Professor Nicholas L. AbbottTisch University Professor
Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Member of Graduate Fields of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Biology Materials Science and Engineering |
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
We encourage undergraduate students interested in research opportunities to reach out to Prof. Abbott by email.
Alumni
Graduate Students
Purvil Jani- Sharing of Strain Between Soft Biological Assemblies and Synthetic Liquid Crystals - PhD - Dec 2024
Ayushi Tripathi- Order Transition in Liquid Crystals Coupled to Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes - PhD - Dec 2024 Cindy Qiu- Context-Dependent Hydrophobic Interactions of α-Peptides - PhD - Oct 2023 Huaizhe Yu- Coupling Surface Reactions to Orientational Transitions of Liquid Crystals - PhD - Apr 2023 Xin Wang- Functional Soft Materials Designed using Colloids and Interfaces at and beyond Equilibrium - PhD - Oct 2022 Nanqi Bao- Ordering Transitions of Liquid Crystals Triggered by Interfacial Reactions - PhD - May 2022 Michael Tsuei- Amphiphilic Assemblies at Liquid Crystal Interfaces - PhD - Sep 2021 Yu Yang- Design of Functional Materials Based on Liquid Crystal-Polymer Composites - PhD - Jul 2021 Hector Fuster- Liquid Crystalline Materials as Templates for Engineering van der Waals Interactions - PhD - May 2021 Hongseung Yeon- Influence of Nanoscopic Heterogeneity on Hydrophobic Interactions - PhD - 2019 Robert Gottlieb-Molecular Self-Assembly Templated by Liquid Crystal Defects - MS - December 2017 Tim Smith- Redox-Dependent Transformations in Molecular Self-Assembly of Ferrocenyl Surfactants - PhD - December 2017 Reza Abasi- Design of Functional Thin Films - PhD - October 2017 Travis Nelson- Endotoxin-induced ordering transitions in liquid crystalline systems - MS - May 2017 Maggie Herron-Design and Characterization of Bioactive Thin Films - PhD - December 2016 Xiaoguang Wang- Liquid Crystal Templated Assembly of Colloids and Molecules - PhD - September 2016 Emre Bukusoglu- Design of Functional Materials Based on Confined Liquid Crystals - PhD - December 2015 Daniel Abras- Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Mesogenic Solvents - PhD - December 2015 Marco A. Bedolla Pantoja- Design Principles for Functional Liquid Crystals - PhD - December 2015 Peter Mushenheim- Design of Active and Anisotropic Soft Matter - PhD - August 2015 Mohit Goel- Understanding the Interactions of Peptides with Abiotic Surfaces: Towards Water Free Biologics - MS - May 2015 Rishabh Jain- Characterization and Design of Biotic/Abiotic Interfaces - PhD - December 2014 Derek Ma- Hydrophobic Interactions and Sequence-Directed Assembly - PhD - August 2014 Dan Miller- Physiochemical Principles for the Design of Functional Materials based on Liquid Crystalline Droplets - PhD - August 2014 Rebecca J. Carlton- Ordering Transitions at the Liquid Crystal-Aqueous Interface - PhD - May 2014 Jacob T. Hunter- Adsorbate-Induced Ordering Transitions of Nematic Liquid Crystals - PhD - May 2014 Lie Na Tan- Bioanalytics of Microvesicles based on Liquid Crystals - PhD - December 2013 Sebastian Gast- Study of the Modulation of Hydrophobic Interactions by Electrostatic Interactions - Stuttgart-Madison Two-Way Exch - July 2013 Burcu Selin Aytar- Active and External Control over the Delivery of DNA to Cells using a Redox-Active, Ferrocene-Containing Cationic Lipid - PhD - December 2012 John Muller- Biophysical Characterization of the Interactions of Nucleic Acids and Ferrocenyl Amphiphiles - PhD - December 2012 Yiqun Bai- Anchoring of Liquid Crystals on Biomolecular Interfaces - PhD - December 2011 Claribel Acevedo-Velez- Impact of Chemical Nanopatterns on Directed Assembly - PhD - December 2011 Elise Huang- Cell-Substrate Interaction: Development of tools to Investigate SubstrateSupport in Cardiomyogensis and to Visualize Cell-Substrate Interaction - PhD - August 2011 |
Xiaoyang Liu- Spatial and Temporal patterning of surfactants and micelles in Microfluidic Channels - PhD - December 2010
