by mp165 | Jan 28, 2026 | General, Lab Bonding
This week, we said goodbye (or see you soon!) to Yimeng, our undergraduate visiting student, as she returned home after her time in the lab. Yimeng brought immense curiosity, enthusiasm, and a wonderful collaborative spirit to every project she touched, and we’re...
by mp165 | Jan 12, 2026 | General
We are excited to welcome Carolina Valvidia – a new visiting undergraduate student- to our lab! Carolina is originally from Aguascalientes, Mexico, and is currently a sophomore pursuing her B.S. in Nanotechnology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico...
by mp165 | Jan 12, 2026 | General
We are excited to welcome Angie to our research group! Angie is from Bucaramanga, Colombia, and earned her degree in Nanotechnology Engineering from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín. She is a first year Ph.D. student in the Chemical and Biomolecular...
by mp165 | Jan 12, 2026 | General
We’re excited to welcome Neha Arvinth to the group! Neha is originally from New Jersey and later moved to Fulshear, TX, just outside Houston. She recently graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S.A. in Neuroscience, along with minors in Data...
by mp165 | Dec 15, 2025 | General
All of us in the lab are super happy to announce that Dr. Christina Tringides has been named a Distinguished Scientist by the Sontag Foundation! Established in 2002 by Frederick and Susan Sontag following Susan’s battle with brain cancer, the Sontag Foundation is one...
by mp165 | Oct 23, 2025 | General
In the spirit of Halloween, the Materials Science & Nanoengineering office featured a spooky twist on the different labs’ research purposes. Here’s their ghostly twist on our living hydrogels and how they blur the line between the living and the...
