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 worlds. Welcome!
Faculty
Prof. Paul S. Weiss
UC Presidential Chair
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
(psw >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Senior Staff & Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Kris Barr
UCLA Teacher Scholar
(Kristopher.Barr >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Haiyue Huang
(haiyuehuang >at< g.ucla.edu)
Dr. Tianhan Liu
Visiting Scientist and
Editor at Physical Review Letters and Physical Review Materials
(tianhanliu >at< g.ucla.edu)
Graduate Students
Ajoa (AJ) Addae
(ajaddae >at< g.ucla.edu)
Daniel Bilezikian
(dbilezikian >at< g.ucla.edu)
Judy Cheng
(jtingcheng027 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Isaura Frost
(IFrost >at< mednet.ucla.edu)
Gilad Gani
(giladg >at< chem.ucla.edu)
Erika Lopez Lara
(erika.lopez.laraa >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Melina Mastrodimos
(mbmastrodimos >at< gmail.com)
Wangbo Pan
(wangbopan23 >at< g.ucla.edu)
Dr. Jun Shen
(junshen >at< ucla.edu)
Deepak Singla
(singlade >at< g.ucla.edu)
Jason Williams
(jasonqlwilliams >at< g.ucla.edu)
Zixi Wu
(zx >at< ucla.edu)
Undergraduate Students
Maximilian Floridia
(maxfloridia>at<g.ucla.edu)
Emilee Gip
(emileegip >at< ucla.edu)
Rachel Ma
(mrachelm2020 >at< gmail.com)
Anna Moulds
(annamoulds >at< g.ucla.edu)
Lauren Vuong
(laurvuong >at< g.ucla.edu)
Tieu Vuong
(miavuong1203 >at< g.ucla.edu)
Staff
Open
Admin Assistant
Visitors
Prof. Tomas Base
The Czech Academy of Sciences
(tbase >at< iic.cas.cz)
Visitors - Coming Soon
Stay tuned!
Postdoctoral Fellows and Staff Alumni
Dr. John Abendroth
(jmabendroth >at< ucla.edu)
Prof. Maryam Badv
University of Calgary
(maryam.badv >at < ucalgary.ca)
Prof. Avijit Baidya
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
(a.baidyaju >at< gmail.com)
Lola Belsito
Former Staff
Dr. Joanne Bevilacqua
Former ACS Nano Staff
Steve Bumbarger
Former Staff
(sxb10 >at< psu.edu)
Prof. Lloyd A. Bumm
University of Oklahoma
(bumm >at< nhn.ou.edu)
Holly Bunje
Former ACS Nano Journal Assistant
(holly.bunje >at< ucla.edu)
Prof. Ann-Sofie Cans
Chalmers University
(cans >at< chalmers.se)
Dr. Gabriel Chatelain
(gabchatelain >at< g.ucla.edu)
Dr. Kevin Cheung
(cheung.m.kevin >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Naihao Chiang
(nchiang >at< central.uh.edu)
George Chriss
Former Staff
(gschriss >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Shelley Claridge
Purdue University
(claridge >at< purdue.edu)
Dr. Anne Counterman
(anne.counterman >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Victoire Déjean
(victoiredejean >at< g.ucla.edu)
Dr. Chris DeSantis
Former ACS Nano
Managing Editor
(cjdesantis2014 >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres
St. Thomas University
(fernandez >at< stu.edu)
Deepee Gerringer
Administrative Assistant and former ACS Nano Journal Assistant
(deepee >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Dr. Susan Gillmor
National Institutes of Health
(sdgillmor >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Andrew Greenberg
University of Wisconsin
(greenberg >at< chem.wisc.edu)
Prof. Jennifer Hampton
Department of Physics
Hope College
(dec)
Prof. Patrick Han
Tohoku University
(RISINGSUN262 >at< yahoo.com)
Dr. Mahdi Hasani
(mahdi.hasani >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Anat Hatzor De Picciotto
Former Post-Doc and National Area Expert in
Chemical Advances in Nanolithography
(AnatD >at< pczlaw.com>)
Prof. Nate Hohman
University of Connecticut
(james.hohman >at< uconn.edu)
Hon Hoang
Design Media Administrator
UCLA
(hon >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Prof. Xu Hou
Xiamen University
(houx >at< xmu.edu.cn)
Emily Indriolo
Former Staff Scientist
(eyi101 >at< psu.edu)
Prof. S. Alex Kandel
Department of Chemistry
Notre Dame University
(S.A.Kandel.1 >at< nd.edu)
Prof. Steven Jonas
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UCLA
(sjonas >at< ucla.edu)
Lisa Kawakami
(lmkawakami >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Christine Dolan Keating
Department of Chemistry
Penn State University
(keating >at< chem.psu.edu)
Prof. Kevin Kelly
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University
(kkelly >at< rice.edu)
Dr. Jaemyung Kim
Merck
(jmyungkim >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Moonhee Kim
Glisten Technologies
(moon219 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Nina Kovtyukhova
Vivian Lee
Admin Assistant
(vlee >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Dr. Dongbo Li
Hitachi GST
(Dongbo.Li >at< hgst.com)
Prof. Li Shao Chun
Department of Physics
Nanjing University
(scli >at< nju.edu.cn or shaochun.li.stm >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Wei-Ssu Liao
Department of Chemistry
National Taiwan University
(wsliaochem >at< ntu.edu.tw)
Dr. Alessandro Lodesani
(lodesani >at< g.ucla.edu)
Dr. Claire Meyer
(clairemeyer >at<g.ucla.edu )
Dr. Joe Meyer
(meyerja >at< aol.com)
Dr. Morgan Mihok
Former Staff Scientist
Kareem Morris
Administrative Assistant and former ACS Nano Journal Assistant
(kareem >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Prof. Nako Nakatsuka
EPFL
(nako.nakatsuka > at < epfl.ch)
Dr. Jae Park
ReCode Therapeutics
(jaep0827 >at< ucla.edu)
Dr. Thomas P. Pearl
Dr. Sherman Ponder
Prof. Sara Rahimnejad
(sara.rahimnejad >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Matt Sandel
Former Staff Scientist
University of Washington
(mattsandel >at< yahoo.com)
Prof. Leonardo Scarabelli
(lscarabelli >at< icmab.es)
Dr. Liane Slaughter
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(slaughter.liane >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Charlie Sykes
Department of Chemistry
Tufts University
(Charles.Sykes >at< tufts.edu)
Dr. Logan Stewart
Intel
(logan.yah >at< gmail.com)
Jackie Lim-Piu Tan
Former Staff Scientist
Prof. Hirofumi Tanaka
Kyushu Institute of Technology
(tanaka >at< brain.kyutech.ac.jp)
Amy Whelpley
Former Staff Scientist
Prof. Wei Xu
Department of Physics
Tongji University
(xuwei >at< tongji.edu.cn)
Dr. Qing Yang
(qingyang1205 >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Tao Ye
University of California, Merced
(tao.ye >at< ucmerced.edu)
Dr. Thomas Young
(thomasdylanyoung >at< live.com)
Dr. Michael G. Yoshikawa Youngquist
(mgy >at< alumni.Caltech.edu)
Dr. Diana Yugay
(yugay >at< chem.ucla.edu)
Prof. Peng Peng Zhang
Department of Physics
Michigan State University
(zhang >at< pa.msu.edu)
Dr. Yuxi Zhao
Apple
(seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Yuebing Zheng
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
(yzz113 >at< gmail.com)
Graduate Student Alumni
Prof. Beth Anderson
Furman University
(maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu)
Jamie Arnold
Penn State
(jja5 >at< psu.edu)
Dr. Erin Avery
(erin.avery1 >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Heidi Bednar
College of the Canyons
(heidirenate >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Jason Belling
(jasonbelling >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Meaghan Blake
Dow Chemical
(ladyblakey >at< hotmail.com)
Dr. Huan Cao
UC Merced
(serotonin >at< ucla.edu)
Dr. Lyndon F. Charles
(jahprofile >at< hotmail.com)
Prof. Sarawut Cheunkar
King Mongkut University of Technology
(sarawut.che >at< kmutt.ac.th)
Dr. Michael Cygan
(mcygan >at< erols.com)
Dr. Arrelaine Dameron
Pneumaticoat
(arrelaine >at< gmail.com)
Daniel Dewey
Prof. Zachary Donhauser
Department of Chemistry
Vassar College
(zadonhauser >at< vassar.edu)
Prof. Leyla Esfandiari
(esfandiari >at< ucmail.uc.edu)
University of Cincinnati
Chunru Fan
(cfan >at< chem.ucla.edu)
Dr. Jim Ferris
(jimsan >at< ComCAT.COM)
Dr. Dan Fuchs
(dan_fuchs_4 >at< hotmail.com)
Prof. Andrea Giordano
(ang143 >at< psu.edu)
Dr. Yao Gong
(echogy1900 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Dominic Goronzy
Northwestern University
(goronzy.dominic >at< gmail.com)
Tracy Graham
Waters Corp.
