Group Members
PI
: Stefan Zauscher
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and of Biomedical Engineering
Email: zauscher@duke.edu
Complete CV: Zauscher CV
Education:
- Ph.D. in Materials Science - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (2000)
- M.S. in Materials Science - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (1992)
Positions and Employment
- Education Director, Triangle MRSEC (2011 – present)
- Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science(2010-present)
- Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC. (2009-present)
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC. (2007-present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC. (Sept. 2000–2006)
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Paper Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY. (Jan -Aug 2000)
Honors
- Chair Elect, 2012 Gordon Research Conference on Biointerface Science (2010)
- Division Chair, Biomaterial Interfaces Division of the AVS (2009-2010)
- ICCES Outstanding Young Investigator Award, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (2008)
- Young Investigator Award, The American Academy of Nanomedicine (2005)
- Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation (2003)
- Faculty Enhancement Award in Engineering Oak Ridge Associated Universities (2001)
- Hunt Faculty Scholar (Pratt School of Engineering) (2001-present)
Graduate Students - click photo for bio
Gregory Hardy gjh9@duke.edu
Lei Tang - lei.tang@duke.edu
Eric Zhang - jz33@duke.edu
Robert Ferris - robert.ferris@duke.edu
Post-Doctoral Researchers - click photo for bio
Zehra Parlak - zehra.parlak@duke.edu
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Undergraduate Researchers
Stefan Streckfuss (2011 – present)
Hiral Tailor (2009 – present)
Byung Seok Kwon (2009 – present)
Karim Khalil (2011 – present, Pratt Fellow)
Zauscher Lab Alumni
| Postdoctoral Researchers | Years | Current Position and Location |
| Robert Ducker, Ph.D | 2008 – 2010 | Postdoc, University of Sheffield, England |
| Tao Chen, Ph.D. | 2008 – 2010 | Humboldt Fellow, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
| Nehal Abu-Lail, Ph.D. | 2004 – 2007 | Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Pullmann, WA |
| Sang-Jung Ahn, Ph.D. | 2001 – 2004 | Research Scientist, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea |
| Marian Kaholek, Ph.D | 2003 – 2006 | Director R&D, VISCOFAN, Czech Republic |
| Nelson Nunalee, Ph.D | 2006 – 2007 | Ravenscroft High School, Raleigh, NC |
| Graduate Students | ||
| Jeff Coles, Ph.D. | 2004 – 2010 | BD Biosciences, Raleigh, NC |
| Debby Chang, Ph.D. | 2005 – 2010 | Postdoc, Lund University, Sweden |
| Yee Lam, Ph.D. | 2002 – 2008 | UNC Medical School, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Alice De Bellis, M.S. | 2002 – 2007 | - |
| Woo-Kyung Lee, Ph.D | 2001 – 2006 | Staff Researcher, Naval Reserach Laboratory, Washington DC |
| Alexei Valiaev, Ph.D | 2001 – 2007 | Sydnovate Tech Transfer, University of Sydney, Australia |
| Andres Garcia, M.S. | 2005 – 2008 | Research Engineer, Liquidia, RTP, NC |
| Undergraduate Pratt Fellows | ||
| Nissar Ahmed | 2009 – 2010 | |
| Barrett Sullivan | 2009 – 2010 | |
| Jordy Goldstein | 2009 – 2010 | |
| Undergraduate Independent Study Students | ||
| Fayekah Assanah | 2007 – 2008 | |
| Jason Blum | ||
| Andrew Bowen | ||
| Doug Mullen | ||
| Visiting Students | ||
| Clemens Biet | Fall 2010 – Spring 2011 | TU Berlin, Germany |
| Naima Hutter | Fall 2010 | TU Munich, Germany |
| Cynthia Gruber | Fall 2010 | ETH-Zurich, Switzerland |
