The Paul Weiss Lab is an interdisciplinary group of scientists, engineers, and clinicians with broad interests and collaborations around the world. Our goal is to research the ultimate limits of miniaturization to develop new chemical understanding of the physical and biological world. Welcome!
Left to Right: Jason Belling, Isaura Frost, Amir Nasajpour,Samantha T. Mensah, Matthew SungYun Ji, Lisa Kawakami, Erin Avery, Wenfei Liu, Yao Gong, Wenfei Liu, Diana Yugay, Kristopher Barr, Tianxing Man, Steven Jonas, Chuanzhen Zhao, Thomas Young, Dominic Goronzy, Paul Weiss, Kyle Chiang, Gail Vinnacombe, Leonardo Scarabelli, Kevin Cheung, Logan Stewart, Xiaobin Xu, Natcha Wattanatorn, Dominik Stemer, Jae Park, Jun Shen, Shan Zhang, and Hon Hoang
Faculty |
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Prof. Paul Weiss UC Presidential Chair Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Materials Science & Engineering, ACS Nano, Editor-in-Chief (psw >at< cnsi.ucla.edu) |
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Kris Barr
Teacher Scholar (Kristopher.Barr >at< gmail.com) |
Senior Staff & Post-Doctoral Fellows |
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Dr. Avijit Baidya
(a.baidyaju>at<gmail.com) |
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Dr. Maryam Badv
(badvm>at<ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Mahdi Hasani
UCLABioengineering (mahdi.hasani >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Tianhan Liu
(tianhanliu >at< g.ucla.edu) |
Graduate Students |
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Erin Avery
(erin.avery1 >at< gmail.com) |
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Isaura Frost
(IFrost >at< mednet.ucla.edu) |
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Yao Gong
(echogy1900 >at< gmail.com) |
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Martin Hartel
(martinhartel557 >at< gmail.com) |
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Liv Heidenreich
(lheiden >at< ucla.edu) |
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Wenfei Liu
(wenfei95 >at< gmail.com) |
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Melina Mastrodimos
(mbmastrodimos >at< gmail.com) |
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Samantha T. Mensah
(mensah >at< ucla.edu) |
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Hossein Montazerian
(hmontazerian >at< g.ucla.edu) |
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Amir Nasajpour
(anasa >at< ucla.com) |
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Jun Shen
(junshen >at< ucla.edu) |
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Katie Snell
(katiesnell >at< ucla.edu) |
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Gail Vinnacombe
(gavinnacombe >at< ucla.edu) |
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Katie White
(kewhite1 >at< g.ucla.edu) |
Undergraduate Students |
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Patrick Liu
(patricktqliu >at< gmail.com) |
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Rachel Ma
(mrachelm2020 >at< gmail.com) |
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Lauren Vuong
(laurvuong >at< g.ucla.edu) |
Staff |
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Holly Bunje
ACS Nano Journal Assistant (holly.bunje >at< ucla.edu) |
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Chris DeSantis
ACS Nano Managing Editor (managing.editor >at< nano.acs.org) |
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Hon Hoang
UCLA Design Media Administrator (hon >at< cnsi.ucla.edu) |
Visitors |
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Prof. Tomas Base
The Czech Academy of Sciences (tbase >at<iic.cas.cz) |
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Prof. Xiaobin Xu
Tongji University (xxu.uta >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Yingwei Yang
Jilin University (ywyang >at< jlu.edu.cn) |
Coming Soon |
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Claire Meyer
(claireelsa.meyer >at< unibas.ch) |
Graduate Student Alumni |
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Prof. Beth Anderson
Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu) |
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N/A | Jamie Arnold
Penn State (jja5 >at< psu.edu) |
Taylor Aubry
(tayloraubry >at< ucla.edu) |
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Prof. Heidi Bednar
College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com) |
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Jason Belling
Lam Research (jasonbelling >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Meaghan Blake
Dow Chemical (ladyblakey >at< hotmail.com) |
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Dr. Huan Cao
UC Merced (serotonin >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Lyndon F. Charles
(jahprofile >at< hotmail.com) |
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Prof. Prof. Sarawut Cheunkar
King Mongkut University of Technology (sarawut.che >at< kmutt.ac.th) |
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Dr. Michael Cygan
(mcygan >at< erols.com) |
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Dr. Arrelaine Dameron
Pneumaticoat (arrelaine >at< gmail.com) |
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Daniel Dewey | |
Prof. Zachary Donhauser Department of Chemistry Vassar College (zadonhauser >at< vassar.edu) |
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Dr. Terry D’Onofrio Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (terrence.donofrio >at< us.army.mil) |
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Prof. Leyla Esfandiari
(lesfandiari >at< ucla.edu) University of Cincinnati |
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Chunru Fan
