Nielsen Lab Members

Graduate Students

Blake A. Wilson (2011 - present)

R.J.K. Udayana Ranatunga (2007 - present)

M.S. awarded 2009: Molecular dynamics study of diethyleneglycol-monododecyl ether functionalized nanoparticles at an oil-water interface

Chi-cheng Chiu (2005 - 2010)

M.S. awarded 2007: Conformational study of nano-1 peptide at the water/carbon nanotube interface using molecular dynamics simulations

Ph.D. awarded 2010: Molecular dynamics simulations of nanoscale interfaces: from simple liquids to biological systems

Present position: Postdoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Robert J.B. Kalescky (2007 - 2008)

M.S. awarded 2009: Area per ligand as a function of nanoparticle radius: a theoretical and computer simulation approach

Present position: Ph.D. candidate, Southern Methodist University

Dat T. Nguyen (Fall 2011 - present)

Tej P. Gidvani (Summer 2011 Clark program)

Kimberly Fiszer (Summer 2011 - present)

Triet (Jade) Nguyen (Summer 2011 - present)

Assefa D. Siraro (Spring 2011 - present)

Blake A. Wilson (Summer 2010 LSAMP program)

Srilakshmi Chetlur (Summer 2010 - Fall 2010)

Suleyman B. Tufa (Spring 2010)

Chuong T. Nguyen (Fall 2009 - Spring 2010)

David Torres Flores (summer 2009, UTD-Mexico exchange program)

Marie C. Maher (Fall 2007 - Summer 2008)

Present position: Graduate student, Stanford University

Min Zhou (Fall 2007 -- Spring 2008)

Present position: Graduate student, University of Texas at Dallas

Uriel O.M. Vázquez (Summer 2007, UTD-Mexico exchange program)

Present position: Graduate student, Erasmus Mundi MATHMODS program

Darren C. Ware (Summer 2007 -- Fall 2007)

David O. Birdwell (Fall 2006 -- Spring 2007)

Present position: Graduate student, University of North Texas

Jieun Lim (Summer 2008, Welch Summer Scholar)

Chris Q. Li (Summer 2007, Welch Summer Scholar)

Jenny J. Zhou (Summer 2006, Welch Summer Scholar)

Present position: Undergraduate student, Duke University

Gregg R. Dieckmann, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas

Bernd Ensing, Assitant Professor, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam

Carlos F. Lopez, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

Preston B. Moore, West Center Director and Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Wataru Shinoda, Group Leader, Nanosystem Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan