PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS MENTORED (2005 – 2025)
| Name | Degree | Year Graduated | Thesis Title (Recent “known” Affiliation) | |
| 45 | Yoon Jeong | Ph.D | 07/2023 | Microbial beads for host-microbiome communication (Research Scientist – Univ of Chicago) |
| 44 | Wenjie Liu | PhD | 07/2022 | Super-resolution imaging & dynamic monitoring of epigenetic regulation in relation to nuclei forces (Senior Scientist – Merck) |
| 43 | Yi Wen | PhD | 07/2022 | Epigenetic regulation for toxicity reversal (Environmental Research – Proctor and Gamble) |
| 42 | Pablo Vega | Ph.D | 12/2020 | Nano delivery system for plants – a plant nanovaccine (Product Formulation, Corteva Agriscience) |
| 41 | Niharika Mirji | MS | 05/2020 | Epigenetic toxicity of PFAS |
| 40 | Yi Wen | MS | 12/2020 | In vitro toxicity of PFAS and its role in lipid metabolism |
| 39 | Pushpak Bhandari | PhD | 07/2017 | Oxygen nanobubbles for imaging and triggered release of therapeutics for bladder cancer (Research Engineer, Cook Biomedicals) |
| 38 | Yi Cui | PhD | 07/2016 | Understanding the dynamics of epigenetic regulation in cancer – with a focus on Glioma (Senior Scientist, Nanostring) |
| 37 | Nuri Damayanti | PhD | 07/2016 | Technology development for phosphorylation screening in live cells (Neuro-Oncology, Indiana University) |
| 36 | Basudev Chowdhury | PhD | 07/2014 | Gene regulation due to hydroxymethylcytosine in Leukemia cells (Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard University) |
| 35 | Jing Liu | PhD | 05/2015 | Single molecule tools and super-resolution imaging of epigenetic modifications (Professor of Biophysics, Purdue University) |
| 34 | Zhongwu Zhao | PhD | 12/2015 | Epigenetic regulation and treatment (High Resolution Imaging, Cleveland Clinic, Cancer Center) |
| 33 | Ulhas Kadam | PhD | 05/2014 | Detection of splice variants in single cells (Research Professor, Gyeongsang University) |
| 8 32 | Fang Yi | MS | 07/2012 | Classification of cancers in 2D and 3D cultures by Raman spectroscopy (Completed Ph.D, Nebraska) |
| 31 | Ana Paula Craig | Ph.D | 07/2013 | Spectroscopic methods for food quality assessment (Co-mentored) (Associate Director of Quality Control, Ripple Foods) |
| 30 | Joong Hee Min | MS | 12/2012 | Plasmon hyperspectral imaging for detecting structure changes in alpha-synuclein |
| 29 | Sandeep Ravindranath | PhD | 05/2011 | In vivo mapping of metal reduction sites in single bacterium |
| 28 | Jiji Chen | PhD | 05/2011 | Single molecule tools for epigenetic analysis (Co-Director, Advanced Imaging, National Institute of Health) |
| 27 | Kyuwan Lee | PhD | 05/2011 | In vivo mRNA detection using Plasmon imaging (Research Fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) |
| 26 | Brittany Book | MS | 12/2010 | Nobel metals as vehicles for drug delivery and targeting in human cancers (Professor, Purdue University) |
| 25 | Sun Lan | PhD | 12/2008 | Multiplex quantification of genetic material by Surface enhanced raman scattering (Principal Scientist, Viavi Solutions Inc) |
| 24 | Tapasree Sarkar | PhD | 06/2009 | Biophysical methods for understanding signaling cascades (Professor, Texas A&M) |
| 23 | Sandeep Ravindranath | MS | 12/2009 | Spectroscopic and biosensor-based methods for pathogen detection (Director of Strategic Operations, Myntra Inc) |
| 22 | Heyjin Park | MS | 07/2009 | Multiplex detection of cancer biomarkers using nano plasmonic sensors |
| 21 | Leo Varghese | MS | 05/2007 | Interaction of gp16 protein and DNA using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy |
Graduate Students Supervised 1993-2005: 20 [9 Ph.D and 11 M.S students] (at PSU: The Pennsylvania State University and USU: Utah State University)
PAST POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS MENTORED (2003-2025)
| NAME | DATE | Research Topic [Current “known” affiliation] | |
| 27 | Wen Ren | 2013-2025 | Oxygen nanobubble targeting hypoxia; POC devices |
| 26 | Xing Wang | 2022-2023 | Cancer toxicology of PFAS [Faculty of Environmental Engineering, China] |
| 25 | Anu Ramakrishnan | 2018-2019 | Microbiome engineering, toxicology, [Senior Product Specialist, Scientifica, USA] |
| 24 | Samrat Choudhury | 2013-2017 | Epigenetic Editing [Faculty, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas] |
| 23 | Xiaolei Wang | 2013-2016 | Plasmonic imaging of biological interactions [Biophysics, Cannon Medical Research Inc. Raleigh, NC] |