(cfan >at< chem.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Jim Ferris
(jimsan >at< ComCAT.COM) |
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Dr. Dan Fuchs
(dan_fuchs_4 >at< hotmail.com) |
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Prof. Andrea Giordano
(ang143 >at< psu.edu) |
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Dominic Goronzy
(goronzy.dominic >at< gmail.com) |
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Tracy Graham
Waters Corp. (tracybelle >at< comcast.net) |
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Andrew Guttentag
(N/A) |
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Patrick Han
(N/A) |
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Dr. Julia Heetderks
(juliaheetderks >at< msn.com) |
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Dr. Nate Hohman
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (hohmanjn >at< stanford.edu) |
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Dr. Justin Ingram | |
Dr. Jennifer Jackiw
(jjjackiw >at< yahoo.com) |
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Jennifer Johnson
(jenjohnson >at< erols.com) |
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Dr. Marilyn Kamna
Intel (marilyn_kamna >at< ccm.sc.Intel.com) |
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Vasilis M. Kostakis | |
Dr. Kyle Krom
(Kyle.Krom >at< merial.com) |
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Dr. Ajeet Kumar
National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India (go4ajeet >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Adam Kurland
(adam.kurland >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. James Kushmerick
NIST (james.kushmerick >at<NIST.gov) |
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Jeff Lawrence
NIST (jlawrenc2 >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Penelope Lewis
American Chemical Society (p_lewis >at< acs.org) |
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Dr. Brent Mantooth
Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (bmantooth >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Greg McCarty
University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University (gmccarty >at< email.unc.edu) |
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Dr. Alexandra Mendoza
Cedars Sinai (alexandra.mendoza05>at<gmail.com) |
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Dr. Jason Monnell
University of Pittsburgh (jmonnell >at< engr.pitt.edu) |
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Dr. Amanda Moore
Intel (amanda.m.moore >at< Intel.com) |
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Prof. TJ Mullen
University of North Florida (mullen.tj >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Sanjini Nanayakkara
NREL (Sanjini.Nanayakkara >at< nrel.gov) |
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Dr. Balakrishna Pathem
Hitachi GST (bala.pathem >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Hector Saavedra
Intel (hmsaavedra >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz
Intel (schwartz >at< physics.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Andrew Serino
Lam Research (andrew.serino >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Mitchell Shuster
Intel (mitchell.shuster >at< gmail.com) |
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Miles Silverman
College of the Canyons (miles.silverman >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Rachel Smith
Life Technologies (rachel.smitty >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Dominik Stemer
(dstemer >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Charan Srinivasan
Apple (charan.s >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Stephan J. Stranick
NIST (stephan.stranick >at<NIST.gov) |
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Dr. John C. Thomas
Intel (jct197 >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Amit Vaish
Amgen (amitfrompsu2009 >at< gmail.com) |
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Garrett Wadsworth
Air Products (garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com) |
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Shenkai Wang
(shenkaiwang >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Natcha Wattanatorn
(natcha >at< chem.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Thomas Young
(thomasdylanyoung >at< live.com) |
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Rong Zhang
(christine_rzhang >at< hotmail.com) |
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Shan Zhang
(zhangshan_9303>at<163.com) |
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Dr. Chuanzhen Zhao
Beijing Institute of Technology (chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Yuxi Zhao
Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com) |
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Lingbo Xing
Peking University (1401110255 >at< pku.edu.cn) |
Post-doctoral Fellows and Staff Alumni |
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Dr. John Abendroth
(jmabendroth >at< ucla.edu) |
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Lola Belsito
Former Staff |
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Dr. Joanne Bevilacqua
Former ACS Nano Staff |
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Steve Bumbarger
Former Staff (sxb10 >at< psu.edu) |
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Prof. Lloyd A. Bumm
University of Oklahoma (bumm >at< nhn.ou.edu) |
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Prof. Ann-Sofie Cans
Chalmers University (cans >at< chalmers.se) |
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Dr. Kevin Cheung
(cheung.m.kevin >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Naihao Chiang
