Prof. Joerg Lahann, PhD
Director, Biointerfaces Institute
Wolfgang Pauli Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
University of Michigan
Co-Director, Institute of Functional Interfaces
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Research Staff
Michael Triebwasser, MD/PhD
Research Fellow, Clinical Instructor
Mike focuses on developing the building blocks for genetic medicines that can realize the promise of curative therapy for individuals with both common and rare disorders.
Grant Dominic
Research Technician
Grant conducts work regarding polymeric nanoparticles and their applications in gene delivery.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Seongjun Moon, PhD
Chemical Engineering
Deliris Nairy Ortiz-Ortiz, PhD
Chemical Engineering
Deliris focuses on engineering advanced protein-based nanoparticle designs to improve their localization within the brain and optimize the delivery of RNA and drug therapeutics.
Graduate Students
Do Hoon (Chris) Kim
Chemical Engineering
Chris investigates novel methods to engineer extracellular matrices for cardiac tissue regeneration.
John Kim
Materials Science & Engineering
John studies the surface chemistry of polymer nanofibers templated by liquid crystals.
Albert Chang
Materials Science & Engineering
Albert works in the nanoparticle subgroup. He is interested in devising novel nanoparticles with different surface properties for therapeutic purposes.
Fjorela Xhyliu
Chemical Engineering
Fjorela works on engineering protein nanoparticle systems for bioimaging and therapeutic purposes.
Arit Patra
Chemical Engineering
Arit studies the chemical vapor deposition synthesis of nanofiber arrays templated by a bilayer of cholesteric liquid crystals.
Julio Zelaya
Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Julio studies nanoparticles
Josh Flint
Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Josh investigates the synthesis and performance of biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles for non-viral gene delivery.
Eleanor Plaster
Biomedical Engineering
Eleanor is interested in the fabrication of dynamic hydrogels and scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.
Kate Kaplin
Chemistry
Kate is interested in synthesizing nanoparticles for novel therapeutic uses.
Marisa Perez
Material Science and Engineering
Yifei (Robin) He
Biomedical Engineering (MEng)
Robin studies the deign and delivery of protein nanoparticles targeting oral and lung diseases.
Will Heckman
Macromolecular Science & Engineering (MEng)
Will is in the nanoparticle subgroup.
Tianyang Chen
Material Science and Engineering (MS)
Tianyang studies chemical vapor deposition with Arit
Michele
(Visiting Student)
Current Undergraduate Students
Ryan Tippy (mentored by Anthony Berardi) | Sophomore in Chemistry | rytipp@umich.edu
Grant Grasman (mentored by Fjorela Xhyliu) | Chemical Engineering ‘25| ggrasman@umich.edu
Taysia Morioka (mentored by Michael Triebwasser ) | Chemical Engineering ‘24| taysia@umich.edu
Sophia Lee (mentored by Julio Zelaya ) | Chemical Engineering ‘25| sophiia@umich.edu
Maggie Robbins (mentored by Michael Triebwasser ) | Chemical Engineering ‘26| maggiemr@umich.edu
Aditya Kishan (mentored by Albert Chang) | Chemical Engineering ‘27| akishan@umich.edu
Alumni
Graduate Students & Post-docs
Ava Mauser | Scientist at Eli Lilly (2024)
Anthony Berardi | Co-Founder, Citrimer (2024)
Yao Yao | Postdoc with Samir Mitragotri, Harvard University (2024)
Yeongun Ko | Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University in Korea (2022)
Dylan Neale | Scientist at Sanofi (2022)
Laura Sanders | Scientist at Tessera Therapeutics (2022)
Nahal Habibi | Scientist at Laronde (2021)
Ayse Muniz | Associate at Flagship Pioneering (2021)
Jason Gregory | Senior Engineer at Laronde (2021)
Danny Quevedo | Senior Consultant at Trinity (2020)
Undergraduate Students
Malini Mukherji (mentored by Dylan Neale) | Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering (2022)
Now at Harvard University for Bioengineering PhD program!
Yazmin Hernandez (mentored by Ava Mauser)| Biomedical Engineering (2020)
Now at University of California at San Diego for Biomedical Engineering PhD program!