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!

The Weiss Group in front of CNSI, 2017

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

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)
Prof. Steven Jonas Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (sjonas >at< ucla.edu)

Senior Staff & Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Maryam Badv (badvm>at<ucla.edu)
Naihao's photo Dr. Naihao Chiang (naihaochiang2012 >at< u.northwestern.edu)
Dr. Mahdi Hasani UCLA Bioengineering (mahdi.hasani >at< gmail.com)
Dr. Jae Park (jaep0827 >at< ucla.edu)

Graduate Students

Erin Avery (erin.avery1 >at< gmail.com)
Kris Barr (Kristopher.Barr >at< gmail.com)
Jason Belling UCLA (jasonbelling >at< gmail.com)
Isaura Frost (IFrost >at< mednet.ucla.edu)
Yao Gong (echogy1900 >at< gmail.com)
Martin Hartel (martinhartel557 >at< gmail.com)
Liv Heidenreich (lheiden >at< ucla.edu)
Lisa Kawakami (lmkawakami>at<chem.ucla.edu)
Wenfei Liu (wenfei95 >at< gmail.com)
Melina Mastrodimos (mbmastrodimos >at< gmail.com)
Samantha T. Mensah (mensah >at< ucla.edu)
Hossein Montazerian (hmontazerian >at< g.ucla.edu)
Amir Nasajpour (anasa >at< ucla.com)
Jun Shen (junshen >at< ucla.edu)
Dominik Stemer (dstemer >at< ucla.edu)
Gail's photo Gail Vinnacombe (gavinnacombe >at< ucla.edu)
Lingbo Xing Peking University (1401110255 >at< pku.edu.cn)
Thomas Young (thomasdylanyoung >at< live.com)
Shan Zhang (zhangshan_9303>at<163.com)
Chuanzhen Zhao (chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com)

Undergraduate Students

Rashed Alkhlaifat (abukhlief >at< ucla.edu)

Staff

Holly's photo Holly Bunje ACS Nano Journal Assistant (holly.bunje >at< ucla.edu)
Chris DeSantis ACS Nano Managing Editor Assistant (managing.editor >at< nano.acs.org)
Hon Hoang UCLA Design Media Administrator (hon >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)

Visitors

Prof. Xiaobin Xu Tongji University (xxu.uta >at< gmail.com)
Prof. Yingwei Yang Jilin University (ywyang >at< jlu.edu.cn)

Graduate Student Alumni

Beth's Picture Prof. Beth Anderson Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu)
N/A Jamie Arnold Penn State (jja5 >at< psu.edu)
Taylor's photo Taylor Aubry (tayloraubry >at< ucla.edu)
Heidi's photo Prof. Heidi Bednar College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com)
Meaghan's Picture Dr. Meaghan Blake Dow Chemical (ladyblakey >at< hotmail.com)
Huan's photo Dr. Huan Cao UC Merced (serotonin >at< ucla.edu)
Lyndon's photo Dr. Lyndon F. Charles (jahprofile >at< hotmail.com)
Sarawut's Picture Prof. Prof. Sarawut Cheunkar King Mongkut University of Technology (sarawut.che >at< kmutt.ac.th)
Mike's photo Dr. Michael Cygan (mcygan >at< erols.com)
Arrelaine's Picture Dr. Arrelaine Dameron Pneumaticoat (arrelaine >at< gmail.com)
Daniel's Picture Daniel Dewey
Zach's Picture Prof. Zachary Donhauser Department of Chemistry Vassar College (zadonhauser >at< vassar.edu)
Terry's Picture Dr. Terry D'Onofrio Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (terrence.donofrio >at< us.army.mil)
Leyla's photo Prof. Leyla Esfandiari (lesfandiari >at< ucla.edu) University of Cincinnati
Chunru's photo Chunru Fan (cfan >at< chem.ucla.edu)
JimF's photo Dr. Jim Ferris (jimsan >at< ComCAT.COM)
Dan's photo Dr. Dan Fuchs (dan_fuchs_4 >at< hotmail.com)
Andrea's photo Prof. Andrea Giordano (ang143 >at< psu.edu)
Dominic Goronzy (goronzy.dominic >at< gmail.com)
Tracy's photo Tracy Graham Waters Corp. (tracybelle >at< comcast.net)
AndrewG's Picture Andrew Guttentag (N/A)
Patrick's photo Patrick Han (N/A)
Julia's photo Dr. Julia Heetderks (juliaheetderks >at< msn.com)
Nate's photo Dr. Nate Hohman Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (hohmanjn >at< stanford.edu)
Justin's Picture Dr. Justin Ingram
Jenny's photo Dr. Jennifer Jackiw (jjjackiw >at< yahoo.com)
Jen's photo Jennifer Johnson (jenjohnson >at< erols.com)
Marilyn's photo Dr. Marilyn Kamna Intel (marilyn_kamna >at< ccm.sc.intel.com)
Vasilis M. Kostakis
Kyle's photo Dr. Kyle Krom (Kyle.Krom >at< merial.com)
Ajeet's photo Dr. Ajeet Kumar National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India (go4ajeet >at< gmail.com)
Adam's photo Dr. Adam Kurland (adam.kurland >at< gmail.com)
JimK's photo Dr. James Kushmerick NIST (james.kushmerick >at< nist.gov)
Jeff's photo Jeff Lawrence NIST (jlawrenc2 >at< gmail.com)
Penelope's photo Dr. Penelope Lewis American Chemical Society (p_lewis >at< acs.org)
Brent's photo Dr. Brent Mantooth Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (bmantooth >at< gmail.com)
Greg's photo Prof. Greg McCarty University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University (gmccarty >at< email.unc.edu)
Alexandra's Picture Dr. Alexandra Mendoza Cedars Sinai (alexandra.mendoza05>at<gmail.com)
Jason's photo Dr. Jason Monnell University of Pittsburgh (jmonnell >at< engr.pitt.edu)
Amanda's photo Dr. Amanda Moore Intel (amanda.m.moore >at< intel.com)
TJ's photo Prof. TJ Mullen University of North Florida (mullen.tj >at< gmail.com)
Sanjini's photo Dr. Sanjini Nanayakkara NREL (Sanjini.Nanayakkara >at< nrel.gov)
Bala's Picture Dr. Balakrishna Pathem Hitachi GST (bala.pathem >at< gmail.com)
Hector's photo Dr. Hector Saavedra Intel (hmsaavedra >at< gmail.com)
Jeffrey's photo Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz Intel (schwartz >at< physics.ucla.edu)
Andrew's Picture Dr. Andrew Serino Lam Research (andrew.serino >at< gmail.com)
Mitch's photo Dr. Mitchell Shuster Intel (mitchell.shuster >at< gmail.com)
Miles' photo Miles Silverman College of the Canyons (miles.silverman >at< gmail.com)
Rachel's photo Dr. Rachel Smith Life Technologies (rachel.smitty >at< gmail.com)
Charan's photo Dr. Charan Srinivasan Apple (charan.s >at< gmail.com)
Stephan's photo Dr. Stephan J. Stranick NIST (stephan.stranick >at< nist.gov)
John's photo Dr. John C. Thomas Intel (jct197 >at< ucla.edu)
Amit's photo Dr. Amit Vaish Amgen (amitfrompsu2009 >at< gmail.com)
Garrett's Picture Garrett Wadsworth Air Products (garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com)
Shenkai's photo Shenkai Wang (shenkaiwang >at< ucla.edu)
Natcha's Picture Dr. Natcha Wattanatorn (natcha >at< chem.ucla.edu)
Rong's photo Rong Zhang (christine_rzhang >at< hotmail.com)
Yuxi's photo Dr. Yuxi Zhao Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com)