(naihaochiang2012 >at< u.northwestern.edu) |
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George Chriss
Former Staff (gschriss >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Shelley Claridge
Purdue University (claridge >at< purdue.edu) |
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(anne.counterman >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres
Notre Dame University (lcfcayey >at< yahoo.com) |
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Deepee Gerringer
Administrative Assistant and ACS Nano Journal Assistant (deepee >at< cnsi.ucla.edu) |
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Prof. Susan Gillmor
National Institutes of Health (sdgillmor >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Andrew Greenberg
University of Wisconsin (greenberg >at< chem.wisc.edu) |
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Prof. Jennifer Hampton
Department of Physics Hope College | |
Prof. Patrick Han
Assistant Professor Tohoku University (RISINGSUN262 >at< yahoo.com) |
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Dr. Anat Hatzor De Picciotto
Former Post-Doc and National Area Expert in Chemical Advances in Nanolithography: (AnatD >at< pczlaw.com>) |
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Dr. Nate Hohman
Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (jnhohman >at< lbl.gov) |
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Prof. Xu Hou
Xiamen University (houx >at< xmu.edu.cn) |
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Emily Indriolo
Former Staff Scientist: (eyi101 >at< psu.edu) |
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Prof. S. Alex Kandel
Department of Chemistry Notre Dame University (S.A.Kandel.1 >at< nd.edu) |
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Prof. Christine Dolan Keating
Department of Chemistry Penn State University (keating >at< chem.psu.edu) |
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Prof. Steven Jonas
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (sjonas >at< ucla.edu) |
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Lisa Kawakami
(lmkawakami>at<chem.ucla.edu) |
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Prof. Kevin Kelly
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University (kkelly >at< rice.edu) |
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Dr. Jaemyung Kim
Merck (jmyungkim >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Moonhee Kim
IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford University (moon219 >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Nina Kovtyukhova | |
Dr. Dongbo Li
Hitachi GST (Dongbo.Li >at< hgst.com) |
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Dr. Li Shao Chun
Department of Physics Nanjing University (scli >at< nju.edu.cn or shaochun.li.stm >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Wei-Ssu Liao
Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University (wsliaochem >at< ntu.edu.tw) |
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Dr. Joe Meyer
(meyerja >at< aol.com) |
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Former Staff Scientist: Dr. Morgan Mihok |
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Kareem Morris
Administrative Assistant and ACS Nano Journal Assistant (kareem >at< cnsi.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Nako Nakatsuka
ETH Zürich (nakatsuka >at<biomed.ee.ethz.ch) |
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Dr. Jae Park
ReCode Therapeutics (jaep0827 >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Thomas P. Pearl | |
Dr. Sherman Ponder | |
Dr. Sara Rahimnejad
(sara.rahimnejad >at< gmail.com) |
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Former Staff Scientist University of Washington (mattsandel >at< yahoo.com) |
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Dr. Leonardo Scarabelli
(lscarabelli >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Erica Schulmann Kane
(ens >at< ix.netcom.com) |
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Dr. Ram Rao
(ramrao >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Liane Slaughter
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (slaughter>at<ust.hk) |
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Prof. Charlie Sykes
Department of Chemistry Tufts University (Charles.Sykes >at< tufts.edu) |
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Dr. Logan Stewart
(logan.yah >at< gmail.com) |
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Jackie Lim-Piu Tan Former Staff Scientist |
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Prof. Hirofumi Tanaka
Kyushu Institute of Technology (tanaka >at< brain.kyutech.ac.jp) |
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Amy Whelpley Former Staff Scientist |
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Prof. Wei Xu
Department of Physics Tongji University (xuwei >at< tongji.edu.cn) |
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Dr. Qing Yang
(qingyang1205 >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Tao Ye
University of California, Merced (tao.ye >at< ucmerced.edu) |
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Dr. Thomas Young
(thomasdylanyoung >at< live.com) |
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Dr. Michael G. Yoshikawa Youngquist
(mgy >at< alumni.Caltech.edu) |
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Dr. Diana Yugay
(yugay >at< chem.ucla.edu) |
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Prof. Peng Peng Zhang
Department of Physics Michigan State University (zhang >at< pa.msu.edu) |
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Dr. Yuxi Zhao
Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Yuebing Zheng
