Google scholar | Linkedin
Fjorela Xhyliu
Chemical Engineering
Contact
fxhyliu@umich.edu
Education
PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2025 (Expected)
MS in Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2020
BS in Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2019
Research
Fjorela is interested in engineering protein nanoparticle systems for bioimaging and therapeutic purposes.
Previous Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Geyou Ao Lab, Cleveland State University, 2019-2020
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Summer 2019
Teaching Assistant, Washkewicz College of Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Geyou Ao Lab, Cleveland State University, 2017-2019
Awards
Rackham Merit Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2020
Graduate Leadership Award, Washkewicz College of Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2020
National Institute of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (NIST-SURF), 2019
Third place winners, Senior Design Symposium, Washkewicz College of Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2019
Engineering Student Award, Washkewicz College of Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2017
Publications
Xhyliu, F., Ao, G., “Surface- coatings and light-controlled oxygen doping of carbon nanotubes” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021.
Zhao, J., Hu, Yi., Liu, H., Fang, C., Li, C., Xhyliu, F., Bodo, J., Dysert, H., Habermehl, G., Russell, B. E., Li, W., Chappell, M., Jiang, X., Ondrejka, S. L., His, E. D., Maciejewski, J, P., Yi, Q., Anderson, K. C., Munshi, N. C., Ao, G., Valent, J. N., Lin, J., Zhao, J., Lin, J., “miR-26a as a novel potential therapeutic via inhibit CD38 translation and may overcome datatumumab resistance in multiple myeloma(MM)” J. Immunol., 2020.
Xhyliu, F., Ao, G., “Chirality-pure carbon nanotubes show distinct complexation with recognition DNA sequences” Carbon, 2020.
Hu, Yi., Liu, H., Fang, C., Li, C., Xhyliu, F., Dysert, H., Bodo, J., Habermehl, G., Russell, B. E., Li, W., Chappell, M., Jiang, X., Ondrejka, S. L., His, E. D., Maciejewski, J, P., Yi, Q., Anderson, K. C., Munshi, N. C., Ao, G., Valent, J. N., Lin, J., Zhao, J., “Targeting of CD38 by the tumor suppressor miR-26a serves as a novel potential therapeutic agent in multiple myeloma” Cancer Res., 2020.
Presentations
International Association for Dental Research (IADR/AADR/CADR), Washington DC, USA, 2020 (oral)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Student Collaboration Lab, London, UK, 2019 (oral)
Biomaterials Day, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, 2019 (poster)
Summer Undergraduate Research Colloquium, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST-SURF), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 2019 (oral)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2018 (oral)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2018 (poster)
The Fall 2018 Undergraduate Research Poster Session, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA, 2018 (poster)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2017 (poster)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2017 (poster)
The Fall 2017 Undergraduate Research Poster Session, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA, 2018 (poster)