Current Members (alphabetical)
Chris Chan, doctoral student since 9/2003; chanchris@seas.upenn.edu
Image simulation to enable the interpretation of STEM images of ion-containing polymers; Morphological study of precisely-sequence ionomers.
Jae-Hong Choi , doctoral student since 9/2007; hongchoi@seas.upenn.edu
Morphology studies of new polymerized ionic liquids to understand the mechanism of ion conduction.
Dr. Arun Kota, postdoctoral researcher since 2/2008; arunkota@seas.upenn.edu
Polymer nanocomposites using functionalized graphite
Morphological study of sulfonated pentablock copolymers
Minfang Mu , doctoral student since 9/2004; minfang@seas.upenn.edu
Polymer nanocomposites including mechanical properties and polymer diffusion
David Salas-de la Cruz, doctoral student since 9/2007; dsalas@seas.upenn.edu
Morphology studies of new polymerized ionic liquids to understand the mechanism of ion conduction.
Wenqin "Sunny" Wang , doctoral student since 9/2005; wenqinw@seas.upenn.edu
Morphology studies of ion-containing polymers to understand the mechanism of ion conduction.
Sadie I. White, doctoral student since 1/2005; whitesa@seas.upenn.edu
Polymer nanocomposites based on metal nanowires
Former Members (alphabetical by type)
Postdoctoral Fellows (partial listing)
Dr. Jonathan H. Laurer, 1998-99; IRC, Inc.
Dr. M. Moniruzzaman, 2005-08; SABIC Innovative Plastics
Dr. Andreas H. Taubert, 2000-02; Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Germany
Doctoral Students
Dr. Nicholas M. Benetatos, PhD 2006; Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Avinash Budhian, PhD 2006; Reckitt Benckise, NJ
Dr. Fangming Du , PhD 2005; General Electric Lighting, Willoughbry, OH
Dr. Reto Haggenmueller, PhD 2005; Daimler Trucks North America, Portland OR
Dr. Brian P. Kirkmeyer, PhD 2003; Miami University, Oxford, OH
Dr. Lei Qiao, PhD 2001; Dupont Marshal Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Nicole N. Pellegrini, PhD 1999
Dr. B. Scott Pinheiro, PhD 1996
Dr. Daniel L. Polis, PhD 1999; NASA, Greenbelt, MD
Dr. Nancy Zhou, PhD 2007; IBM, Essex Junction, VT
Masters Degree Students (partial listing)
Maria L. Berba, MS 1994; Johnson and Johnson Phillipines, Manilla, Phillipines
Tsung-Ta "Ethan" Chan, MS 2007; PhD program at North Carolina State University
Lai-Ching Chou, MS 2007
Joyce J. Espiritu, MS 1997; Bentley-Harris, Inc.
Theresa E. Derderian, MS 1994; BIO-MED Service, Inc.
Marcus Hsu, MS 2003; Intel
Forrest Pilgrim, MS 2002
Amod Saxena, MS 2006
Micheala Tymichova, MS 1996; University of Wollongong
Undergraduate Students (partial listing)
06-07 Senior Design Group: Thomas Acchione, Jena Deng, Henry Friedman
07-08 Senior Design Group: Jason Ginsberg, Nicholas Smeets, Rebecca Goldman, Patrick Curran
08-09 Senior Design Group: Conor Donnelly, Michael Frankel
08-09 Senior Design Group: Samuel Hsu, David Jahnke
Robert D. Armitage, B.S. 1988
Stijn Brand, exchange student 2003-04
Jason DeGaetano, B.S. 2001
Michael DeLiso, B.S. expected 2010
Laura F. (Cerini) Ford, B.S.1993
Bruce Hilman, B.S. & M.S. expected 2009
Layla Houshmand, summer 2008, Certificate of Merit for Student Paper Competition
Dr. Y. Lynn Loo, B.S.1996, PhD at Princeton; Princeton University
Robert C. Scogna, summer 2003; PhD program at Princeton University
Dr. Karen Sohn, B.S. 2002, PhD at UCSB; currently with Becton Dickinson
Zachary Williams, B.S. 2006