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin (yzz113 >at< gmail.com) |
Undergraduate Student Alumni |
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Michael J. Abrams | ||
Victor Aiello | ||
Rashed Alkhlaifat
(abukhlief >at< ucla.edu) |
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Matthew Allen
Imperial College London (matthew.allen15 >at< imperial.ac.uk) |
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Prof. Beth Anderson
Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu) |
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Esteban Bautista
California State University Northridge (ebautista.elac >at< gmail.com) |
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Jason Belling
University of California, Berkeley (jasonbelling >at< gmail.com) |
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Ivan Baxter | ||
Priya Bhatia
(pbhatia >at< rice.edu) |
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Chris Binns
Ithaca College |
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Aimee Bross
(Price) Ohio State University (price.798 >at< osu.edu) |
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Lafone Brown | ||
Kevin Bui | ||
Erin Carter | ||
Phil Cerami | ||
Lyndon F. Charles
(jahprofile >at< hotmail.com) |
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Sandy Chen
(sandych3n >at< gmail.com) |
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George Chriss | ||
Mercedes Cornelius
(mercedes_cornelius >at< yahoo.com) |
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Jacob Fauman
University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Xin Gao
(xin.gao.97 >at< outlook.com) Nanjing University |
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Dr. Matt Gethers
Caltech (mattgethers >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Ashley Gibb
(ashleygibb >at< gmail.com) |
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Megan Gilbert | ||
Molly P. Heyer
Cambridge University (mph29 >at< hermes.cam.ac.uk) |
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Emily Hiers
(eah012 >at< latech.edu) |
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Jennifer Hinds
(jhinds >at< ncsu.edu) |
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Hannah Lee Hinton
(hhinton >at< ucla.edu) |
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Olivia Irving
(olivia.rae.irving >at< gmail.com) |
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Renée M. Itle | ||
Matthew SungYun Ji
(matthewji12345 >at< ucla.edu) |
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Lee Katrincic | ||
David Kes
California State University, Long Beach (davidkes >at< live.com) |
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Read Langlois | ||
Dr. Mya LeThai
(lethaitramy >at< gmail.com) |
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Xi Li
(lixi >at< smail.nju.edu.cn) |
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Xiaotong Li
Nankai University (ulanda1994 >at< yahoo.com) |
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Xiaohan Liu
(hanwan127 >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. J. Christopher Love
MIT (clove >at< mit..edu) |
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Tarah Lubinski
(tarah_lubs >at< hotmail.com) |
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Jason Lurie
(lurie >at< fas.harvard.edu) |
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Michael Mellody
(mmellody >at< ucla.edu) |
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Michelle Martinez-Rivera
(michelle.martinez.pr >at< gmail.com) |
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Patrick McClanahan
(pdmcclanahan >at< gmail.com) |
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Tanvir Mahmud | ||
Brandon Matthews
(brandon.matthews.92 >at< gmail.com) |
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Kelly McElhinny
(kmm726 >at< lulu.acns.nwu.edu) |
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Dr. John McManigle | ||
Abner J. Mintz
(Abner.Mintz >at< montgomerycollege.edu) |
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Liz Morin
(eim106 >at< psu.edu) |
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Dr. Elizabeth Muth | ||
Ryan Nevin | ||
Roya Nezarati
(rmnezara >at< ncsu.edu) |
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Michael G. Pirrello | ||
Clarissa Pham
(clarissaapham >at< gmail.com) |
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Chris Pochas | ||
Marian Popescu | ||
Sue Prueksaritanond | ||
Yifeng Qi
University of Science and Technology of China now MIT (qiyf >at< mit.edu) |
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Rodrigo Rios
(riosno_40 >at< hotmail.com) |
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Mark Schlegel
(stmks03 >at< moravian.edu) |
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Nicole Shedlock
(sxp207 >at< psu.edu) |
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Jared Swart | ||
River Sween
(riverswn1 >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Chris Thompson
(cmthompson >at< northwestern.edu) |
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Leticia Torres
University of San Francisco |
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Marta Ventura
(mxv176 >at< psu.edu) |
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Angelo Vergnetti
Santa Monica College (vergnetti.angelo >at< gmail.com) |
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Garrett Wadsworth
(garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com) |
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Roger Wang
Lam Research |
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Dr. Lane Weaver
(laneW >at< aol.com) |
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Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (alexwg >at< physics.harvard.edu) |
