Principal Investigator
Prof. Hua Wang
Associate Professor [August 2025-]
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
202 MSEB, 1304 W Green St. Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 300-7097
Email: huawang3@illinois.edu
Affiliated with Cancer Center at Illinois/Carle College of Medicine/Department of Bioengineering/Beckman Institute/Materials Research Laboratory/Institute for Genomic Biology
Education and Training
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (2012)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2016)
Postdoc with Prof. David J. Mooney at Harvard University and Wyss Institute (2016-2020)
Postdoc with Prof. David J. Mooney at Harvard University and Wyss Institute (2016-2020)
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
Sanghun Lee
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2018)
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2020)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2024)
Email: sanghun@illinois.edu
Kulkarni, Nitish Arun
DVM, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India (2013-2018)
Master of Veterinary Science, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), India (2018-2020)
Post-Graduate Diploma in Animal Welfare, IGNOU, India (2020-2021)
PhD, Department of Pathobiology, UIUC (2022-2026)
Email: nitishk3@illinois.edu
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Yueji Wang
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (2021)
Ph.D. Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021- )
Email: yuejiw2@illinois.edu
Dhyanesh Baskaran
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2022)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2023-)
Email: db17@illinois.edu
Xin Wang[Co-advised with Prof. Shuming Nie]
B.S. Material Physics, Nanjing University (2022)
M.Eng Bioengineering, UIUC (2023)
Email: xinw11@illinois.edu
Zihan Zhang
[Co-advised with Prof. Shuming Nie]
B.S. School of Pharmaceutical Science, Peking University (2023)
M.S. School of Pharmaceutical Science, Peking University (2025)
Email: zihanz28@illinois.edu
Angelos Michailidis
B.S. Bioengineering, UIUC (2026)
Ph.D. Bioengineering, UIUC (2026- )
Email: am130@illinois.edu
MASTER’S and UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Jamie Koo
B.S. Chemistry, UIUC
Email: jkoo21@illinois.edu
Lisa (Yixin) Xue
B.S. Chemistry, UIUC (2023-)
Email: lisax2@illinois.edu
Hanzhi Sa
B.S. Material Science and Engineering, UIUC (2023-)
Email: hanzhis3@illinois.edu
Savindi Devmal
B.S. Bioengineering, UIUC (2024-)
Email: sdevmal2@illinois.edu
Akarsh Ellore
B.S. Bioengineering, UIUC (2023-)
Mehak Batra
B.S. Bioengineering, UIUC (2024-)
Jenny Zhu
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology (Honors Concentration), UIUC (2023-)
Email: jenny5@illinois.edu
Wang Lab ALUMNI
PhD Graduates
Yang Bo
B.S. Chemistry and Biology, Tsinghua University (2017)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2023)
Current: Postdoc at University of Washington
Joonsu Han
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2017)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2024)
Current: Postdoc at Argonne National Laboratory
Rimsha Bhatta
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi (2020)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2025)
Current: Eli Lily
Yusheng Liu
B.S. Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China (2020)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021- )
Email: yusheng8@illinois.edu
Current: Postdoc at Harvard Medical School
David (Jiadiao) Zhou
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis (2022)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2022- )
Email: jiadiao2@illinois.edu
Postdoc
Yuan Liu
B.S. Biotechnology, Hebei University
M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing University
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University
Email: yuan45@illinois.edu
MS and Undergrads
David (Minsup) Lee
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2022)
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2024)
Runyu Qi
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University (2023)
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2023-)
Email: runyuq2@illinois.edu
Sean Sutyak
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021)
Current: PhD student at University of Chicago
Jihoon Park
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2022)
Current: PhD student at Purdue University
Hoiyi Huang
B.S. Chemistry, UIUC (2024)
Current: PhD student at University of Southern California
Haoyu Li
Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC
Noah Ben-Isvy
Bioengineering, UIUC
Robbie Nollett
Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC
Leila Williams Bioengineering, UIUC
Minghui Zhu MatSE, UIUC
Satyajit Panda MatSE, UIUC
High School Graduates
Emily Chen
University of Illinois Laboratory High School (2023)
Current: Princeton University
Sophie (Aya) Surheyao
University of Illinois Laboratory High School (2024)
Current: Princeton University