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John Michael Abendroth
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsJohn's Ph.D. research concentrated on elucidating spin-dependent electron transport through chiral molecular assemblies, measuring room-temperature electron spin filtering in DNA-mediated charge transfer, and spin-dependent energy barriers to photoelectron transmission through helical oligopeptides. John's current postdoctoral research focuses on theoretical design and experimental implementation of nanophotonic platforms to amplify chiral light–matter interactions for advanced spectroscopies.
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Santiago Correa
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
BioSantiago (Santi) is interested in the intersection of materials science and immunotherapy, and is working to develop injectable hydrogels to stimulate the immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer. Santi is especially interested in leveraging the unique drug delivery capabilities provided by such materials systems in order to explore combination immunotherapy and the role of release kinetics on therapeutic efficacy and safety.
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Alexander Giovannitti
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in the development of recyclable batteries based on solution-processable organic polymers. The materials used for the battery will be solution processable which is a key factor for recycling electrodes and electrolytes.
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Nofar Mintz Hemed
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
BioNofar Hemed received her Ph.D. from Tel-Aviv University (Israel) in 2017 for her work on the performance and reliability of Si nanowire-forest structure for biosensor applications. She joined Stanford on September 2017 as a recipient of the prestigious "The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Postdoctoral Award", and she is currently working on multi-array for electrochemical brain mapping.
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Armantas Melianas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
BioArmantas Melianas received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Linköping University (Sweden) in 2017 for his work on time-resolved charge transport in organic solar cells in the groups of Prof. Olle Inganäs and Prof. Martijn Kemerink. He joined Stanford on October 2017 as a recipient of the Wallenberg Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and is currently developing organic electronic materials and devices for applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing.
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Lisa Poulikakos
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
BioI am a postdoctoral scholar in the group of Prof. Jennifer Dionne in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Broadly, my research focuses on harnessing nanophotonics, the study and manipulation of light on the nanoscale, to bridge engineering and biomedicine.
My postdoctoral research develops nanostructured surfaces, known as “metasurfaces,” that enhance the scattering of light from a patient’s biopsied tissue or cell sample in order to quickly and accurately inform both the stage of a patient’s disease and the appropriate treatment. This all-optical, label-free technology has the potential to enable real-time tissue diagnostics of important diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease in the operating room or at the point-of-care.
My doctoral research studied chiral light-matter interactions on the nanoscale. Chirality, the phenomenon of handedness, describes structures which are non-superimposable upon their mirror image. In particular, I theoretically and experimentally investigated the underlying physical mechanism by which chiral light interacts with optical antennas, thus opening the door to rationally designed chiral light on the nanoscale. This line of research, which I continue to investigate in collaborative projects during my postdoctoral training, has applications in the development of pharmaceuticals free of side-effects and the transition to agrochemicals with improved environmental sustainability. -
Amr Ahmed Essawi Saleh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
BioDr. Amr Saleh is a postdoctoral scholar in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University and research director of the Microbial Culture Shift Project - a multidisciplinary project that aims to develop a new platform for rapid point-of-care bacterial infection diagnostics. Dr. Saleh obtained his PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University where he designed plasmonic tweezers capable of trapping sub-10nm dielectric particles and developed a novel characterization technique to directly probe the near-field optical forces from those tweezers using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Prior to Stanford, he earned his bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering and master’s degree in engineering physics from Cairo University, Egypt. Dr. Saleh’s research interests center on light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, particularly to develop novel solutions for biological imaging and healthcare applications. He holds several approved and pending patents on plasmonic optical tweezers, bacterial diagnostics, and combined Raman and electron microscopy. He also holds a certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Stanford Graduate School of Business. His innovation in healthcare applications was recognized through the US Falling Walls labs innovation award.
