Postdoctoral Scholar (2023)
Dr. Daniel Loh
B.S. Yale University (2017)
Ph.D. Harvard University (2023)
Project: Heteropolymers as aqueous catalysts
Email: daniel[dot]loh[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Group Members
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ting Xu
Professor of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Department of Chemistry
Dr. Xu teaches Polymer Surfaces And Interfaces (MATSCI 251) for graduate students during the Fall semester, and Polymeric Materials (MATSCI 151) for upper-division undergraduate students during the Spring semester.
Office: 381 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Phone: 510-642-1632
Email: tingxu[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Meet Our Team
All postdoctoral and student researchers are based in the 3rd Floor Student Bay of the Hearst Memorial Mining Building on UC Berkeley Campus, and can be contacted via personal email or through the lab phone number: 510-643-6804.
Postdoctoral Scholar (2021)
Dr. Hao Yu
B.S. Chemistry, Jilin University (2016)
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2021)
Project: Design of heteropolymers for catalytic activity and plastic recycling
Email: haoy3[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Postdoctoral Scholar (2022)
Dr. Xu Qiu
B.S. Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2017)
Ph.D. Pharmaceutical chemistry, Peking University (2022)
Project: Protein-inspired random heteropolymer catalyst discovery
Email: xu.qiu48[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2018), Advanced to PhD Candidacy (2020)
Priscilla Pieters
M.S. Chemistry, University of Groningen (2018)
Project: Polymer-grafted nanoparticles
Email: priscilla_pieters[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2019), Advanced to PhD Candidacy (2020)
Ivan Jayapurna
B.S. Chemical Engineering and B.A. Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (2019)
Project: Rational design of bioactive plastics
Email: ivanfj[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2019), Advanced to PhD Candidacy (2020)
Tiffany Chen
B.S. Chemistry, University of California, San Diego (2017)
Projects: Synthesis of polymer grafted nanoparticles; Synthesis and characterization of polymer grafted nanoparticles
Email: tiffanyklchen[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2021)
Haotian Chen
B.S. Agriculture, Jilin University (2018)
M.S. Neurobiology, Fudan University (2021)
Project: 3-helix micelle drug carrier for glioma treatment
Email: haotian_chen[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2022)
Alexandra Grigoropoulos
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2022)
Project: Random heteropolymer design for modulation of protein folding and stability
Email: alexandrag2022[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2022)
Baichuan (Patrick) Na
B.S. Chemistry, The Ohio State University (2022)
Project: Interaction between Random Heteropolymers and metal ions: Perspective from selective lanthanides separation
Email: baichuanna[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2022)
Seungyeop Kim
B.S. Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2022)
Project: Supramolecule nanocomposite self-assembly
Email: yeop_kim[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2023)
Hao Wei
B.S. Chemistry, University of California San Diego (2023)
Project: Bioactive Plastics
Email: hao_wei[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2023)
Sherrie Qian
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023)
Project: Synthesis and characterization of polymer grafted nanoparticles
Email: sxqian[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2023)
Huanxiao Ma
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University (2023)
Project: Synthesis and characterization of polymers
Email: hx-ma23[at]berkeley[dot]edu
Graduate Student (2023)
Boya Zhu
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2023)
Project: Random Heteropolymer design
Email: boyazhu[at]berkeley[dot]edu