Group Members

Principle Investigator

Shan Jiang, PhD

Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Agronomy (courtesy)
Crop Bioengineering Center (CBC)
Biomedical Engineering (BME) Program
Polymer and Food Protection Consortium (PFPC)
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (courtesy)

Prior Education & Research Experience
•Project Leader, Waterborne Coating Technology, The Dow Chemical Company
•Postdoc, Drug Delivery and Gene Therapy, MIT, Langer Lab
•Ph.D., Janus Particles Synthesis and Self-assembly, UIUC, Granick Lab
•M.S., B.S., cum laude, Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Zhejiang University, China

Awards and Honors
• Lead PI: NSF IGE, PFI-TT, USDA NIFA, DOE, NASA, DOD
• Early Achievement in Teaching Award
• Miller Faculty Fellowship
• The Education Leadership Award
• 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award
• YCC Leadership Development Award
• Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, R&D 100 Award (team member)
• Racheff-Intel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research

Office: Hoover 2220BD & Gilman 3111
Lab: Gilman Hall
Email: sjiang1@iastate.edu
Mailing address:
528 Bissell Road
Ames, IA 50011-2300

Scholars and Students

Fei Liu, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Ph.D., Peking University
NSF and ACS Conference Travel Award
Postdoctoral Scholar Seed Grant Award

email: fliu@iastate.edu

Alan Eggenberger, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

email: ale@iastate.edu

Serkan Demirci, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Gazi University
Assistant Professor: Amasya University

email: sdemirci@iastate.edu

Abhijit Bera, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D., AcSIR, CSIR

email: abhijitb@IASTATE.EDU

Matthew Marander

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
McGee-Wagner Scholarship
ISGC Fellowship

email: marander@iastate.edu

Connor Thorpe

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Arizona
F. Wendell Miller Graduate Scholarship
DataFEWSion Graduate Traineeship

email: cthorpe@iastate.edu

Utsav Kumar Dey

Ph.D. Candidate
Master: Iowa State University

email: utsav@iastate.edu

Tyler Kirscht

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University

email: tkirscht@iastate.edu

Zhengtao Yang

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Central Florida

email: zyang1@IASTATE.EDU

Ritinder Sandhu

Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University

email: ritinder@iastate.edu

Ricardo Ortega

Ph.D. Candidate
IINspire-LSAMP scholarship
Copper Club Scholarship

email: ortega@iastate.edu

Aneeba Chaudary

Ph.D. Candidate

email: chaudary@iastate.edu

Thamer Rawah

Ph.D. Candidate

email: trawah@iastate.edu

Ahmad Malkawi

Ph.D. Student

email: malkawi@iastate.edu

Bingrui Huang

Master Student

email: bingruih@iastate.edu

Cole Hanson

Master Student

email: chanson3@iastate.edu

Jack Nolder

Undergraduate Student
NSF REU Scholarship

email: jnolder@IASTATE.EDU

Joseph Koenig

Undergraduate Student

email: jwkoenig@iastate.edu

Collin Grota

Undergraduate Student
Boeing Fellow Intern

email: cgrota@IASTATE.EDU

Sophia Schmitz

Undergraduate Student
Boeing Fellow Intern

email: spetras@iastate.edu

Billie Alexander

Undergraduate Student
APEX-E Summer Program

email: billiea@iastate.edu

We are always interested in Ph.D., Master candidates and undergraduate students with materials science background. However, all motivated and hard-working candidates are encouraged to apply.
Please review my website and publications carefully before contacting me. Due to the high volume of applications I receive, I will only respond to candidates I am interested in interviewing. Preference will be given to applicants already based in the U.S. with relevant experience.

Alumni

Emily Olson, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Brown Graduate Fellowship, NASA Fellowship
MSE Research Excellence Award
Current Position: Ecolab
email: emily.olson@ecolab.com

Ayuna Tsyrenova, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Master: National University of Science and Technology MISiS
Fulbright Scholar, Catron Fellowship
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: Seigwerk USA
email: ayuna.tsyrenova@siegwerk.com

Kyle Miller, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Trinect Fellow Award
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: Valent BioSciences

email: kylem167@gmail.com

Yifan Li, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Master: Cornell University
Presidential Scholar, Brown Graduate Fellowship
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: AkzoNobel
email: EvanYFLi@outlook.com

Rebecca Mort, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab

Bachelor: Cornell University
Current Position: Dow Chemical

email: therjmort@gmail.com

Zihao Xu, Ph.D.

Iowa State Master

email: zihaoxu@iastate.edu

Yanhua (Conan) Huang

Iowa State Master

Iowa State PhD Candidate

email: yanhuah@iastate.edu

Dana Smith

Iowa State Bachelor

ES3, Geogia

Connor Hammons

Iowa State Bachelor

Nancy Sweeney

Summer SULI Student