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PEOPLE<\/h1>\n\n
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Principal Investigator: Dr. Geyou Ao<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Associate Professor<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Education:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ph.D.<\/b> Chemical Engineering, Auburn University <\/span>
M.S.<\/b> Chemical Engineering, Myongji University\u00a0<\/span>
B.S.<\/b> Chemical Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University<\/span>
NIH\/NIST NRC Postdoctoral Fellow<\/b>, Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology<\/span><\/p>\n

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Details\/Links:<\/span><\/h3>\n

CSU Profile Page <\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LinkedIn <\/a> <\/span>
ResearchGate <\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Google Scholar <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> g.ao@csuohio.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Ph.D.<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brandon Heppe<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Education:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

B.S. <\/strong>Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2022<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Carbon Nanotubes,\u00a0<\/span>Boron Nitride Nanomaterials,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nanotube Sorting,\u00a0<\/span>Nanosensors<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Optical Spectroscopy,\u00a0<\/span>Rheology<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eren Katnas<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Education:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

B.S. <\/strong>Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Dispersion, Material Characterization, <\/span><\/p>\n

Assemblies using Nanomaterials<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tanner Larson<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Education:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

B.S. <\/strong>Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2022<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Hexagonal-Boron Nitride, Dispersion, Material Characterization<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Daniel<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Daniel Habean<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Research Assistant<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Education:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

B.S. <\/strong>Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Carbon Nanotubes, Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Dispersions, Optical Spectroscopy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Group Pictures<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"BioNano<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"I-Corps@Ohio<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Venkateswara Rao Kode<\/strong>– PhD in Chemical Engineering (May 2021). Currently an Assistant Professor at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chattanooga, Tennessee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ana Dilillo<\/strong>– MS in Chemical Engineering (May 2021). Currently a Scientist in Bioprocess Technologies and Engineering at AstraZeneca, Rockville, Maryland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jamil Jamal<\/strong>– MS in Chemical Engineering (May 2021). Currently a PhD student in in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jack Lombardo<\/strong>– BS in Chemical Engineering (May 2021). Currently a Law Clerk at Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fjorela Xhyliu<\/strong>– MS in Biomedical Engineering (August 2020). Currently a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Michael Cantwell<\/strong>– MS in Chemical Engineering (May 2020). Currently a Development Engineer II at Peak Nano, Cleveland, Ohio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Quinton Edward<\/strong>– NSF REU Undergraduate Researcher (2019), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Michael E. Thompson<\/strong>– NSF REU Undergraduate Researcher (2018), Physics, Grove City College.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Sofia Panomitros<\/strong>– NSF REU Undergraduate Researcher (2018), Physics, University of North Carolina Asheville.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Camerin McDonald<\/strong>– Summer Undergraduate Researcher (2017), Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Johnathan Weicherding<\/strong>– NSF REU Undergraduate Researcher (2017), Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Principal Investigator: Dr. Geyou Ao Graduate Students Brandon Heppe Ph.D. Student Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2022 Research Interests: Carbon Nanotubes,\u00a0Boron Nitride Nanomaterials,\u00a0 Nanotube Sorting,\u00a0Nanosensors,\u00a0Optical Spectroscopy,\u00a0Rheology Eren Katnas Ph.D. Student Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021 Research Interests: Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Dispersion, Material Characterization, Assemblies using Nanomaterials Tanner Larson Ph.D.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":191,"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academic.csuohio.edu\/bionanolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}