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Professor
Emmanuel P. Giannelis
In addition
to his primary appointment in Materials Science
and Engineering, Giannelis is a member of the
Fields of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. His
research interests include polymer
nanocomposites, nanobiohybrids, nanoparticle
fluids and flexible electronics. His group is
internationally recognized as one of the leading
groups in polymer nanocomposites.
Giannelis
is a member of several organizations and serves
or has served on the editorial boards of Small,
Chemistry of Materials and Macromolecules. He
has co-organized half a dozen conferences or
symposia on Nanocomposites and has delivered
more than 370 Invited Talks and Seminars. He is
the author or co-author of ~150 papers and 10
patents. He is a member of several professional
organizations and a corresponding member of the
European Academy of Sciences. He is a highly
cited author in Materials Science ()
and he is listed as one of the top 25 cited
authors on
Nanotechnology
by ISI.
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Contact info:
Email: epg@cornell.edu
Office: 326
Bard
Phone:
(607) 255-9680 |
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Luis
Estevez:
Luis came to Cornell by way of the
University of Maine at Orono where he earned a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering, graduating Magna Cum Laude. While at the University of
Maine, Lou was an integral part of a four person team that designed,
built and tested a long distance dog sled to be run in the Alaskan
Iditarod. A summer internship investigating nonlinear acoustics at Los
Alamos National Laboratory has inspired Lou to pursue a PhD in Materials
Science and Engineering in order to realize his full potential.
Luis is currently working with Huiqin Lian,
investigating the use of ionic polymer nanocomposites as actuators. The
goal is to utilize the addition of nanoparticles in the polymer matrix
to develop actuators with superior mechanical properties.
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Email: le55@cornell.edu |
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Email:
cf89@gmail.com
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Jason
Fang
Jason officially become one of E.P.G group members in 2004.
He had worked on several projects with great people.
Currently his topics more relate to Antifouling/fouling
release nanocomposites and NIMS based smart surface.
He received his BS degree in Chemistry from the National
Chung Hsing University (TW), where he studied the functional
enzyme of cholesterol esters. And then he spent two more
years in National Chiao Tung University (TW) for his MS
degree in Applied Chemistry, he well cooperated with
industries and developed Silane containing Epoxy/DGEBA
polymer blends for electronic packages.
Unfortunately he couldn’t recall the memory of two-year
long, boring military service in Chemical troop (TW).
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Patarawan
Kahawong
I am
currently entering my third year of graduate study here. I received an
undergraduate and master degrees in Thailand, worked for a couple of
years, and then came to Cornell. My background studies as a ceramic
technology major are very much integrated into my current research topic
about the effect of magnetic field dependence in enzymatic
reactions. It has currently been evolved into an area of research that
has generated promising results in catalysis, a field of great
scientific, commercial and economic importance.
I’m learning more about
agricultural and environmental
bioprocessing engineering
in an materials
context. I'm lucky to be surrounded by so many intelligent and engaging
people in the group. They constantly push me to do my best and offer me
not only their knowledge and experience but also assistance and
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Email: pk97@cornell.edu
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Email: jn92@cornell.com
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Jishnu
Naskar
Jishnu received his BS in Chemistry from St. Stephens
College, Delhi University in India. He also did research at
the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur (IIT-K) where
he studied the electron transfer mechanism of Nitric oxide
synthase of Cytochrome P450. He is currently a graduate
student at the Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at
Cornell and his research in the group involves an intriguing
mixture of chemistry, microbiology, materials and
nanotechnology investigating novel methods in delivery and
targeting drugs and gene therapeutics using layered
nanoparticles in cancer therapy.
A horrid singer, fortunately he likes to relax by playing on
his violin in which he earned a Distinction from The Royal
Schools of Music, London and though very irenic by nature he
actually holds a Blue Belt in Karate.
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Robert Rodriguez:
Robert Rodriguez received his
BS in Physics from the University of California, Riverside
where he studied the feasibility of noninvasive cancer
detection techniques using SQUID magnetometry. His current
work in the Materials Science and Engineering department
includes the synthesis and characterization of
nanoparticle-based ionic materials.
Email: rr256@cornell.edu
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Loan Vo:
Loan joined the Giannelis group in 2004
and has been working on polymer blend nanocomposites. Prior to coming to
Cornell, she received her BS degree in Chemistry from the University of
Tulsa where she researched polymer actuators. Her other research
experiences have included internships at Harvey Mudd College and IBM
Almaden studying diblock copolymer adsorption on silicon substrates.
Email: loanvo@gmail.com
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Vineet Devaiah:
I received my Bachelors in Technology (B-Tech) in Chemical
Engineering from National Institute Of technology –Karnataka
(NITK). I am currently a Masters of Engineering student in
the biomedical department. I have been working in Prof
.Emmanuel’s group along with Mr. Jishnu Naskar. I have
previously worked as a summer research assistant in Indian
Institute of Science (Bangalore), on manufacturing
Nanocapsules for drug delivery using Layer by layer theory (LBL).
I have also been an integral part of a team which was
instrumental in making a biosensor for detecting Azo-Dyes. I
am right now working on making an efficient vector for siRNA
delivery into cancer cells.
I am a big foodie and self proclaimed basketball star. I am
aspiring to learn more and contribute to the whole idea of
RNA delivery as therapeutic drugs especially in the cure of
cancer.
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Email: rr256@cornell.edu |
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Email: myw7@cornell.edu |
Michelle
Yuen-Ting Wu:
Michelle graduated from
Smith College with a BA in Physics. During her undergraduate
career, Michelle enjoyed many interesting internships
studying a variety of subjects including confocal microscopy
at the University of Maryland and quantum sciences at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Michelle
is currently studying the diffusion properties of
nanoparticle liquids (NPLs) and the use of these NPLs in
heat transfer applications.
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Alexandre
Vermogen
Alexandre
Vermogen was born in 1979. He holds the following degrees :
Engineering Degree in Material Science, Institut National
des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon, France, 2003 ; Master of
Science in Material Physics, Ecole doctorale Matériaux de
Lyon, France, Lyon, 2003 ; PhD in Polymer Physics, Ecole
doctorale Matériaux de Lyon, France, Lyon, 2006. Recently,
he joined the Material Science and Engineering laboratory at
Cornell University.
His research
focuses on the elaboration and characterization of
micro/nano composites with specific morphologies and
properties (transparency, toughness and stiffness).
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Email: hl374@cornell.edu |
Huiqin lian
Huiqin lian received her ME
in chemical engineering in China in 1997. Then she worked in
Yanbian University of China. In 2005, she received her PhD
in organic chemistry for her work on the
design and
synthesis of photochromic
materials at Yanbian
University. She joined the Giannelis group as a postdoctoral
fellow in 2006. Her research interest includes the design
and fabrication of nanocomposites with altered morphologies
and mechanical properties.
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