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Group Members
Principal Investigator

Dacheng Ren, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

 

Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Affiliate Faculty)

Department of Biology (Affiliate Faculty)

Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

 

 

Syracuse University

357 Link Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244

 

Phone: (315) 443-4409
Fax: (315) 443-9175
Email: dren@syr.edu

Education
Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 2003
M. E. Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, P. R. China, 1999
B. E. Applied Chemistry (major) and Electrical Engineering (minor),
Shanghai JiaoTong University, P. R. China, 1996

Experience
Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, 01/2006-present
Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, 11/2003-01/2006


Current Group Members

Ph.D. Students

 

Shuyu Hou

B.S. Tianjin University
M.S. Nankai University

CV/ Additional information

 

 

 

 

Mi Zhang

B.S. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2000

M.S. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2003

 

 

Jiachuan Pan

B.S. China Agricultural University, 2005

M.S. Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008

 

Adam Smith

B.S. UC San Diego

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2008.

Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Student, Syracuse University, 2008.

 

 

 

Huan Gu

China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing)


M.S. Students
 

 

 

Xi Chen

B.S. Wuhan University, 2007

 

Peter Rovito

B.S. University of  Rochester

 

Wen Hsuan Huang

 

 

 

Kristen Manchester


Undergraduate Students

Tagbo Herman Roland Niepa 

Bioengineering, Syracuse University

Summer research supported by the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP), a program funded by NSF, 2008.

 

 

 


Previous Group Members
Postdoctoral associate
Dr. Xianpeng Cai

Ph.D. East China University of Science & Technology

Currently: Rice University (postdoc)

 

Graduate Students
 

Miao Duo

B.S. Nankai University

Currently: 

Norwich Pharmaceuticals

 

Sheron Mark

B.S. Biochemistry, Syracuse University, 2006.

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2008.

Currently: PhD student at Boston College (Education)

 

Robert Szkotak

B.S. Binghamton University

 

Undergraduate students
Joseph John Priola

Bioengineering, Syracuse University

 

Dustin Blodgett

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2007.

Currently: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

 

Elden Swidell

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2008.

Currently: PhD student at the Northwestern University.

Jenna Monaster

Neuroscience, Union College

Summer research supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2007

Timothy Gosert

Bioengineering, Syracuse University

Currently: US Patent Office

Vinnie Ustach

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2008

Currently: PhD student at the University of Connecticut 

Judy Ng

Union College

Summer research supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2006

 

Mohammad Sina Khorasani 

Bioengineering, Syracuse University

 

Arthur Chan

University of Rochester

Supported by a summer REU fellowship from the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute in 2008

Huiqing Zheng

Union College

 

Cassi Smith

Syracuse University

Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Student, Syracuse University, 2009 

Summer 2008


Technician 

Guifen Luo