Meet Our Team

Research Professor

Dr. Thien Toan Tran

​Thien-Toan Tran received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Riverside in 2009.  He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering under the supervision of Dr. Ashok Mulchandani from the University of California-Riverside in 2018.  Before pursuing his doctorate, Toan also worked in industry to develop point-of-care optical biosensors for diabetes monitoring.  His research is focused on development of chemical and biological sensors using novel nanomaterials.  Upon joining our lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2018, he is working on developing an electronic nose system.

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Postdoctoral Researchers 

Dr. Hyumin Yang

Dr. Zhiwei Li

Co-supervise with Prof. Yadong Yin

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Graduate Students and Visiting Graduate Students

Suporna Paul​

Ph. D. Student at ND Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sooyoun "Sally"  Yu

Ph. D. Graduate Student in UCR Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Dung To

Ph. D. Student at ND Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Linh Toan My To

Ph. D. Student in Univ. Notre Dame Department of Chemistry (Co-supervise with Prof. Paul Bohn)

​​Bingxin Yang

Ph. D. Student in UCR Materials Science and Engineering

Zuyang Yu​

Ph. D. student in UCR Chemistry (Co-supervise with Prof. Yadong Yin)

Yun "Lisa" Choi

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M. S. students in UCR Chemical Engineering

Meredith Lee

Ph. D. Student in Univ. Notre Dame Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Co-supervise with Prof. Paul Bohn)

Joseph Hart

Ph. D. Student at ND Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Ding Deng

Undergraduate Researchers

Faraj Al-badani

Major: Chemical Engineering
​Direct Supervisor: Thien Toan Tran

Jacob Brady

Major: Chemical Engineering
​Direct Supervisor: Thien Toan Tran

Issac Hong

Major: Biological Engineering
Direct Supervisor: Thien Toan Tran

Mihyo Kang

Major: Chemical Engineering
Direct Supervisor: Sooyoun Yu

Alumni 

​Dr. Jiwon Kim

Priscilla Hung Vuong

Mr. Wayne Bosze

Christopher S. Anderson

Paymon Shirazi

Dr. Yaocao Bai

Nobay Hernandez Lopez

Daniel Landry

​Andrew Dalmacio

Dr. Tingjun "Andy" Wu

​Christopher ​Rugge

Dr. Yosep Han

​Megan Kieu

Dr. Sanggon Kim

Chase Whitney

Josias Ochoa

Xiaoru Ren

Saba Seyedmahmoudbaraghani

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Steve Daniel Yang

Dr. Youngwoo Rheem

​Navaneet Ramabadran

Joseph E. Kessler

​Corey Scott Kruczek

Micah Mata

Ansh Nagpal

Lamia Hossain

Dr. Sunhwa Park

Dr. Chengshuang Wang

Tien Ngo

Family Gathering (Fall 2018)

Group Picture (2017)

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Group Picture (2016)

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