People
Current Members:
Principal Investigator
Jianjun Wei, Ph.D. ( j_wei@uncg.edu)
Postdoctoral Associate
Frank Tukur, PhD, fjtukur@uncg.edu
Current Graduate Students
Naghmeh Aboualigaledari (fall 2020 -), PhD student, n_aboua2@uncg.edu
Bukola Adesanmi (fall 2021 -, co-advising with Dr. Sherine Obare), PhD student, boadesanmi@uncg.edu
Raphael Ayivi (fall 2021 -, co-advising with Dr. Sherine Obare), PhD student, rdayivi@uncg.edu
Panesun Tukur (fall 2021 -, co-advising with Dr. Yirong Mo), PhD student, pjtukur@uncg.edu
Lane Webster (fall 2022 -), PhD student, tlwebster@uncg.edu
Chenhao Tang (fall 2023 -), PhD student, c_tang4@uncg.edu
Dan Yang (spring -), PhD student, d_yang4@uncg.edu
September 2021
Back: Alireza Rahimi, Jacob Coscarelly, Frank Tukur
Middle: Raphael Ayivi, Panesun Tukur, Mengxin Liu, Bukola Adesanmi
Front: Jianjun Wei, Naghmeh Aboualigaledari, Mahsa Azami, Anitha Jayapalan, (Anu Anele, not in)
August 2019
Back: Zuowei Ji, Bhawna Bagra, Durga Arvapalli, Anitha Jayapalan, Ziyu Yin, Mahsa Azami, Xinping Zeng
Front: Kokougan Allado, Mengxin Liu, Jianjun Wei, Alex Sheardy, Frank Tukur
August 2018
Back: Anitha Jayapalan, Harish Chevva, Zuowe Ji, Mengxin Liu, Xinping Zeng, Jianjun Wei, Durga Arvapalli, Ziyu Yin, Bhawna Bagra
Front: Kokougan Allado, Alex Sheardy, Taylor Mabe, (Wendi Zhang, not shown)
August 2017
Back: Zheng Zeng, Yiyang Liu, Kokougan Allado Yawovi, Alex Sheardy, (Taylor Mabe not shown)
Front: Jianjun Wei, Harish Chevva, Ziyu Yin, Wendy Zhang, Durga M Arvapalli, Bhawna Bagra, Zuowei Ji
June 2016
Back: Taylor Mabe, Zheng Zeng, Yiyang Liu, Alex Sheardy,
Front: Durga M. Arvapalli, Wendy Zhang, Harish Chevva
September 2015
Back: Zheng Zeng, Wendy Zhang, Alex Sheardy, Ashutosh Shah, Harish Chevva
Front: Yiyang Liu, Jianjun Wei, Taylor Mabe
March 2014
Jianjun Wei, Niley Doshi, Yiyang Liu, Jay Wilhelmi
Alumni
Students
Anu Anele PhD in Nanoscience (2024)
Mahsa Azami PhD in Nanoscience (2023), a researcher at AbbVie.
Anitha Jayapalan PhD in Nanoscience (2023), a researcher at Lonza Biologics Inc.
Mengxin Liu PhD in Nanoscience (2023), a postdoctoral associate at NC A& T University.
Frank Tukur PhD in Nanoscience (2023), a postdoctoral associate at JSNN/UNC Greensboro
Bhawna Bagra PhD in Nanoscience (2021) TD Litho Module and Integration Device Yield Engineer at Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
Ziyu Yin PhD in Nanoscience (2021), a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hawaii
Kokougan Allado PhD in Nanoscience (2021), Chemistry Instructor at NC A&T
Durga M. Arvapalli PhD in Nanoscience (2020), Scientist at Bioskryb, Inc (Durham, NC)
Zuowei Ji, PhD in Nanoscience (2020), Lecturer at Hongkong Chinese University in Shenzhen, China
Alex Sheardy, PhD in Nanoscience (2020), Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Notre Dame
Wendi Zhang, PhD in Nanoscience (2019). Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Arizona, USA
Harish Chevva, PhD in Nanoscience (2019). Materials Scientist at Juul Labs, Inc.
Taylor Mabe, PhD in Nanoscience (2018). Chemistry Lecturer/Instructor, UNC Greensboro
Zheng Zeng, PhD in Nanoscience (2017). Associate Professor at Central South University, Hunan, China.
Yiyang Liu, PhD in Nanoscience (2017). Assistant Professor at Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.
Alex Aboagye, PhD in Nanoengineering, (2014, co-advised)
Ashutosh Shah (2014-2016, MS in Nanoengineering, co-advised)
Shuayl Alotaibi (spring 2016, MS in Nanoscience)
Niley Doshi (spring 2015, MS in Nanoscience)
Juan Peñaranda (spring 2016, undergraduate)
Justin Campbell (spring 2015, undergraduate)
Jay Wilhemi (spring 2014, undergraduate)
Jake Smith (summer 2014, undergraduate)
Post-doctors
Dr. Zheng Zeng (2018), Associate Professor at Central South University, Hunan, China
Dr. Taylor Mabe (2018-2020)
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Xinping Zeng, Associate Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, China