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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
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Postdoctoral fellow and Research Staff |
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Graduate students |
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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Aleksey V. Kolasnikov, MS candidate
BS: Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
Email: aleksey.kolasnikov@mavs.uta.edu
Project: Soft tissue engineering, biomaterials
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Aram Naseri, MS candidate
BS: Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
Email: aram.naseri@mavs.uta.edu
Project: biomaterials, tissue engineering
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Pouriska Kivanany, MS candidate
BS: Biology, University of Texas, Arlington
Email: pouriska.kivanany@mavs.uta.edu
Project: Electrospinning, scaffold fabrication
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Undergraduate students |
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IBrahim Qattan
Email: ibrahim.qattan@mavs.uta.edu
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Sara Wadud
sara.wadud@mavs.uta.edu |
Former students with last known position |
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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)
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Former high school students and Summer Interns |
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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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