Current Graduate Students

• Deniz Elizabeth Civay
• Alexander Eliseev
• Sami Fakhouri
• Xiangdong Gu
• Jing Hua
• Mark Kelly
• Jyoti Prakash Mahalik
• Stephen Mirigian
• Benjamin Mohr
• Clay Pearson
• Bo Peng
• Yanbo Wang

Current Postdoctoral Researchers

• Mithun Kumar Mitra
• Homin Shin

Group Picture in Sep 2005

Previous Group Members

• Arnout Boelens
• Buddhapriya Chakrabarti
• Arindam Kundagrami
• Ajay Panwar
• Xinhang Xu
• Nivaskumar Ramaswamy
• Erica Saltzman
• Rajeev Kumar
• Chiu Tai Andrew Wong
• Chris Forrey
• Jessica L. McCoy
• Abhijit Sarkar
• Joe McNamara (Joe's doctoral dissertation)
• Sonoko Kanai
• Chung Yin Kong
• B. Ashok
• Gustavo Carri
• Bernhard Fischer
• Kingshuk Ghosh
• Mike Pollard
• Chester Liu
• Dirk Petera
• Friedel vonGoeler
• Jonathan Zissu
• Lars Kielhorn
• Lee Rockford
• Vivek Prabhu
• Shulan Liu
• Paul Welch
• Radu Mondescu
• Yvonne Akpalu
• Chilun Lee
• Manoj Chellamuthu
• Deniz Kaya
• Ryan Murphy
• Zhaoyang Ou
• Joanna Pool
• Jiafang Wang
• Vladimir Belyi

A Group Shot

Education:

Ph.D. (2009 expected), Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

M.S. (2005), Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

B.S. (1999), Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

Current Research:

Ionic transport.

Biomineralization.

Spectroscopy.

Education:

BS in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington

Current Research:

My current research is designed to discover the molecular basis of curing diseases in the human eye.

Hobbies:

Painting, 2nd base, Volleyball, Piano

Education:

1998-2003, BS in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

2003-present, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Current Research:

Ionic conductivity of polyelectrolyte gels

Ionic current fluctuation in DNA translocation

Hobbies:

NBA, movies, games, badminton etc.

Education:

MS, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

BS, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Current Research:

Computer simulation of self-assembly of virus

Hobbies:

Hiking, running, reading, movies, cooking

Education:

M.S., Lomonosov Moscow State University (2004)

Current Research:

Theoretical polyelectrolyte physics

Hobbies:

History

Education:

BS, Physics and Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2004)

Current Research:

Endocytosis, gels, physics of membranes

Hobbies:

Volunteering at church, theology, economics, softball, basketball, hiking

Education:

2000-2004, B.S. in Materials Physics, University of Science and Technology of China.

2005-present, Ph.D. candidate in Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Current Research:

Brownian dynamics simulations.

Hobbies:

Soccer, badminton and PC games.

Education:

B.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (2002)

Current Research:

Computer simulation of a flexible polyelectrolyte chain in ionic liquid.

Hobbies:

Swimming and snow sports

Education:

B.S., Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines (2008)

Current Research:

Current research is focused on creating a synthetic vitreous gel

Hobbies:

Education:

B.S. in Material science and Engineering, University of Florida (2008)

Current Research:

Biomineralization

Hobbies:

Education:

B.Sc, Zhejiang University

M.S, Beijing University

Current Research:

Phase Separation in Polyelectrolytes

Hobbies:

Reading & Kendo

Education:

B.S., Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008)

Current Research:

Polymer Translocation

Hobbies:

Soccer, Music

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My CV

Education:

Ph.D (2008), Theoretical Physics, Institute Of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

M.Sc. (2004), Theoretical Physics, Institute Of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

B.Sc (2002), Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Current Research:

Postdoctoral research in Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.

• Endocytosis of charged polymers
• DNA translocation through nanopores.

Hobbies:

Books, Traveling, Football.

Education:

Ph.D. Physics, Syracuse University, 2008

Current Research:

Physics of polymers and soft material assembly.

Hobbies: