Team

PI: Ellen Hyeran Kang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Department of Physics | NanoScience Technology Center (NSTC)

Secondary joint appointment, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Graduate faculty, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University (Advisor: Prof. Enrique De La Cruz)
  • M.S./Ph.D. in Physics, Brown University (Advisor: Prof. Jay Tang)
  • B.S./M.S. in Physics, Seoul National University (Advisor: Prof. Yung Woo Park)

Current Members:

Bryan Demosthene

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Sciences

M.S. in Nanotechnology (Thesis track), University of Central Florida

B.S. in Biomedical Science, University of Central Florida

A former NSF REU student in Kang lab (Summer 2018)

Taylor Douglas

Ph.D. student in Physics

M.S. in Physics, University of Central Florida

B.S. in Biophysics, Rowan University

 

Ramsha Hashmi

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Sciences

M.Tech in Bioinformatics, Delhi Technological University, India

B.Tech in Biotechnology, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University, India

 

Sydney Paulin

Undergraduate Student, Interdisciplinary Studies major

 

 

Ahad Ansari

Undergraduate Student, Burnett Medical Scholar

Honors Undergraduate Thesis Track

 

 

Alyssa Boyd

Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Science major

National Merit Scholar

 

 

Lucy Bosses

Undergraduate Student, Biology major

 

 

 

Giosue Pagan

NSF REU Student (2024)

Penn State State University

 

 

Moitri Santra

High School Student, Oviedo High School


Former Lab Members:

Visiting Scholar

Dr. Sang Wook Lee (2022-2023) Professor, Ewha Womans University, Department of Physics 

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Myeongsang Lee (2018-2019) Current: Postdoctoral scholar at NIH

Dr. Hector Rivera-Jacquez (2015-2016) Current: MD program at Trinity Medical Sciences University

Graduate Students

Brianna Ariza (2022-2023) MS student (thesis) in Nanotechnology

Pavlo Kravchuk (2020-2022) MS student (thesis) in Nanotechnology, Current: Florida State University Medical School

Jinho Park (2017-2021) PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering, Current: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Florida 

Nicholas Castaneda (2016-2021) PhD student in Biomedical Sciences, Current: Data Scientist at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Claire Toland (2020-2021) MS (thesis) in Nanotechnology

Connor Harmon (2021) MS (non-thesis) in Nanotechnology

James Heidings (2017-2020) MS (thesis) in Biotechnology, a former undergraduate researcher, Current: PhD student at University of Florida 

Zachary Untracht (2017-2019) MS (thesis) in Nanotechnology, a former undergraduate researcher

Sarah Bartley, APS Bridge Program Fellow (2019)

Angie Diaz (2016-2018) MS (thesis) in Nanotechnology, Current:Professional & Technical Scientist at AECOM (a Kennedy Space Center branch)

Ryan Marracino (2017-2018) PhD student in Biomedical Sciences

Michael Atilola, PSM in Nanotechnology (2016-2017)

Aaron Marbin, PSM in Nanotechnology (2016-2017) Current: MD program, Nova Southeastern Univ.

Montherson Saint-Juste, PSM in Nanotechnology (2016)

Taylor Wood, PSM in Nanotechnology (2016)

Undergraduate Students

Abdulrazak Kalae (2022-2023) Honors Undergraduate Thesis Scholar

Melissa Deinys (UCF L.E.A.R.N. mentee; 2023)

Kayla Pagan (UCF L.E.A.R.N. mentee; 2023)

Hunter Sjobom (NSF REU student from Catawba College; 2022)

Aliya Hyman (NSF REU student from the Univ. of Buffalo; 2021)

Tevin Um (2019-2020) Honors Undergraduate Thesis Scholar, Current: MD program, Nova Southeastern Univ.

Ryan Mobley (2018-2020)

Nouha Acouri (2019)

Mahammad Gardashli (2018-2019)

Edgar Cruz (2016-2017) Current: Science Teacher at Oak Ridge High School

Amirah Mathin (2016-2017) Current: MS student in Johns Hopkins Univ.

Felix Yeung (2016)

Theresa Merlino (NSF REU student from Penn State Univ., 2017) Current: Associate Scientist, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies

High School Students

Avi Selskey (Trinity Preparatory School), University of Florida

Diya Behal

Ahad Ansari (Lake Highland Preparatory School), ASPIRE program mentee (2019-2021), Current undergraduate researcher in the group

Ariana Zhai (Seminole High School) (2017-2019), University of Florida