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Albert Chang

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Contact

  • albechan@umich.edu

Education

  • PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2026

  • MS in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020

  • BS in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2016

Research

  • Novel Janus nanoparticles for treatment of xerostomia

  • Mucoadhesive Janus nanoparticles for prevention of dental caries

Experience

  • Research Assistant, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

    • Synthesis of ionic liquids for selective detection of volatile organic compounds with quartz crystal microbalance

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

    • Characterization and development of ionophores for facilitating ion transfer at interface between Two Immiscible Electrolyte System (ITIES) for detection of neurotransmitters using nanoscale pipets

Awards

  • John E. Gieseking Scholarship

Publications

  • Xhyliu, F.; Yao, Y.; Ko, Y.; Grasman, G.; Raymond, J. E.; Chang, A.; Deng, Y.; Dominic, G.; Triebwasser, M.; Lahann, J. Surface‐Capped Protein Nanoparticles for Nonviral Gene Delivery. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202521796.

  • Wang, D.; Chang, A.; Shea, F.; He, Y.; Spinney, R.; Whitsett, J. D.; Lahann, J.; Mallery, S. R. Engineered Fenretinide- and Tocilizumab-Releasing Janus Nanoparticles for Site-Directed Immunochemoprevention of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung. Pharmaceutics 2025, 17 (11), 1471. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics17111471.

  • Chang, A.; Mae, B.; Pei, P.; Shea, F.; Wang, D.; Raymond, J.; Mallery, S. R.; Lahann, J. Electrohydrodynamic Jetting of Mucoadhesive Protein Nanoparticles as a Chemopreventive Strategy for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Macromol. Biosci. 2025, e00661. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202400661

  • Castor-Macias, J. A.; Piotto, C.; Rudy, P.; Guzman, S. D.; Chang, A.; Larouche, J. A.; He, Y.; Levi, B.; Lahann, J.; Aguilar, C. A. Reprogramming of Myeloid Responses to Volumetric Muscle Loss via Engineered Protein Nanoparticles. ACS Nano 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/ACSNANO.5C10604.

  • Berardi, A. J.; Raymond, J. E.; Chang, A.; Mauser, A. K.; Lahann, J. Self-Reporting Therapeutic Protein Nanoparticles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024, 16 (33). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c09114.

  • Berardi, A. J.; Francisco, S. D.; Chang, A.; Zelaya, J. C.; Raymond, J. E.; Lahann, J. Synthetic Protein Nanoparticles via Photoreactive Electrohydrodynamic Jetting. Macromol Rapid Commun 2024, 45 (21). https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400349.

  • Wang, D.; Pei, P.; Shea, F. F.; Spinney, R.; Chang, A.; Lahann, J.; Mallery, S. R. Growth Modulatory Effects of Fenretinide Encompass Keratinocyte Terminal Differentiation: A Favorable Outcome for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Chemoprevention. Carcinogenesis 2024, 45 (6). https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgae022

  • Habibi, N.; Bissonnette, C.; Pei, P.; Wang, D.; Chang, A.; Raymond, J. E.; Lahann, J.; Mallery, S. R. Mucopenetrating Janus Nanoparticles For Field-Coverage Oral Cancer Chemoprevention. Pharm Res 2023, 40 (3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-022-03465-x.

  • Chen, R.*, Yang, A.*, Chang, A.*, Oweimrin, P. F., Romero, J., Vichitcharoenpaisarn, P., Tapia, S., Ha, K., Villaflor, C., & Shen, M. A Newly Synthesized Tris(crown ether) Ionophore for Assisted Ion Transfer at NanoITIES Electrodes. ChemElectroChem 2020, 7(4), 967-974. (*co-first authors)

  • Chang, A.; Li, H.Y.; Chang, I.N.; Chu, Y.H., Affinity Ionic Liquids for Chemoselective Gas Sensing. Molecules 2018, 23(9), 2380.

  • Colombo, M. L.;  McNeil, S.; Iwai, N.; Chang, A.; Shen, M., Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine via Assisted Ion Transfer at Nanopipet Electrode Using Cyclic Voltammetry. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2016, 163(4), H3072-H3076.