Current Members

Graduate Students

Ziwen Wang

B.S. Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2018

Research Interests: Image-guided Surgery, Microfabrication, 3D Printing

About Me: I enjoy cooking and love travelling and living abroad. I am also a casual language learner.

Favorite Restaurant in CU: Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano

Email: ziwenw3 [at] illinois [dot] edu

 

 

 

Xin Wang

B.S. Material Physics, Nanjing University, 2022

M.Eng Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2023

Research Interests: pH-responsive polymers, lipid nanoparticles, mRNA delivery, cancer immunotherapy

About Me: I like playing digital games, golf and snowboarding! I enjoy playing with my westie puppy in most of my free time. 

Favorite Restaurant in CU: BBQ Chicken

Email: xinw11 [at] illinois [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

 Zhengyi Bian (Coadvised with Prof. Martin Gruebele)

B.S. Chemistry, Jilin University, 2019

Research Interests: Imaging energy flow in nanomaterials by laser-STM system, Carbon nanomaterial synthesis

About Me: I love tennis, hiking, rock climbing, and snowboarding. I also enjoy playing cards (e.g. Guan-Dan). 

Favorite Restaurant in CU: Northern Cuisine

Email: zbian4 [at] illinois [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

Wenhao Xu

B.S. Pharmaceutical Science, Peking University, 2022

M.S. Pharmaceutics, Peking University, 2024

Research Interests: stimuli-responsive polymers, drug delivery, cancer immunotherapy

About me: I love recreation through running and cycling

Favorite Restaurant in CU: C-U La La Noodle

Email: wenhaox3 [at] Illinois [dot] edu

 

 

 

Jinghang Tan

B.S. Software Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2024

Research Interests: Image-guided Surgery, Biomedical Imaging, Machine Learning

About Me: I enjoy travelling, history and movies. I like playing board games, CS and historically-themed grand strategy games.

Favorite Restaurant in CU: C-U La La Noodle

Email: jt63 [at] illinois [dot] edu

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate & Master Students

  • Qingyang Fei, Bioengineering, M.ENG
  • Ali El-Assar, Bioengineering, Senior