Principle Investigator
Albert F. Yee
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Email: afyee(at)uci.edu
Current Members
High School Students
Kayley Winata
High School Intern
Education:
Portola High School (2026)
Research: Effects of Crosslinking Agents on Chitosan’s Chemical Properties
Email: winatak(at)uci.edu
Jayla Chan
High School Intern
Education:
Sage Hill School (2026)
Research: Effects of Crosslinking Agents on Chitosan’s Chemical Properties
Email: jaylac1(at)uci.edu
Undergraduate Students
Kara Fan
Undergraduate Student
Education:
B.S. Neuroscience, Rice University (2027)
Research: Analyzing the effects of polarity on the bactericidal properties of nanopillared polymers
Email: kf38(at)rice.edu
Jessie Chen
Undergraduate Student
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Emory University (2026)
Research: Analyzing the effects of polarity on the bactericidal properties of nanopillared polymers
Email: jessie.chen(at)emory.edu
Alumni
Graduate Students
Sara Heedy
PhD Candidate
Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Irvine (2017) Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, UC Irvine (2022)
Research: Molecular confinement on nanostructured polymer surfaces
Email: sheedy(at)uci.edu
Teaching Assistant:
(CBEMS 154) Polymer Science & Engineering
Xin Fu
PhD Student
Education:
B.S. Macromolecular Materials & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology (2016) M.S. Chemical Engineering, UC San Diego (2017) Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, UC Irvine (2022)
Research: Fabrication of nanopillared surfaces through electrohydrodynamic patterning
Email: xfu4(at)uci.edu
Yasaman Fatapour
PhD Student
Education:
B.S. Material Science and Engineering (Amirkabir University of Technolgy, Tehran , Iran (2014)
M.S. Biomedical engineering, University of Houston (2018)
Ph.D. Biomedical engineering, UC Irvine (2022)
Research: Bandage contact lens materials with drug loading
Email: yfatapou(at)uci.edu
Jingyi Luo
MS Student
Education:
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, UC Irvine (2018)
M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, UC Irvine (2020)
Research: Bandage contact lens materials with drug loading
Email: jluo11(at)uci.edu
Undergraduate Students
Juviarelli J. Pineda
Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Bandage contact lens materials with drug loading
Email: juviarep(at)uci.edu
Aidan Carrigan
Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Fabrication of nanopillared surfaces through electrohydrodynamic patterning
Email: acarriga(at)uci.edu
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