Michael I. Kinsinger- Design and Synthesis of Multifunctional Amphiphilic Polymers to Tailor the Properties of Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interfaces - PhD - May 2010 I-Hsin Lin- Characterization of Amphiphile-Induced Ordering Transitions at Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interfaces - PhD - December 2009 Gary M. Koenig, Jr.- Interactions Between Particles and Liquid Crystals: Local Ordering and Driven Assembly - PhD - December 2009 Aaron Lowe- Surface Engineering for Biomolecular Analysis using Liquid Crystals - PhD - August 2009 Jugal K. Gupta- Effects of Confinement and Interfacial Chemistry on the Ordering of Liquid Crystals - PhD - May 2009 Manan Chopra- Molecular Simulations of Rare Events - PhD - August 2008 Sarah Teren- Understanding the Spatial and Temporal Patterning of the Orientations of Liquid Crystals at Lipid-Laden Interfaces in the Presence of Phospholipase A2 - MS - August 2007 Katie D. Cadwell- Analyte-Induced Ordering Transitions of Liquid Crystals at Chemically Functionalized Interfaces - PhD - August 2007 Melissa E. Hays- Interactions of Polymers and Redox-Active Surfactants - PhD - May 2007 Frank P. Hubbard- Investigation of Aggregate Microstructures Formed by Light-Sensitive Surfactants - PhD - December 2006 Guiyu Bai- Interfacial Transport Driven by Redox-active Surfactants - PhD - August 2005 Peer N. Zschoerper- Liquid Crystals at Lipid-laden Interfaces - December 2005 Matthew L. Tingey- Amplification of Biomolecular Interactions Using Liquid Crystals and Nanostructured Surfaces - PhD - December 2005 Brian H. Clare- Surface Anchoring of Liquid Crystals in Contact with Functionalized Organic Thin Films - PhD - December 2005 Luis A. Tercero- Orientational behavior of nematic liquid crystals on surfaces presenting bound virus particles - MS - August 2003 Maren K. Daschner- Lateral organization of proteins bound to biomimetic interfaces coupled to thermotropic liquid crystals - MS - August 2003 Jeffrey M. Brake- Imaging of phenomena at an aqueous-liquid crystal interface through changes in the orientation of liquid crystals - PhD - August 2003 Craig A. Rosslee- Novel applications of ferrocene based surfactants - PhD - August 2003 Justin J. Skaife- Amplification and transduction of Biospecific Interactions at surfaces by using liquid crystals - PhD - May 2001 Lei Yin- No thesis. Report title: Verification of the Gibbs adsorption equation at the solid-liquid interface and a study of electrochemically-induced spreading of aqueous solutions of redox-active surfactant - MS - May 2002 Yuedong Gu- Topological Defects Formed in Liquid Crystals Containing Solid Microspheres with Tailored Surface Properties - MS - August 2001 Jason Y. Shin- Dynamic Interfacial Properties of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions - PhD - May 2001 Rahul R. Shah- Novel Approaches to the Design and Characteriza- Tion of Organic Surfaces - PhD - December 2000 Nihal Aydogan- Design of Surfactant Molecules for Active and Passive Control of Surface and Bulk Properties of Aqueous Solutions - PhD - May 2001 Lana Iva Jong- Investigations of the Interfacial Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Disulfide-Containing Surfactants - PhD - 1999 Benedict Silvestre Gallardo- Ferrocenyl Surfactants at the Surface of Water: Principles for Active Control of the Interfacial Properties of Aqueous Solutions - PhD - 1997 |
Undergraduate Students
Bryan Kim- REU student - Investigation of Pd-Au Alloys for Sensing and Actuation - 2023
Lourdes Latasa- Understanding Colloidal Aggregation and Assembly Dynamics at Liquid Crystal Interfaces in the Context of Characterizing Microplastics - 2023
Oluwagbotemi Akinsoji- REU student - 2022
Ritwick Sinha- Exploring Surface Tension Properties of n-Dodecyl-B-D-Maltoside-containing Surfactants in Water
Danielle Pike- Investigation of Colloidal Liquid Crystal Intermolecular Interactions
Hayley Nilles- Interactions of Amphiphiles at Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interfaces
Christina Lee- Chemoresponsive Liquid Crystals
