Prof. Joerg Lahann, PhD
Director, Biointerfaces Institute
Wolfgang Pauli Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
University of Michigan
Co-Director, Institute of Functional Interfaces
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Research Staff
Michael Triebwasser, MD/PhD
Research Fellow, Clinical Instructor
Mike focuses on developing the building blocks for genetic medicines that can realize the promise of curative therapy for individuals with both common and rare disorders.
Grant Dominic
Research Technician
Grant conducts work regarding polymeric nanoparticles and their applications in gene delivery.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Seongjun Moon, PhD
Chemical Engineering
Deliris Nairy Ortiz-Ortiz, PhD
Chemical Engineering
Deliris focuses on engineering advanced protein-based nanoparticle designs to improve their localization within the brain and optimize the delivery of RNA and drug therapeutics.
Zainab Harissa, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Students
Albert Chang
Materials Science & Engineering
Albert works in the nanoparticle subgroup. He is interested in devising novel nanoparticles with different surface properties for therapeutic purposes.
Fjorela Xhyliu
Chemical Engineering
Fjorela works on engineering protein nanoparticle systems for bioimaging and therapeutic purposes.
Arit Patra
Chemical Engineering
Arit studies the chemical vapor deposition synthesis of nanofiber arrays templated by a bilayer of cholesteric liquid crystals.
Julio Zelaya
Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Julio studies nanoparticles
Josh Flint
Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Josh investigates the synthesis and performance of biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles for non-viral gene delivery.
Eleanor Plaster
Biomedical Engineering
Eleanor is interested in the fabrication of dynamic hydrogels and scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.
Marisa Perez
Material Science & Engineering
Kate Kaplin
Chemistry
Kate is interested in synthesizing nanoparticles for novel therapeutic uses.
Travis Colbert
Chemical Engineering
Siddarth Joshi
Biomedical Engineering (MS)
Tianyang Chen
Material Science and Engineering (MS)
Tianyang studies chemical vapor deposition with Arit
Current Undergraduate Students
Maggie Robbins (mentored by Michael Triebwasser ) | Chemical Engineering ‘26| maggiemr@umich.edu
Aditya Kishan (mentored by Albert Chang) | Chemical Engineering ‘27| akishan@umich.edu
Alumni
Graduate Students & Post-docs
Chris Kim | Consultant at McKinsey (2025)
John Kim | Postdoc with Nicholas Kotov, University of Michigan (2025)
Ava Mauser | Scientist at Eli Lilly (2024)
Anthony Berardi | Co-Founder, Citrimer (2024)
Yao Yao | Postdoc with Samir Mitragotri, Harvard University (2024)
Yeongun Ko | Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University in Korea (2022)
Dylan Neale | Scientist at Sanofi (2022)
Laura Sanders | Scientist at Tessera Therapeutics (2022)
Nahal Habibi | Scientist at Laronde (2021)
Ayse Muniz | Associate at Flagship Pioneering (2021)
Jason Gregory | Senior Engineer at Laronde (2021)
Danny Quevedo | Senior Consultant at Trinity (2020)
Undergraduate Students
Malini Mukherji (mentored by Dylan Neale) | Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering (2022)
Now at Harvard University for Bioengineering PhD program!
Yazmin Hernandez (mentored by Ava Mauser)| Biomedical Engineering (2020)
Now at University of California at San Diego for Biomedical Engineering PhD program!