Group Members
(More photos)![Shan Jiang Photo](Pictures/Shan%20Portrait%20Suit%204-5.jpg)
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
![Fei Liu](Pictures/Fei%20photo.jpg)
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](Pictures/Al photo.jpg)
Alan Eggenberger, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
email: ale@iastate.edu
![Serkan Demirci](Pictures/Serkan%20photo.jpg)
Serkan Demirci, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Gazi University
Assistant Professor: Amasya University
email: sdemirci@iastate.edu
![Abhijit Bera](Pictures/Bera_sq.jpg)
Abhijit Bera, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D., AcSIR, CSIR
email: abhijitb@IASTATE.EDU
![Matthew Marander](Pictures/Matt_sm.jpg)
Matthew Marander
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
McGee-Wagner Scholarship
ISGC Fellowship
email: marander@iastate.edu
![Connor Thorpe](Pictures/ConnorT_sq.jpg)
Connor Thorpe
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Arizona
F. Wendell Miller Graduate Scholarship
DataFEWSion Graduate Traineeship
email: cthorpe@iastate.edu
![Connor Thorpe](Pictures/Utsav photo sq.jpg)
Utsav Kumar Dey
Ph.D. Candidate
Master: Iowa State University
email: utsav@iastate.edu
![Tyler Kirscht](Pictures/Tyler_sq.jpg)
Tyler Kirscht
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
email: tkirscht@iastate.edu
![Zhengtao Yang](Pictures/Zhengtao sq.jpg)
Zhengtao Yang
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: University of Central Florida
email: zyang1@IASTATE.EDU
![Ritinder Sandhu](Pictures/Ritinder sm.jpg)
Ritinder Sandhu
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor: Iowa State University
email: ritinder@iastate.edu
![Ricardo Ortega](Pictures/Ricardo sq.jpg)
Ricardo Ortega
Ph.D. Candidate
IINspire-LSAMP scholarship
Copper Club Scholarship
email: ortega@iastate.edu
![Aneeba Chaudary](Pictures/Aneeba sq.jpg)
Aneeba Chaudary
Ph.D. Candidate
email: chaudary@iastate.edu
![Thamer Rawah](Pictures/Thamer sm.jpg)
Thamer Rawah
Ph.D. Candidate
email: trawah@iastate.edu
![Ahmad Malkawi](Pictures/Ahmad sm.jpg)
Ahmad Malkawi
Ph.D. Student
email: malkawi@iastate.edu
![Bingrui Huang](Pictures/Bingrui sq.jpg)
Bingrui Huang
Master Student
email: bingruih@iastate.edu
![Cole Hanson](Pictures/cole sm.jpg)
Cole Hanson
Master Student
email: chanson3@iastate.edu
![Jack Nolder](Pictures/jack sq.jpg)
Jack Nolder
Undergraduate Student
NSF REU Scholarship
email: jnolder@IASTATE.EDU
![Joseph Koenig](Pictures/Joseph Koenig_sm.jpg)
Joseph Koenig
Undergraduate Student
email: jwkoenig@iastate.edu
![Collin Grota](Pictures/Collin_sq.jpg)
Collin Grota
Undergraduate Student
Boeing Fellow Intern
email: cgrota@IASTATE.EDU
![Sophia Schmitz](Pictures/Sophia sm.jpg)
Sophia Schmitz
Undergraduate Student
Boeing Fellow Intern
email: spetras@iastate.edu
![Billie Alexander](Pictures/Billie sq.jpg)
Billie Alexander
Undergraduate Student
APEX-E Summer Program
email: billiea@iastate.edu
![Iowa State Logo](Pictures/Iowa%20State%20Bird.jpg)
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.
![Emily Olson](Pictures/Emily%20Photo.jpg)
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](Pictures/Ayuna%20photo.jpg)
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](Pictures/Kyle%20Sq.jpg)
Kyle Miller, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab
Trinect Fellow Award
ISU Teaching Excellence Award
Current Position: Valent BioSciences
email: kylem167@gmail.com
![Yifan Li](Pictures/Yifan%20photo.jpg)
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](Pictures/Rebecca_sm.jpg)
Rebecca Mort, Ph.D. from Jiang Lab
Bachelor: Cornell University
Current Position: Dow Chemical
email: therjmort@gmail.com
![Zihao photo](Pictures/Zihao%20photo_Sq.jpg)
Zihao Xu, Ph.D.