Lourdes Latasa- Understanding Colloidal Aggregation and Assembly Dynamics at Liquid Crystal Interfaces in the Context of Characterizing Microplastics - 2023
Oluwagbotemi Akinsoji- REU student - 2022
Ritwick Sinha- Exploring Surface Tension Properties of n-Dodecyl-B-D-Maltoside-containing Surfactants in Water
Danielle Pike- Investigation of Colloidal Liquid Crystal Intermolecular Interactions
Hayley Nilles- Interactions of Amphiphiles at Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interfaces
Christina Lee- Chemoresponsive Liquid Crystals
Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Scientists
Soumik Das, PhD - Assistant Professor - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India - 2023
Sangchul Roh, PhD - Assistant Professor - Chonnam National University, South Korea - 2023 Michael Reynolds, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher - Miskin Group, University of Pennsylvania - 2022 Qingkun Liu, PhD - 2022 Mingxin He, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher - Gang Group, Columbia University - 2022 JungHyun Noh, PhD Karthik Nayani, PhD - Assistant Professor - University of Arkansas Hirobumi Shibata, PhD - Visiting Professor - Chiba Institute of Technology Young-ki Kim, PhD - Assistant Professor - Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea Rahul Mangal, PhD Chulsoon Park, PhD Kazuki Iwabata, PhD Chenxuan Wang, PhD - Research Associate Guksik Lee - Visiting Research Associate - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - Tokyo Institute of Technology Julie Last - PhD - Research Associate Zhongqiang Yang - PhD - Research Associate Gaurav Pranami - PhD - Research Associate Santanu K. Pal - PhD - Research Associate Abhijit Dan - PhD Sangwook Choi - PhD - CEO, NanoSurface Biomedical Eddie Ramos (REU student) - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus Chiharu Takahashi - Tokyo Institute of Technology Hiroki Eimura - University of Tokyo Qi Wang - Tsinghua University Yuan Xu - Tsinghua University Ashley Adams - Research Experience for Teachers - Jefferson Middle School, Madison, WI Kelvin Smith - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - Auburn University Heberth A Diestra Cruz - Visiting PhD Student - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Frederic Mondiot, PhD - Research Associates |
Caterina Maria Tone - Visiting Graduate Student - University of Calabria (UNICAL)
Maria Beatriz Costa Madeira - University of Pennsylvania Jinlu Liu - Zhejiang University, China Xiaoping Hu - Visiting Professor - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China Ankit Agarwal, PhD - Assistant Scientist Aaron Lowe, PhD - Research Associate Tyler Nelson - Research Intern Yutaka Takahashi - Visiting Research Associate - University of Tokyo Kris Richardson - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - University of Toledo Jose Alberto Gomez Jr. - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey Tech) Gladys Roldan - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - Polytechnic University Eduardo Mariño fernández - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) Luis Daniel Vega Alonso - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla Angel D. Cortés Morales - Research Experience for Undergraduates Student - University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Vicki Meli, PhD - Research Associate Claire Pizzey, PhD - Research Associate Seya Ito, PhD - Visiting Research Associate - Tokyo University of Science, Japan Joon-Seo Park, PhD - Research Associate Tatsuo Maruyama, PhD - Visiting Asst. Professor - Tokyo University Chang-Hyun Jang, PhD - Research Associate Nathan Lockwood, PhD - Research Associate Govindaraju Thimmaiah, PhD - Research Associate Yung-Jung Hsu, PhD - Visiting Assistant Scientist - National Tsing Hua University Yukishige Kondo, PhD - Visiting Assistant Professor - Tokyo University Elvira Tjipto - Visiting Research Associate - University of Melbourne, Australia Yan-Yeung Luk, PhD - Research Associate Kun-Lin Yang, PhD - Research Associate Koji Tsuchiya - Visiting Associate Scientist - Tokyo University of Science, Japan Seung-Ryeol Kim, PhD - Research Associate |