(tracybelle >at< comcast.net)
Dr. Andrew Guttentag
(ang143 >at< psu.edu)
Dr. Patrick Han
Tohoku University
(pxh >at< wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp)
Dr. Martin Hartel
(martinhartel557 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Julia Heetderks
(juliaheetderks >at< msn.com)
Prof. Nate Hohman
Department of Chemistry
University of Connecticut
(james.hohman >at< uconn.edu)
Prof. Justin Ingram
Dr. Jennifer Jackiw
(jjjackiw >at< yahoo.com)
Jennifer Johnson
(jenjohnson >at< erols.com)
Dr. Marilyn Kamna
Intel
(marilyn_kamna >at< ccm.sc.Intel.com)
Matthew Kelsey
(mkelsey37 >at< g.ucla.edu)
Dr. Liv Heidenreich
(lheiden >at< ucla.edu)
Vasilis M. Kostakis
Dr. Kyle Krom
(Kyle.Krom >at< merial.com)
Dr. Ajeet Kumar
National Physical Laboratory (NPL),
New Delhi, India,
(go4ajeet >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Adam Kurland
(adam.kurland >at< gmail.com)
Dr. James Kushmerick
NIST
(james.kushmerick >at< NIST.gov)
Jeff Lawrence
NIST
(jlawrenc2 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Penelope Lewis
American Institute of Physics
(plewis >at< aip.org)
Dr. Wenfei Liu
(wenfei95 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Brent Mantooth
Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center
(bmantooth >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Greg McCarty
University of North Carolina
and North Carolina State University
(gmccarty >at< email.unc.edu)
Dr. Alexandra Mendoza
Cedars Sinai
(alexandra.mendoza05 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Samantha T. Mensah
(dec)
Dr. Jason Monnell
University of Pittsburgh
(jmonnell >at< engr.pitt.edu)
Dr. Amanda Moore
Intel
(amanda.m.moore >at< Intel.com)
Dr. Terry D’Onofrio
Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center
(terrence.donofrio >at< us.army.mil)
Prof. TJ Mullen
University of North Florida
(mullen.tj >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Hossein Montazerian
MIT
(hmo >at< mit.edu)
Dr. Sanjini Nanayakkara
NREL
(Sanjini.Nanayakkara >at< nrel.gov)
Dr. Amir Nasajpour
Entropic Biosciences, Inc. (anasajpour >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Balakrishna Pathem
Hitachi GST
(bala.pathem >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Hector Saavedra
Intel
(hmsaavedra >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz
NIST
(jeffreyschwartz2357 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Andrew Serino
Lam Research
(andrew.serino >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Mitchell Shuster
Intel
(mitchell.shuster >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Miles Silverman
College of the Canyons
(miles.silverman >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Rachel Smith
Life Technologies
(rachel.smitty >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Dominik Stemer
Fritz Haber Institute
(dstemer >at< ucla.edu)
Dr. Charan Srinivasan
Apple
(charan.s >at< gmail.com)
Dr. John C. Thomas
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
(jthomas >at< lbl.gov)
Dr. Amit Vaish
Amgen
(amitfrompsu2009 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Stephan J. Stranick
NIST
(dec)
Dr. Gail Vinnacombe-Willson
(gavinnacombe >at< ucla.edu)
Garrett Wadsworth
Air Products
(garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Shenkai Wang
Lam Research
(Shenkai.Wang >at< lamresearch.com)
Dr. Natcha Wattanatorn
(natcha >at< chem.ucla.edu)
Dr. Katie White
(kewhite1 >at< g.ucla.edu)
Dr. Thomas Young
UC Berkeley
(thomasdylanyoung >at< live.com)
Rong Zhang
(christine_rzhang >at< hotmail.com)
Shan Zhang
(zhangshan_9303>at<163.com)
Dr. Chuanzhen Zhao
Stanford University
(chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Yuxi Zhao
Apple
(seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Lingbo Xing
Peking University
(1401110255 >at< pku.edu.cn)
Undergraduate Student Alumni
Michael J. Abrams
Victor Aiello
Rashed Alkhlaifat
(abukhlief >at< ucla.edu)
Matthew Allen
Imperial College London
(matthew.allen15 >at< imperial.ac.uk)
Prof. Beth Anderson
Furman University
(maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu)
Esteban Bautista
California State University Northridge
(ebautista.elac >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Jason Belling
(jasonbelling >at< gmail.com)
Ivan Baxter
Priya Bhatia
(pbhatia >at< rice.edu)
Chris Binns
Ithaca College
Aimee Bross Price
Ohio State University
(price.798 >at< osu.edu)
Lafone Brown
Kevin Bui
Erin Carter
Phil Cerami
Lyndon F. Charles
(jahprofile >at< hotmail.com)
Sandy Chen
(sandych3n >at< gmail.com)
George Chriss
Dr. Mercedes Cornelius
(mercedes_cornelius >at< yahoo.com)
Jacob Fauman
University of California, Santa Barbara
Xin Gao
(xin.gao.97 >at< outlook.com) Nanjing University
Dr. Matt Gethers
Caltech
(mattgethers >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Ashley Gibb
(ashleygibb >at< gmail.com)
Megan Gilbert
Dr. Molly P. Heyer
Cambridge University
(mph29 >at< hermes.cam.ac.uk)
Dr. Emily Hiers
(eah012 >at< latech.edu)
Dr. Jennifer Hinds
(jhinds >at< ncsu.edu)
Hannah Lee Hinton
(hhinton >at< ucla.edu)
Olivia Irving
(olivia.rae.irving >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Renée M. Itle
Matthew SungYun Ji
(matthewji12345 >at< ucla.edu)
Sumana Kaluvai
(sumanakaluvai >at< gmail.com)
Lee Katrincic
David Kes
California State University, Long Beach
(davidkes >at< live.com)
Read Langlois
Dr. Mya LeThai
(lethaitramy >at< gmail.com)
Xi Li
(lixi >at< smail.nju.edu.cn)
Dr. Xiaotong Li
Nankai University
(ulanda1994 >at< yahoo.com)
Patrick Liu
(patricktqliu >at< gmail.com)
Xiaohan Liu
(hanwan127 >at< gmail.com)
Prof. J. Christopher Love
MIT
(clove >at< mit..edu)
Tarah Lubinski
(tarah_lubs >at< hotmail.com)
Jason Lurie
(lurie >at< fas.harvard.edu)
Michael Mellody
(mmellody >at< ucla.edu)
Michelle Martinez-Rivera
(michelle.martinez.pr >at< gmail.com)
Patrick McClanahan
(pdmcclanahan >at< gmail.com)
Tanvir Mahmud
Brandon Matthews
(brandon.matthews.92 >at< gmail.com)
Kelly McElhinny
(kmm726 >at< lulu.acns.nwu.edu)
Dr. John McManigle
Abner J. Mintz
(Abner.Mintz >at< montgomerycollege.edu)
Shameek Mitra
(shameek >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Liz Morin
Corning
(emorin1 >at< alumni.stanford.edu)
Dr. Elizabeth Muth
Ryan Nevin
Roya Nezarati
(rmnezara >at< ncsu.edu)
Clarissa Pham
(clarissaapham >at< gmail.com)
Michael G. Pirrello
Chris Pochas
Marian Popescu
Wilson Porteus
(wilson.porteus >at< gmail.com)
Sue Prueksaritanond
Yifeng Qi
University of Science and Technology of China now MIT
(qiyf >at< mit.edu)
Rodrigo Rios
(riosno_40 >at< hotmail.com)
Dr. Nancy Santagata
Ohio State University
Mark Schlegel
(stmks03 >at< moravian.edu)
Nicole Shedlock
(sxp207 >at< psu.edu)
Jared Swart
River Sween
(riverswn1 >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Chris Thompson
(cmthompson >at< northwestern.edu)
Leticia Torres
University of San Francisco
Marta Ventura
(mxv176 >at< psu.edu)
Angelo Vergnetti
Santa Monica College
(vergnetti.angelo >at< gmail.com)
Garrett Wadsworth
(garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Roger Wang
Lam Research
Dr. Lane Weaver
(laneW >at< aol.com)
Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(alexwg >at< physics.harvard.edu)
Jeremy L. Weeden
Juniata College
Fujun Wu
(fxw126 >at< psu.edu)
Matthew Ye
Matthew Ye (matthewye >at< ucla.edu)
Sichen Ludwig Zhao
University of Pennsylvania
(luxwig >at< ucla.edu)
Hua Zheng
(belljayzh >at< gmail.com)
Former Visiting Scientists
Tae Kyung Ahn
Hanyang University
Department of Chemistry
Prof. Beth Anderson
Furman University
(maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu)
Dr. Boaz Alperson
Department of Chemistry
Weizmann Institute of Science
(cpboaz >at< weizmann.weizmann.ac.il)
Prof. Tomas Base
The Czech Academy of Sciences
(tbase >at< iic.cas.cz)
Prof. Heidi Bednar
College of the Canyons
(heidirenate >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Chris Barrett
McGill University
Fulbright Canada Chair
(chris.barrett >at< mcgill.ca)
Dr. Johana Bolívar Monsalve
Tecnológico de Monterrey
(A00827748 >at< itesm.mx)
Dr. Chris Carlisle
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
(cic1001 >at< cus.cam.ac.uk)
Dr. Carlos Ceballos Gonzalez
Tecnológico de Monterrey
(A00826572 >at< itesm.mx)
Dr. Yanyan Chen
(yychen2006 >at< sinano.ac.cn)
Prof. Fangyi Cheng
Nankai University
(fycheng >at< nankai.edu.cn>)
Prof. Joey Chifamba
University of Zimbabwe
(chifambajoey >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Marguerite Ciolkosz
State College Area High School
Prof. Shelley Claridge
Purdue University
(claridge >at< purdue.edu)
Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann
(feldmann >at< lmu.de)
Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres
(lcfernandez >at< cayey.upr.edu)
Prof. Dr. Johan Hofkens
KU Leuven
(johan.hofkens >at< chem.kuleuven.be)
Prof. Atsushi Ikai
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama
Dr. Takao Ishida
(t-ishida >at< aist.go.jp)
Prof. Shana O. Kelley
Northwestern University
Special Fulbright Canada Chair
(shana.kelley >at< northwestern.edu)
Prof. Kevin Kelly
Rice University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(kkelly >at< rice.edu)
Sander S. Kommeren
Sander S. Kommeren
(a.s.kommeren >at< student.utwente.nl)
Sang Min Kim
Hanyang UniversitySang Min Kim
Department of Chemistry
Prof. Haiwon Lee
Hanyang University
Department of Chemistry
(haiwon >at< hanyang.ac.kr)
Prof. L. Andrew Lyon
Chapman University
(lyon>at
Kazunori Ohashi
Nagoya University
Department of Chemistry
(kazunori >at< nano.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
Dr. Hans Peter Rust
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
(dec)
Prof. Federico Rosei
INRS EMT Canada
Fulbright Canada Chair
(rosei >at< emt.inrs.ca)
Prof. Hiroshi Sakaguchi
Research Institute of Electronics
Shizuoka University
(sakaguchi >at< rie.shizuoka.ac.jp)
Prof. Ted Sargent
Northwestern University
Fulbright Canada Chair
(ted.sargent >at<; northwestern.edu)
Prof. Tomo Takami
VisionArts SpinLab and Hiroshima University
(hgg03601 >at< nifty.com)
Dr. Gary Taylor
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama
Prof. Jyh-Ming Wu
National Tsing Hua University
(wujm >at< mx.nthu.edu.tw)
Dr. Roger van Zee
NIST
Wouter J. C. Vijselaar
(w.j.c.vijselaar-1 >at< student.utwente.nl)
Prof. Glen Vogel
Department of Chemistry
Ithaca College
(vogel >at< ithaca.edu)
Prof. Marcus Weck
Department of Chemistry
New York University
(marcus.weck >at< nyu.edu)
Prof. Alexander Wei
Purdue University
(alexwei >at< purdue.edu)
Prof. Jiansheng Xu
Institute of Electrical Engineering
Chinese Academy of Sciences
(jsxu >at< mail.iee.ac.cn)
Prof. Xiaobin Xu
Tongji University
(xxu.uta >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Yingwei Yang
Jilin University
(ywyang >at< jlu.edu.)
Prof. Ken-Tye Yong
University of Sydney
(ken.yong >at< sydney.edu.au)
Prof. Yasuyuki Yokota
Osaka University
(yyokota >at< chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp)
Prof. Francisco Zaera
University of California, Riverside
(zaera >at< ucr.edu)
Prof. Darin T. Zimmerman
Department of Physics
Penn State Altoona
(dtz1 >at< psu.edu)