Post-doctoral Fellows and Staff Alumni

JohnA's photo Dr. John Abendroth (jmabendroth >at< ucla.edu)
Lola's photo Lola Belsito Former Staff
Jo's Picture Dr. Joanne Bevilacqua Former ACS Nano Staff
Steve's photo Steve Bumbarger Former Staff (sxb10 >at< psu.edu)
Lloyd's photo Prof. Lloyd A. Bumm University of Oklahoma (bumm >at< nhn.ou.edu)
Ann-Sofie's photo Prof. Ann-Sofie Cans Chalmers University (cans >at< chalmers.se)
Dr. Kevin Cheung (cheung.m.kevin >at< gmail.com)
George's Picture George Chriss Former Staff (gschriss >at< gmail.com)
Shelley's Photo Prof. Shelley Claridge Purdue University (claridge >at< purdue.edu)
Anne's photo
Dr. Anne Counterman (anne.counterman >at< gmail.com)
Luis's Picture Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres Notre Dame University (lcfcayey >at< yahoo.com)
Deepee Gerringer Administrative Assistant and ACS Nano Journal Assistant (deepee >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Susan's Picture Prof. Susan Gillmor National Institutes of Health (sdgillmor >at< gmail.com)
Andrew's Picture Dr. Andrew Greenberg University of Wisconsin (greenberg >at< chem.wisc.edu)
Jenny's Picture Prof. Jennifer Hampton Department of Physics Hope College (hampton >at< hope.edu)
Patrick's photo Prof. Patrick Han Assistant Professor Tohoku University (RISINGSUN262 >at< yahoo.com)
Anat's photo Dr. Anat Hatzor De Picciotto Former Post-Doc and National Area Expert in Chemical Advances in Nanolithography: (AnatD >at< pczlaw.com>)
Nate's photo Dr. Nate Hohman Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (jnhohman >at< lbl.gov)
Xu's photo Prof. Xu Hou Xiamen University (houx >at< xmu.edu.cn)
Emily Indriolo Former Staff Scientist: (eyi101 >at< psu.edu)
Alex's photo Prof. S. Alex Kandel Department of Chemistry Notre Dame University (S.A.Kandel.1 >at< nd.edu)
Chris' photo Prof. Chris Dolan Keating Department of Chemistry Penn State University (keating >at< chem.psu.edu)
Kevin's photo Prof. Kevin Kelly Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University(kkelly >at< rice.edu)
Jay's photo Dr. Jaemyung Kim Merck (jmyungkim >at< gmail.com)
Moonhee's photo Dr. Moonhee Kim IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford University (moon219 >at< gmail.com)
Nina's photo Dr. Nina Kovtyukhova
Dongbo's Picture Dr. Dongbo Li Hitachi GST (Dongbo.Li >at< hgst.com)
ShaoChunLi's Picture Dr. Li Shao Chun Department of Physics Nanjing University (scli >at< nju.edu.cn or shaochun.li.stm >at< gmail.com)
Wei-Ssu's Picture Prof. Wei-Ssu Liao Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University (wsliaochem >at< ntu.edu.tw)
Dr. Joe Meyer (meyerja >at< aol.com)
Morgan's photo Former Staff Scientist: Dr. Morgan Mihok
Kareem Morris Administrative Assistant and ACS Nano Journal Assistant(kareem >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Nako's photo  Dr. Nako Nakatsuka ETH Zürich (nakatsuka >at<biomed.ee.ethz.ch)
Tom's photo Dr. Thomas P. Pearl
Sherman's photo Dr. Sherman Ponder
Sara's photo Dr. Sara Rahimnejad (sara.rahimnejad >at< gmail.com)
Matt's Picture
Former Staff Scientist: Matt Sandel University of Washington (mattsandel >at< yahoo.com)
Leonardo's photo Dr. Leonardo Scarabelli (lscarabelli >at< ucla.edu)
Charlie's photo Dr. Erica Schulmann Kane (ens >at< ix.netcom.com)
Dr. Ram Rao (ramrao >at< ucla.edu)
Liane's photo Dr. Liane Slaughter Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (slaughter>at<ust.hk)
Charlie's photo Prof. Charlie Sykes Department of Chemistry Tufts University (Charles.Sykes >at< tufts.edu)
Dr. Logan Stewart (logan.yah >at< gmail.com)
Jackie's photo Former Staff Scientist: Jackie Lim-Piu Tan
Hiro's photo Prof. Hirofumi Tanaka Kyushu Institute of Technology (tanaka >at< brain.kyutech.ac.jp)
Amy's photo (photo @UIUC) Former Staff Scientist: Amy Whelpley
Wei's Picture Prof. Wei Xu Department of Physics Tongji University (xuwei >at< tongji.edu.cn)
Qing's Picture Dr. Qing Yang (qingyang1205 >at< gmail.com)
Tao's Picture Prof. Tao Ye University of California, Merced (tao.ye >at< ucmerced.edu)
Dr. Michael G. Yoshikawa Youngquist (mgy >at< alumni.caltech.edu)
Dr. Diana Yugay (yugay >at< chem.ucla.edu)
Peng Peng's Picture Prof. Peng Peng Zhang Department of Physics Michigan State University (zhang >at< pa.msu.edu)
Yuxi's photo Dr. Yuxi Zhao Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com)
Yuebing's Picture Prof. Yuebing Zheng Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin (yzz113 >at< gmail.com)

