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
Collaborating Professor
Prof. Tae-Hwa Chun, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Tissue engineering, Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Prof. Tae-Hwa Chun is a clinician-researcher specializing in diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and endocrine disorders. His research efforts focus on enzyme-mediated fat tissue remodeling, which maintains healthy fat function and metabolism. High caloric diet causes diabetes and cardiovascular diseases by disrupting healthy fat remodeling and function.
Prof. Chun works with tissue engineering & nanoparticle subgroup to lend his expertise in cellular biology for various applications
Research Staff
Jeffery Raymond, PhD
Lead Research Engineer
Jeff works on the characterization and formulation of functional nano- and micro-materials.
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.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Yeongun Ko, PhD
Chemical Engineering
Yeongun focuses on engineering polymeric and protein nanoparticles for therapeutic delivery.
Seongjun Moon, PhD
Chemical Engineering
Graduate Students
Ava Mauser
Biomedical Engineering
Ava conducts research focused on developing protein-based nanoparticles for the delivery of therapeutic cargo in diffuse astrocytoma and glioblastoma.
Yao Yao
Oral Health Sciences
Yao develops novel biomaterial strategies for tissue regeneration including scaffolds and gene delivery.
Xiaoyang Zhong
Materials Science & Engineering
Xiaoyang studies 3D polymer nanostructures via chemical vapor deposition.
Anthony Berardi
Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Anthony uses synthetic polymer chemistry and bioengineering techniques to understand how the physicochemical properties of polymeric- and protein-based nanocarrier systems influence their success in nanomedicine and biotechnology applications.
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
Josh Flint
Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Current Undergraduate Students
Ryan Tippy (mentored by Anthony Berardi) | Sophomore in Chemistry | rytipp@umich.edu
Alumni
Graduate students & Post-docs
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!