High School, Arlington, TX, 2010 Summer
Brian Bates, Martin High School, Arlington, TX, 2010 Summer
Ken Lee, Martin High School, Arlington, TX, 2010 Summer
Dalton Alstaetter, Martin High School, Arlington, TX, 2010 Summer
Anna Liu, Martin High School, Arlington, TX, 2010 Summer


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