Undergraduate Student Alumni

Michael J. Abrams
Victor's Picture Victor Aiello
Matthew Allen (matthew.allen15 >at<​ imperial.ac.uk) Imperial College London
Beth's Picture Prof. Beth Anderson Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu)
Esteban Bautista (ebautista.elac >at< gmail.com) California State University Northridge
Jason's Picture Jason Belling University of California, Berkeley (jasonbelling >at< gmial.com)(Jason is back for grad school! See above.)
Ivan Baxter
Priya's photo Priya Bhatia (pbhatia >at< rice.edu)
Chris's photo Chris Binns Ithaca College
Aimee's photo Aimee Bross (Price) Ohio State University (price.798 >at< osu.edu)
Lafone's Picture Lafone Brown
Kevin's Picture Kevin Bui
Erin Carter
Phil Cerami
Lyndon's photo Lyndon F. Charles (jahprofile >at< hotmail.com)
Sandy Chen (sandych3n >at< gmail.com)
George's Picture George Chriss
Mercedes' Picture Mercedes Cornelius (mercedes_cornelius >at< yahoo.com)
Jacob's Picture Jacob Fauman University of California, Santa Barbara
Xin Gao (xin.gao.97 >at< outlook.com) Nanjing University
Matt's photo Dr. Matt Gethers Caltech (mattgethers >at< gmail.com)
Ashley's Picture Dr. Ashley Gibb (ashleygibb >at< gmail.com)
Megan's Picture Megan Gilbert
Molly's photo Molly P. Heyer Cambridge University (mph29 >at< hermes.cam.ac.uk)
Emily Hiers (eah012 >at< latech.edu)
Jennifer's Picture Jennifer Hinds (jhinds >at< ncsu.edu)
Hannah's Picture Hannah Lee Hinton (hhinton >at< ucla.edu)
Olivia's Picture Olivia Irving (olivia.rae.irving >at< gmail.com)
Renée M. Itle
Matthew SungYun Ji (matthewji12345 >at< ucla.edu)
Lee Katrincic
David's Picture David Kes California State University, Long Beach (davidkes >at< live.com)
Read's photo Read Langlois
Mya's photo Dr. Mya LeThai (lethaitramy >at< gmail.com)
Xi Li (lixi >at< smail.nju.edu.cn)
Xiaotong's Picture Xiaotong Li Nankai University (ulanda1994 >at< yahoo.com)
Xiaohan's photo Xiaohan Liu (hanwan127 >at< gmail.com)
Chris Love's photo 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's Picture Michael Mellody (mmellody >at< ucla.edu)
Michelle's Picture Michelle Martinez-Rivera (michelle.martinez.pr >at< gmail.com)
Patrick's Picture Patrick McClanahan (pdmcclanahan >at< gmail.com)
Tanvir Mahmud
Brandon's Picture Brandon Matthews (brandon.matthews.92 >at< gmail.com)
Kelly McElhinny (kmm726 >at< lulu.acns.nwu.edu)
John's Picture Dr. John McManigle
Abner J. Mintz (Abner.Mintz >at< montgomerycollege.edu)
Liz's Picture Liz Morin (eim106 >at< psu.edu)
Dr. Elizabeth Muth
Ryan Nevin
Roya's Picture Roya Nezarati (rmnezara >at< ncsu.edu)
Michael G. Pirrello
Chris's Picture Chris Pochas
Marian Popescu
Sue Prueksaritanond
Yifeng's Picture Yifeng Qi University of Science and Technology of China, now MIT (qiyf >at< mit.edu)
Rodrigo's Picture 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's Picture River Sween (riverswn1 >at< gmail.com)
Chris's Picture Dr. Chris Thompson (cmthompson >at< northwestern.edu)
Leticia's Picture Leticia Torres University of San Francisco
Marta Ventura (mxv176 >at< psu.edu)
Angelo Vergnetti (vergnetti.angelo >at< gmail.com) Santa Monica College
Garrett's Picture Garrett Wadsworth (garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com)
Roger's photo Roger Wang Lam Research
Garrett's Picture Dr. Lane Weaver (laneW >at< aol.com)
Alex's photo Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross Massachusetts Institute of Technology (alexwg >at< physics.harvard.edu)
Jeremy's photo Jeremy L. Weeden Juniata College
Fujun Wu (fxw126 >at< psu.edu)
Matthew Ye's Picture Matthew Ye (matthewye >at< ucla.edu)
Sumana's Picture Sumana Kaluvai (sumanakaluvai >at< gmail.com)
Chuanzhen's Picture Chuanzhen Zhao Beijing Institute of Technology (chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com)
Sichen's Picture Sichen Ludwig Zhao (luxwig >at< ucla.edu)
Hua Zheng's Picture Hua Zheng (belljayzh >at< gmail.com)

Former Visiting Scientists

Tae Kyung Ahn Hanyang University Department of Chemistry
Beth's Picture Prof. Beth Anderson Then at Samford University. Now at 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)
Heidi's photo Prof. Heidi Bednar College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com)
Chris's Picture Prof. Chris Barrett McGill University Fulbright Canada Chair (chris.barrett >at< mcgill.ca)
Tomas photo Prof. Dr. Tomas Base Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (tbase >at< iic.cas.cz)
Dr. Chris Carlisle Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge (cic1001 >at< cus.cam.ac.uk)
Yanyan's Picture Dr. Yanyan Chen (yychen2006 >at< sinano.ac.cn)
Fangyi's Picture Prof. Fangyi Cheng Nankai University (fycheng >at< nankai.edu.cn>)
Dr. Marguerite Ciolkosz State College Area High School
Jochen's photo Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann (feldmann >at< lmu.de)
Luis's Picture Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres (lcfernandez >at< cayey.upr.edu)
Johan's photo Prof. Dr. Johan Hofkens KU Leuven (johan.hofkens >at< chem.kuleuven.be)
Takeo's Picture Prof. Atsushi Ikai Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama
Takeo's Picture Dr. Takao Ishida (t-ishida >at< aist.go.jp)
Shana's Picture Prof. Shana Kelley University of Toronto Special Fulbright Canada Chair (shana.kelley >at< utoronto.ca)
Kevin's photo Prof. Kevin Kelly Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University(kkelly >at< rice.edu)
Sander's photo Sander S. Kommeren (a.s.kommeren >at< student.utwente.nl)
Sang Min Kim Hanyang University Department of Chemistry
Haiwon's photo Prof. Haiwon Lee (haiwon >at< hanyang.ac.kr) Hanyang University Department of Chemistry
AndrewLyon's Picture Prof. L. Andrew Lyon Chapmam University (lyon>at<chapman.edu)
Dave's Photo David McMillan Department of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University (dgmc >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Kazunori Ohashi Nagoya University Department of Chemistry (kazunori >at< nano.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
Peter's photo Dr. Hans Peter Rust Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Federico's Picture Prof. Federico Rosei INRS EMT Canada Fulbright Chair (rosei >at< emt.inrs.ca)
Hiroshi's photo
Prof. Hiroshi Sakaguchi Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University (sakaguchi >at< rie.shizuoka.ac.jp)
Ted's Picture Prof. Ted Sargent University of Toronto Fulbright Canada Chair (ted.sargent >at< utoronto.ca)
Tomo's Picture Dr. Tomo Takami (hgg03601 >at< nifty.com) VisionArts SpinLab and Dongkuk University, now Hiroshima University
Gary's Picture Dr. Gary Taylor
Prof. Jyh-Ming Wu National Tsing Hua University (wujm>at<mx.nthu.edu.tw)
Roger's photo Dr. Roger van Zee NIST
Wouter's photo Wouter J. C. Vijselaar (w.j.c.vijselaar-1 >at< student.utwente.nl)
Glenn's photo Prof. Glenn Vogel Department of Chemistry Ithaca College (vogel >at< ithaca.edu)
Marcus at the ACS Meeting Prof. Marcus Weck Department of Chemistry New York University (marcus.weck >at< nyu.edu)
Jiansheng's Picture Prof. Jiansheng Xu Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences (jsxu >at< mail.iee.ac.cn)
Ken-Tye Yong NTU (ktyong>at<ntu.edu.sg)
Yasuyuki's photo Yasuyuki Yokota Osaka University (yyokota >at< chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp)
Francisco's Picture Prof. Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside (zaera >at< ucr.edu)
Darrin Prof. Darin Zimmerman Department of Physics Penn State Altoona (dtz1 >at< psu.edu)