Iowa State Master
email: zihaoxu@iastate.edu
![Huang photo](Pictures/Huang_sq.jpg)
Yanhua (Conan) Huang
Iowa State Master
Iowa State PhD Candidate
email: yanhuah@iastate.edu
![Dana Photo](Pictures/Dana%20Photo_sq.jpg)
Dana Smith
Iowa State Bachelor
ES3, Geogia
![Connor photo](Pictures/Connor_sq.jpg)
Connor Hammons
Iowa State Bachelor
![Nancy photo](Pictures/Nancy%20Photo.jpg)
Nancy Sweeney
Summer SULI Student
![Weston photo](Pictures/Weston%20photo.jpg)
Weston Laake
Iowa State Bachelor
![Charlie photo](Pictures/Charlie%20photo.jpg)
Charles Truka
Iowa State Bachelor
![Ana photo](Pictures/Ana%20photo.jpg)
Ana Miller
Iowa State Bachelor
NSF REU Award
Current Position: HID Global, Minneapolis
![Riley photo](Pictures/Riley%20Photo_sm.jpg)
Riley Behan
Iowa State Bachelor
NSF REU Award
MD/PhD, University of Iowa
![Carmen photo](Pictures/Carmen_sq.jpg)
Carmen Wu
Summer NSF REU Student
![Yasmeen photo](Pictures/Yasi%20photo.jpg)
Yasmeen Mansoorieh
Iowa State Bachelor
![John photo](Pictures/John%20photo_sq.jpg)
John Henjum
Iowa State Bachelor
ATI
![Mason photo](Pictures/Mason_sq.jpg)
Mason Kenkel
First-Year Honors Undergraduate Student
Iowa State Bachelor
email: mnkenkel@iastate.edu
![Henry photo](Pictures/Henry_sq.jpg)
Henry Thurber
Iowa State Bachelor
University of Michigan, Ph.D. Candidate
email: hthurber@iastate.edu
![Devin photo](Pictures/Devin%20Photo_sq.jpg)
Devin Palm
Undergraduate Student
Honor Program
Iowa State Bachelor
email: dcpalm@iastate.edu
![Madi photo](Pictures/Madi%20photo.jpg)
Madison Drent
3M
Dean’s Leadership Award
Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA)
Iowa State Bachelor
email: mldrent@iastate.edu
![Tae Hyung Kim](Pictures/Kim_sm.jpg)
Tae Hyung Kim
Undergraduate Student
Iowa State Bachelor
email: taehyung@iastate.edu
![Chanhong Lee](Pictures/Chanhong_sq.jpg)
Chanhong Lee
Iowa State Bachelor
PhD Candidate Virginia Tech
email: echanlee@iastate.edu
![Xilong Ke](Pictures/Xilong_sq.jpg)
Xilong Ke
Iowa State Bachelor
Undergraduate Student
email: xke@iastate.edu
![Alexandra Dunnum](Pictures/Ally Dunnum Photo sq.png)
Ally Dunnum
PhD candidate Georgia Institute of Technology
email: adunnum1@iastate.edu
![Annie Huynh](Pictures/Annie sq.jpg)
Annie Huynh
APEX-E Summer Program
Undergraduate Student
email: annieh47@iastate.edu
![Kristen Aebischer](Pictures/KristenA sq.jpg)
Kristen Aebischer
IINspire-LSAMP scholarship
Undergraduate Student
email: kaebischer@dmacc.edu
![Andrew Ruba](Pictures/Andrew_sq.jpg)
Andrew Ruba
PhD Candidate University of Michigan
email: ajruba@iastate.edu
![Elizabeth Griffin](Pictures/Liz photo.jpeg)
Elizabeth Griffin
PhD Candidate Northwestern
email: lizg14@iastate.edu
![Adam Eichhorn](Pictures/Adam sq.jpg)
Adam Eichhorn
PhD Candidate University of Michigan
email: axe1@iastate.edu
![Sai Maurice](Pictures/Maurice sq.jpg)
Sai Maurice
Donaldson
email: smaurice@iastate.edu
![Junho Lee](Pictures/Junho.jpg)
Junho Lee
Undergraduate Student
email: ljh1124@iastate.edu
![Erin Peters](Pictures/Erin_sq.jpg)
Erin Peters
Undergraduate Student
email: empeters@iastate.edu
![Jessica Fuertes-De Arcos](Pictures/Jessica sq.jpg)
Jessica Fuertes-De Arcos
Undergraduate Student
NSF REU Scholarship
email: jfuertes@IASTATE.EDU
![Robert Bengel](Images/Robert_sq.jpg)
Robert Bengel
Undergraduate Student
email: rhobear@iastate.edu