Tao Sun

Supervised by Prof. Vinayak Dravid and Dr. Jin Wang, my doctoral research at Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory was focused on fabrication and characterization of nanostructured oxides.
Stephen J. McDonnell

Stephen McDonnell’s current research interests are centered interfaces relevant to next generation nanoelectronics devices.
Patrick E. Hopkins

Patrick E. Hopkins is a Whitney Stone Professor in Engineering at the University of Virginia, with a primary appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and courtesy appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Physics. He is also the director of the ExSiTE Lab.
Liheng Cai

My lab’s research lies at the interface of soft (bio)materials and biology. We seek to understand and control the interactions between soft (bio)materials and living systems to solve challenges in sustainability and health. We do this using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches.
Leonid V. Zhigilei

Leonid Zhigilei is a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Virginia.

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