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Fellowship Winners

2022 Fellowship Winners

Graduate Students 

Yoav Dan

A Correlative Light-Electron Liquid-Phase Microscopy for Elucidating Mechanism, Dynamics, and Assembly of Dipeptides

Department of Oral Biology, Tel Aviv University

Host Professor: Nathan Gianneschi, Northwestern University

 


Claire Onsager

Studying Membrane Strain and Conductivity for Resistive Tomography Applications

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University

Host Professor: Noa Lachman. Tel Aviv University

 


Parul Rathee

RAFT and ROMP based enzyme responsive amphiphiles as building blocks for smart polymeric nanocarriers

Department of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University

Host Professor: Nathan Gianneschi, Northwestern University

 


Lev Rovinsky

Dielectric Relaxation Behavior of VMQ/CNT Self-Sensing Stretchable Electrodes

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tel Aviv University

Host Professor: Matthew Grayson, Northwestern University

 

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Yu Chen

Endogenous peptide-driven biomimetic mineralization for controlled intracellular drug delivery

Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University

Host Professor: Nathan Gianneschi, Northwestern University

 Dr. Yu Chen's research is focused on developing self-assembling peptide structures with helpful medicinal properties. Chen's current research focuses on researching minimalistic peptide building blocks that, when combined with metal ion, can be used to create structures capable of collecting medicines and releasing them slowly into a patient.  This solution would allow researchers and doctors to monitor and manipulate drug delivery using materials that are common in the body, and can be easily tolerated and broken down when no longer required.  Dr. Chen’s research aligns with the Gianneschi lab’s own expertise in peptide-polymer structures, and will benefit from the advanced real-time imaging technology available there for more precise monitoring of the peptide assembly process.

 

 Dr. Pranab Mohapatra

Controlling Nucleation Density of 2D Materials: From Nanodomains to Large Single Crystals for Advanced Electronics and Optoelectronics

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tel Aviv University

Host Professor: Mark Hersam, Northwestern University

 Dr. Pranab Mohapatra’s research focuses on the production of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC), crystal films used as nanoscale semiconductors.  Dr. Mohapatra has worked extensively in developing metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) techniques for improving material quality and purity in large scale production, including a novel Growth-Etch process for increased optical quality.  He will be joining Dr. Hersam’s lab for a joint further investigation of TMDC growth for electronic and optoelectronic applications, particularly the effects of domain size and defect density on the properties of the films produced.  The Primary Investigator of Dr. Mohapatra’s laboratory at Tel Aviv University, Professor Ariel Ismach, will be accompanying him for the duration of the fellowship, allowing for an uncommonly deep collaboration between the two research groups.