Jiang Lab

Principal Investigator

Shaoyi Jiang, PhD

Lab Manager

Hong Xue, PhD

Research interests: Syntheses and application of ionic polymers, ionic liquids, organofluorine compounds, different living/controlled polymerization methods and develop novel biomaterials.

PhD Students

Norman Brault Phone: 206.685.3627 Address: 320 Benson Hall E-Mail: ndb16@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I'm Norman and most of my work involves the use of biosensors and our zwitterionic materials for applications in cancer diagnostics.

Zhiqiang Cao Phone: 206.685.3627 Address: 320 Benson Hall E-Mail: zqcao@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 My research interest is in biomaterial synthesis and their applications.

Louisa Carr Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 339 Benson Hall E-Mail: lrcarr@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 My two main research projects are developing CBMA esters for highly effective and safe gene delivery, and enhancing the mechanical properties of low-fouling zwitterionic hydrogels for joint lubrication and coatings for implantable devices such as in vivo sensors and tissue scaffolds.

Andrew Keefe Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 339 Benson Hall E-Mail: keefea@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 Drew Keefe received his undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Chemical Engineering. He is now perusing his PhD in Chemical Engineering focused on silicone surface modification and poly-zwitterionic protein conjugation for biomedical applications.

Luo Mi Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 339 Benson Hall E-Mail: miluo@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 Luo received his bachelor degree in molecular biology from Fudan University, China, 2007, and then enrolled in microbiology phD program in Texas A&M university for one year before joining the group in 2008. He has research experience with many bacteria species as well as mammalian cell lines. His current research interest is antimicrobial nonfouling surface coatings and hydrogels.

Qing Shao Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 337 Benson Hall E-Mail: qshao@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I am Qing Shao. I am now pursuing a PhD degree. My main research is finding out the principles to design novel zwitterionic materials with the help of molecular simulations.

Andrew D White Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 337 Benson Hall E-Mail: whitead@u.washington.edu   Box 351750 Website www.andrew-white.net   Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I'm Andrew. I do simulation work and help manage the group's IT needs. I'm a first year graduate student and working towards a PhD.

Wei Yang Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 339 Benson Hall E-Mail: weiyang@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I'm Wei Yang. My current research focuses on preparation and application of zwitterionic-based nanoparticles and hydrogels.

Lei Zhang Phone: 206.685.3627 Address: 320 Benson Hall E-Mail: zhanglei@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I'm Lei Zhang, my current research focus on the development and in vivo application of nanparticles.

Post Docs

Yi He, PhD Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 337 Benson Hall E-Mail: yihe@u.washington.edu   Box 351750 Website: staff.washington.edu/yihe/   Seattle, WA 98195-1750 Research Focuses: Study biomolecular interfacial phenomena in order to develop novel biomaterials for super-low friction coating, biocompatible hydrogel, and other related applications.

Rahul Bhowmik, PhD Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 337 Benson Hall E-Mail: bhowmikrahul@gmail.com   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 Research Interests: Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo, and Coarse Grained Simulations

Ye Gao, PhD Phone: 206.685.3627 Address: 320 Benson Hall E-Mail: gaoy@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750

Visiting Scholars

Fanglian Yao, PhD Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 357 Benson Hall E-Mail: yaofl@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 Professor Yao is visiting from Tianjin University.

Gouzhu Li Phone: 206.685.3267 Address: 320 Benson Hall E-Mail: gzli@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I'm Guozhu. I am a visiting student from Tianjin University. My research interest is the development of biomimetic adhesive nonfouling materials.

Jiajie Xu Phone: 206.685.3267 Address: 320 Benson Hall E-Mail: jiajiexu@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I am Jiajie Xu and I am a visiting student from East China University of Science & Technology. My research interest is nonfouling materials in biologic application.

Undergraduate Students

Mike Hague Phone: 206.616.6510 Address: 337 Benson Hall E-Mail: haguem@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I am an undergraduate student in the UW chemical engineering program. My research focus is on non-fouling coatings for marine and biological applications.

Kristen Holland Phone: 206.685.3267 Address: 320 Benson Hall E-Mail: hollandk@u.washington.edu   Box 351750       Seattle, WA 98195-1750 I am an undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering. My research focus is on non-fouling coatings for biomedical applications.

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