
Michael Tsapatsis
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT)
National Academy of Engineering
Associate Editor Science Advances (Physical and Materials Science)
Postdoctoral Fellows

Yurun Miao
- (B. Sc.) Nanjing University (China), Chemistry
- (Ph. D.) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Chemistry
- Fun fact: I played orienteering in school and still like to read maps in my spare time.

Benjamin P. Le Monnier
- (B. Sc. & M. Sc.) Pierre and Marie Curie University, Material Science
- (Ph. D.) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
- Quote of the day: “We are the chemist who say 58Ni !”

Zhe (David) Yuan
✉ zyuan22@jhu.edu
- (B. Sc.) Tsinghua University, Chemical Engineering
- (Ph. D.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering
- Fun fact: I was born exactly 10,000 days after my mother was born.

Dinesh Mullangi
✉ dmullan5@jhu.edu
- (B. Sc.) Chemistry, Physics, and Mathamatics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. India
- (M. Sc.) Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Puducherry. India
- (Ph. D.) Advisor: Prof. Ramanathan. Vaidhyanathan IISER-Pune, India
- Fun fact: I am uncertain about my actual date of birth, so I have adopted my elder brother’s date of birth, and I have been celebrating it since my schooling days.

Zihao Rei Gao
✉ zgao44@jhu.edu
- (B. Sc.) Nanjing University
- (Ph. D.) Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Spain
PhD Graduate Students

- (B.S.) Zhejiang University, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
- A little about me: I am a huge fan of Taylor Swift since 2009 and I recently saw her in her Eras tour!

- (B.Sc.) University of Minnesota, Chemistry, (B.Eng.) Chmical Engineering
- A little about me: My morning routine starts with a daily wordle.

- (BSE) Arizona State University, Chemical Engineering, Minor in Materials Science and Engineering
- Fun Fact: I name all my pets after types of squash. So far I have Zucchini and Butternut.

Kayley Waltz
- (BS) Penn State University, Chemical Engineering
- A little about me: I love to play board games and read books at home with my two cats, Hopper and Mab.

- Co-advised by Professor Jonah Erlebacher.
- (B.S.) University of Maryland, College Park, Materials Science and Engineering,
- (M.S.E) Johns Hopkins University, Materials Science and Engineering,
- Fun Fact: I’ve been to 42 States out of 50. Getting there.

- Co-advised by Professor Brandon Bukowski
- (BEng) University of Edinburgh, Chemical Engineering
- (MSc) Friedriech-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Advanced Materials and Processes
- Quote of the day: “Yummm I love baking – bread, muffins, croissants, and zeolite”
Master Students

- (B.S.) Guangdong Technion, Chemical Engineering
- My hobby is photography.