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Jeremy L. Weeden
Juniata College |
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Fujun Wu
(fxw126 >at< psu.edu) |
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Matthew Ye
(matthewye >at< ucla.edu) |
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Sumana Kaluvai
(sumanakaluvai >at< gmail.com) |
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Sichen Ludwig Zhao
(luxwig >at< ucla.edu) |
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Hua Zheng
(belljayzh >at< gmail.com) |
Former Visiting Scientists |
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Tae Kyung Ahn
Hanyang University Department of Chemistry |
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Prof. Beth Anderson
Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu) |
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Dr. Boaz Alperson
Department of Chemistry Weizmann Institute of Science (cpboaz >at< weizmann.weizmann.ac.il) |
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Prof. Tomas Base
The Czech Academy of Sciences (tbase >at<iic.cas.cz) |
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Prof. Heidi Bednar
College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Chris Barrett
McGill University Fulbright Canada Chair (chris.barrett >at< mcgill.ca) |
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Prof. Dr. Tomas Base
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (tbase >at< iic.cas.cz) |
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Dr. Chris Carlisle
Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge (cic1001 >at< cus.cam.ac.uk) |
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Dr. Yanyan Chen
(yychen2006 >at< sinano.ac.cn) |
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Prof. Fangyi Cheng
Nankai University (fycheng >at< nankai.edu.cn>) |
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Dr. Marguerite Ciolkosz State College Area High School | |
Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann
(feldmann >at< lmu.de) |
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Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres
(lcfernandez >at< cayey.upr.edu) |
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Prof. Dr. Johan Hofkens
KU Leuven (johan.hofkens >at< chem.kuleuven.be) |
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Prof. Atsushi Ikai
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama |
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Dr. Takao Ishida
(t-ishida >at< aist.go.jp) |
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Prof. Shana Kelley
University of Toronto Special Fulbright Canada Chair (shana.kelley >at< utoronto.ca) |
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Prof. Kevin Kelly
Rice University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (kkelly >at< rice.edu) |
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Sander S. Kommeren
(a.s.kommeren >at< student.utwente.nl) |
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Sang Min Kim
Hanyang University Department of Chemistry |
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Prof. Haiwon Lee
(haiwon >at< hanyang.ac.kr) Hanyang University Department of Chemistry |
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Prof. L. Andrew Lyon
Chapman University (lyon>at<chapman.edu) |
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David McMillan
Purdue University Department of Biomedical Engineering (dgmc >at< cnsi.ucla.edu) |
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Kazunori Ohashi
Nagoya University Department of Chemistry (kazunori >at< nano.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp) |
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Dr. Hans Peter Rust
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
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Prof. Federico Rosei
INRS EMT Canada Fulbright Chair (rosei >at< emt.inrs.ca) |
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Research Institute of Electronics Shizuoka University (sakaguchi >at< rie.shizuoka.ac.jp) |
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Prof. Ted Sargent
University of Toronto Fulbright Canada Chair (ted.sargent >at< utoronto.ca) |
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Dr. Tomo Takami
(hgg03601 >at< nifty.com) VisionArts SpinLab and Dongkuk University now Hiroshima University |
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Dr. Gary Taylor | |
Prof. Jyh-Ming Wu
National Tsing Hua University (wujm>at<mx.nthu.edu.tw) |
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Dr. Roger van Zee
NIST |
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Wouter J. C. Vijselaar
(w.j.c.vijselaar-1 >at< student.utwente.nl) |
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Prof. Glenn Vogel
Department of Chemistry Ithaca College (vogel >at< ithaca.edu) |
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Prof. Marcus Weck
Department of Chemistry New York University (marcus.weck >at< nyu.edu) |
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Prof. Jiansheng Xu
Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences (jsxu >at< mail.iee.ac.cn) |
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Ken-Tye Yong
NTU (ktyong>at<ntu.edu.sg) |
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Yasuyuki Yokota
Osaka University (yyokota >at< chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
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Prof. Francisco Zaera
University of California, Riverside (zaera >at< ucr.edu) |
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Prof. Darin Zimmerman
Department of Physics Penn State Altoona (dtz1 >at< psu.edu) |