Graduate Students
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
Haoxiang Chang (Co-advised with Prof. Viktor Gruev)
B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023
B.S. Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023
Research Interests: Perovskite Nanocrystals, Biomedical Imaging, Image-guided Surgery
About Me: I love road trips, especially to the mountains and the ocean.
snowboarding! I enjoy playing with my westie puppy in most of my free time.
Favorite Restaurant in CU: Golden Crab
Email: hc22 [at] illinois [dot] edu
Wenhao Xu (Co-advised with Prof. Hua Wang)
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 (Co-advised with Prof. Viktor Gruev)
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: Cao’s Hot Pot
Email: jt63 [at] illinois [dot] edu
Jiaji Cai (Co-advised with Prof. Viktor Gruev)
B.S. Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 2023
B.Eng. Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 2023
M.Eng. Photonics & Optical Sciences, Duke University, 2025
Research Interests: Biomedical Imaging, Image-guided Surgical Robotics, Machine Learning
About Me: I am game-lover in both digital and board games. I enjoy practicing oboe, making models and playing frisbee during my spare time!
Favorite Restaurant in CU: Northern Cuisine
Email: jiajic2 [at] illinois [dot] edu
Zihan Zhang
B.S. School of Pharmaceutical Science, Peking University, 2023
M.S. School of Pharmaceutical Science, Peking University, 2025
Research Interests: Cancer immunotherapy, CAR-T
About Me: I enjoy exercising, movies and PC games. Delta Force is my favorite game.
Favorite Restaurant in CU: EVO
Email: zihanz28[at]illinois[dot]edu
Zhengyi Bian (Co-advised 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
Undergraduate & Master Students
Patrick Selby (Mechanical Engineering)
Rohan Kulkarni (Bioengineering)