| 22 | Seunghyun Lee | 2012 – 2014 | Live cell monitoring of phosphorylation by SERS (Faculty, Hanyang University, S. Korea] |
| 21 | Il-Hoon Cho | 2011-2014 | Biosensors for protein and whole cell detection [Faculty, Eulji University, S. Korea] |
| 20 | Chaoqing Dong | 2011-2012 | Single-molecule quantification and drug localization [Faculty, Shanghai Jiao Tong University] |
| 19 | Cunlan Gao | 2009-2011 | Understanding chromatin folding by single-molecule methods [Faculty, Wuhan University] |
| 18 | Yuling Wang | 2009-2010 | Multifunctional nanoparticles for biosensor development [Faculty, Macquarie University, Australia] |
| 17 | Pavan Kumar | 2008-2010 | Raman Chemical imaging in single cells [Faculty, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, India] |
| 16 | Chungang Wang | 2007-2009 | Multifunctional nanomaterials for drug delivery and tracking [Faculty, Northeast Normal University] |
| 15 | Rajeev Sinha | 2007-2008 | Single-molecule technology for protein interaction study |
| 14 | Yoriko Lill | 2007-2008 | Single-molecule tracking for cancer diagnostics [Research Scientist, Purdue University] |
| 13 | Ali Shamsaie | 2005-2007 | Raman Spectroscopy – Single particle sensing in cancer cells [Applications Specialist, Bruker Optics, UK] |
| 12 | Chenxu Yu | 2003-2007 | Nanoscale and spectroscopic methodologies for cancer detection [Faculty, Iowa State University] |
| Postdoctoral Scholars Supervised at Penn State University and Utah State University: 11 | |||
PAST VISITING SCHOLARS MENTORED
| Name | Year | Project Title [Current ”known” affiliation] | |
| 1 | Lingyan Zheng | 2019-2020 | Multiplex sensors for monitoring pathogenic organisms [Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China] |
| 2 | Muhammad Shah | 2019-2020 | Biosensors for neurotoxin detection [Faculty, University of Sialkot, Pakistan] |
| 3 | Hina Ashraf | 2018-2019 | Toxicity of plant-based nanoparticles [Postdoctoral Scientist, Connecticut] |
| 4 | Chaoxin Man | 2018-2019 | Simulation of plasmonic sensor materials [Faculty, NE Agricultural University, China] |
| 5 | Zhengzong Wu | 2016-2017 | Surface-enhanced Raman sensors for cervical cancer detection |
| 6 | Zainab Aktar | 2016-2017 | Nanowires for drug delivery |
| 7 | Farhan Mohammed | 2016-2017 | Point of care sensors for pathogen detection |
| 8 | Renjie Wang | 2015-2017 | Sensors of methylation assessment due to nanoparticle toxicity |
| 9 | Ouyang Lei | 2015-2016 | Raman biosensors for methylation detection [Huazhong University of Science and Technology] |
| 10 | Asia Naz | 2013-2014 | Drug Delivery systems for epigenetics research [Faculty, University of Karachi, Pakistan] |
| 11 | Namrata Jaiswal | 2012-2013 | Environmental insults on epigenome |
| 12 | Ana Paula Craig | 2012-2013 | Spectroscopic characterization of biomaterials, UFMG, Brazil [Associate Director of Quality Control, Ripple Foods, Denver, Colorado] |
| 13 | Junpeng Jiang | 2011-2012 | Nanobiosensors for single cell detection |
| 14 | Sarah Voisin | 2011 | Profiling brain cancer by Raman spectroscopy, ens, France |
| 15 | Stefania Mura | 2009 – 2010 | Nanostructures for ultrasensitive pathogen detection [Research Scientist, Sardinia, Italy] |
| 16 | Zeeshan Mirza | 2009 | Nanoparticle synthesis for localized drug delivery, Pakistan |
| 17 | Suman Nag | 2007-2008 | Single-molecule analysis of amyloid beta conformation [co-Founder and Co-President of Research, Kainomyx, USA] |
| 18 | Nyeonsik Kim | 2007-2008 | NanoSPR-based cell identity profiling workstation [Faculty, Kyung-pook National University, Korea] |
| 19 | Mauro Zanelli | 2002-2003 | Biosensors for somatic cell count assessment [University of Milan, Italy] |
| 20 | Francesco Tangorra | 2002-2003 | Spectroscopic determination of somatic cell counts in milk [Faculty, University of Milan, Italy] |
| 21 | Daebin Song | 2002-2003 | Amperometric biosensors for glucose and fructose monitoring [Professor, Gyeongsang National University, S. Korea] |
| 22 | Jeroen Lammertyn | 2002-2003 | Amperometric sensor modeling and analysis using computational fluid dynamics [Professor, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium] |
| 23 | Gabriela Clemente | 2000-2001 | Drying techniques in food engineering [Research Specialist, Valencia Polytechnique, Spain] |
| 24 | Heon Hwang | 1999-2000 | Sensors for food automation [Faculty, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea] |