Biomedical Colloid & Interface Lab
Principle Investigator: Yoonjee Park, PhD
Principle Investigator
Yoonjee Park, PhD
Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engineering Program
University of Cincinnati
Secondary Appointment:
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
584 Engineering Research Center (ERC)
2901 Woodside Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45221
(513) 556-1359
Postdoc, MIT, Biological Engineering,
Boston University, Biomedical Engineering..
PhD, Purdue University, Chemical Engineering, 2010.
BS, Seoul National University, Chemical & Biological Engineering, 2006.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Tilahun Debele
PhD National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, 2017.
BS Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia, 2008.
Graduate Students
Thomas (TJ) Waterkotte (PhD Program),
Thesis Topic: Long-term drug delivery systems
BS Ohio State University, Chemical Engineering
Avery (Zhiwei) Zheng (PhD Program),
Thesis Topic: Light-activatable drug delivery systems
BS Penn State University, Chemical Engineering
Sayma Afrin (PhD Program),
Thesis Topic: Anti-biofilm strategies
MS University of Kentucky, Chemical Engineering
Natalie Wehrle (MS Program),
Thesis Topic: Reversible drug delivery systems
BS Northern Kentucky University, Chemistry
Denzel Ryan Cruz (MD/PhD Program)
Thesis Topic: SMAD siRNA delivery implant systems
BS Illinois Institute of Technology, Bioengineering
David Adenuga (PhD Program)
Thesis Topic: Long-term Antibody-Drug Systems
Arjun Dheenan (MS Program)
Thesis Topic: Biodegradable Hollow Fiber Membrane Implants
Joseph Mwaniki (PhD Program)
Thesis Topic: Antibacterial coating
Undergraduate Students
Ruchika Pissay
Biomedical Engineering, Undergraduate researcher, Summer 2022~current.
Alumni
Graduate students
Zishu Cao
Student worker
(Current position: PhD Program at Chemical Engineering)
Ruibo Qin
MEng Chemical Engineering
Hsuan-Yeh Pan
Research Assistant
(Current position: PhD Program at Vision Science in School of Optometry , Indiana University, Bloomington, IN)
Zhe Zhang
MS Chemical Engineering
Thesis: "Quantitative Analysis of Phase-Transition Process of Light-Activatable Theranostic Agents by Pulsed Laser"
(Current position: PhD Program at Environmental Engineering)
Xingyu He
PhD Chemical Engineering
Thesis: "Long-term Light-Activated Drug Delivery Systems"
BS Dong Hua University, Materials Science & Engineering
(Current: Postdoc at Department of Pathology Wang Lab)
Zheng Yuan
PhD Chemical Engineering
Thesis Topic: "Light-activatable drug delivery systems"
MS University of Cincinnati, Materials Science
Thesis: Impact of Colloidal Silica on Silicone Oil -Silica Mixed Antifoam (Advisor: Dr. Dale Schaefer)
BS Dong Hua University, Polymer Science & Engineering
(Current: Omega Therapeutics, MA)
Aditya Sriram Challa
MENG Chemical Engineering
Thesis Topic: Novel stent design and Flow rate/Drug resistance Modeling
BS Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Chemical Engineering
Zachary Mount (MS Program)
Thesis Topic: Effect of dosing methods on chronic eye disease treatment
BS Ohio State University, Biological Engineering
(Current: Research Assistant at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA)
Madeleine Debrosse (PhD Program),
Co-advised with Dr. Jason Heikenfeld
BS Wright State University
Undergraduate students
Courtney Collins
BS Biochemisty
(Current position: College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati)
Aiden Nguyen
Tiffany Brooks
Nhung Tran
Madison Taylor
BS Chemical Engineering
(Current position: Ethicon, OH)
Khoi Nguyen
BS Biomedical Engineering
Alec Demith
BS Medical Sciences
(Current position: College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati)
Ryan Stoffel
BS Chemical Engineering
(Current position: College of Medicine, Indiana University)
Ryan Heitkamp
Chemical Engineering
Prasad Nithianandam
BS Biomedical Engineering
(Current position: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Karman Ghuman
Medical Sciences
Bijeta Pradhan
Biological Sciences
Catherine Gottsacker
Chemical Engineering, Protege program,
Majd Alslaiti
Chemical Engineering, Co-op, 2021
Jonathan Raj
Biomedical Engineering, 2021 summer.
Simhya Karthikeyan
Medical Sciences, 2021 summer.
Linh Tran
Chemistry, Undergraduate researcher, 2020~Fall 2022.
Research topic: Reversible drug release liposomes.
(current: Graduate School at University of Minnesota)
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Saikat Das
current position: Intel