Principle Investigator

Pengyu Chen Huge and Loeda Francis Associate Professor Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Auburn University 276 Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: pengyuc@auburn.edu Phone: +1(334)844-4913 Pengyu Chen is an Associate Professor in Materials Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn. He received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanjing University. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Clemson University in 2012 and worked as a research fellow in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan from 2013-2016. Chen's research focuses on advanced nanomaterial based biosensors for biomarker detection, single cell secretion imaging, and cellular communication. He has a broad interest in Biophysics, Biosensing, Medicine/NanoEHS, and Immunology.

Lang Zhou Ph.D. Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University M.E. in Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University B.E. in Biotechnology, Sichuan University 125 Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: lzz0028@auburn.edu Lang's current research focuses on developing novel nanoplasmonic biosensing platforms for imaging cytokine secretion from individual immune cell and apply the technology to study cytokine secretion dynamics.

Xuejia Kang Ph.D. Pharmaceutics Harrison College of Pharmacy, Auburn University M.S. in Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences 196 Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: xzk0004@auburn.edu Xuejia’s current research focuses on organ-on-chip,nanoparticles related drug delivery in cancer therapy.

Students

Shuai Wu Ph.D. Candidate Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University 196 Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: szw0151@auburn.edu Shuai’s current research focuses on machine-learning-assisted Microfluidic nanoplasmonic biosensor.

Siqi Wu Ph.D. Candidate Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida B.E. in Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hubei University 196 Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: szw0165@auburn.edu Siqi’s current research focuses on magnetic assisted patterning and novel magnetic nanomaterials for neuron cell biosensors.

Karan Ingale Ph.D. Candidate Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and technology 171 Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: kzi0008@auburn.edu Karan’s current projects are about cell culture on chip and analysis.

Tzu hsiang Cho Master student Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University B.E. in Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University 171 Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: tzc0027@auburn.edu Tzu hsiang’s current projects are about 3D printer and microfluidic channel.

Jana Smith Undergraduate student Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University 123A Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: jms0307@auburn.edu Jana Smith is working on capture, concentration, and detection of cancer cells using magnetoelastic sensors for early cancer diagnosis. She started in the lab as a high school senior.

Peizhen Sun Undergraduate student Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University 123A Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: jms0307@auburn.edu Peizhen is working on real-time biosensor fabrication for cytokine detection.

Cassie Hardy Undergraduate student Materials Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University 123A Wilmore Lab Auburn, AL 36849 Email: cmh0205@auburn.edu Cassie is working on microfluidic chips fabrication and confocal imaging.

Alumni

Postdocs and Graduate Students:
Yan Zhu, Visiting Ph.D., Materials Engineering (01/2017-05/2017)
Zhengyang Gu, Master, Materials Engineering (09/2016-12/2017)
Diep Ha Nguyen, Master, Materials Engineering (06/2018-12/2018)
Feng Xiong, Master, Materials Engineering (03/2017-02/2019)
Michael Pappas, Master, Materials Engineering (05/2018-05/2019)
Lili Chen, Master, Materials Engineering (08/2017-08/2019)
Faruk Musa Soso, Master, Materials Engineering (08/2018-08/2019)
Jake Collins，Master, Materials Engineering (08/2018-12/2019)
Yuan Gao, Master, Materials Engineering (08/2017-08/2020).
-Editor at coatings publication of Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (DMPI). Yuan Gao Linkedin
Jiacheng He, Ph.D., Materials Engineering (08/2016-12/2021).
-Senior Scientist II at WuXi Biologics. Jiacheng He Linkedin
Laura Kate Fulcher, Undergraduate student, Materials Engineering (09/2021-04/2022)
Sara Boyd, Undergraduate student, Materials Engineering (09/2021-04/2022)
Wen Yang, Ph.D., Materials Engineering (08/2016-08/2022)
-Associate Research Fellow in Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Science and Technology of China West Area.
Zhuangqiang Gao, Postdoctor, Materials Engineering (11/2019-08/2022).
-Associate Professor in Shenzhen University.
Yuxin Cai, Ph.D., Materials Engineering (08/2018-05/2023).
-Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University. Yuxin Cai Linkedin
Haichuan Wang, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering (08/2020-05/2023).
Muammar Ali Chang, Master, Materials Engineering (01/2022-10/2023)
Alana MacLachlan, Ph.D., Materials Engineering (01/2018-10/2023).
-Senior Scientist - Rotational Program Alana MacLachlan Linkedin
Chuanyu Wang, Ph.D., Materials Engineering (01/2018-01/2024).
-Postdoctoral Fellow: 3D In Vitro Models for Drug Safety and Toxicology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals,Inc. Chuanyu Wang Linkedin
Taylor pankley, Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering (08/2023-05/2024).
-Ph.d. student at chemical engineering at Auburn University.