Jingyi Chen received her B.S. from Sun Yat-Sen University in China (1997), M.A. in biochemistry from SUNY College at Buffalo (2002), and Ph.D. in chemistry and nanotechnology from the University of Washington in Seattle (2006). After her postdoctoral stint at Brookhaven National Laboratory, she took the position of Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the spring of 2008. Her research interests include synthesis, surface functionalization, and characterization of nanomaterials for applications in biomedicine.

Lori Williams was born in Oceanside, California and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her B.A. degree in public relations from Webster University in 2006. In the fall of 2007, she began working as the Administrative Assistant for the Xia group.

Maureen McKiernan was born in Kansas City, Kansas. She received her B. S. degree in chemistry from Kansas State University in 2008. As a second year graduate student, she is pursuing her Ph. D. in chemistry in the Xia group. Her research interests include the synthesis of novel, metallic nanomaterials and their applications in biological imaging and cancer therapy.

Mingshang Jin was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Xiamen University in 2006. He is pursuing his Ph.D. in chemistry at Xiamen University in China. As a jointly supervised student, he joined Prof. Xia's group in the October of 2009. His research interests include shape-controlled synthesis of metal nanostructures such as copper, silver, gold, and nickel, and their applications in areas such as SERS, catalysis, and magnetism.

Weiyang Li was born in Tianjin, China. She received her B.S. degree in chemistry in 2004 and M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry from the institute of new energy materials chemistry from Nankai University in 2007.  As a second-year graduate student from BME, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in the Xia group. Her research interest includes synthesis of nanomaterials for optical sensing and development of new contrast agents for optical and radio frequency imaging techniques.

Yunqian Dai was born in Sichuan, China. She received her B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Southeast University in 2006. She is pursuing her Ph.D degree (with Prof. Yueming Sun) in the school of chemistry and chemical engineering at Southeast University. In the fall of 2008, she joined the Xia group as a jointly supervised student. Her research interests include synthesis of arrayed nanostructures and their applications in dye-sensitized solar cells.

Claire Cobley was born in Montreal, Canada and grew up in Cary, North Carolina. She graduated in 2006 from Brown University where she received a B.S. in chemistry and an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRA). She was awarded an Early Bird Award to get involved in nanotechnology research during her first year. As a third-year graduate student in BME, she is now pursuing her Ph.D. in the Xia group and her research interests include the synthesis, analysis, and applications of metal nanostructures.

Matthew Rycenga was born in Cadillac, Michigan. He graduated from Hope College with a B.S. in chemistry in 2006. As a third-year graduate student in BME, he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the Xia group. His scientific interests include nanoparticle synthesis, self-assembly, surfaced-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and novel biological applications of nanoparticles.

Yanyun Ma was born in Shanxi, China and grew up in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. She received her B. S. degree in chemistry from Xiamen University in 2004. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in chemistry at Xiamen University in China. As a jointly supervised student, Yanyun joined the Xia group in the fall of 2008. Her research interests include shape-controlled synthesis and self-assembly of noble-metal nanostructrues for applications in fields such as catalysis and energy storage.

Qiang Zhang was born in Shanxi province, China. He received his B.S. in material physics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2005. He is pursuing his Ph. D. degree in USTC with Prof. Longping Wen in biological materials since 2005. Qiang joined the Xia group as a jointly supervised Ph. D. student in 2008. His research interests include biomedical application of nanomaterials with a focus on cancer therapy through autophagy.

Yu Zhang (Shrike) was born and grew up in Nanjing, China. He received his B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Southeast University in 2008. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the Xia group, with research interests in the understanding of cell interactions with biomaterials, tissue engineering, cell encapsulation and drug delivery. His hobby is nature-watching especially birding.

Meng-Yi Bai was born in Taoyuan, Taiwan. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan) in 1999 and 2004. After finishing mandatory military service, he joined the Industrial Technology Research Institution (ITRI) in science industry park (Hsinchu) as a researcher. He joined the Xia group as a postdoctoral fellow in the spring of 2008. His research projects focus on the synthesis and utilization of hollow spheres for biomedical applications.

Eun Chul Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea. After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Pohang University of Science and Technology in 2004, he worked for Amorepacific Corporation, a cosmetic company, until 2007. He joined the  Xia group as a postdoctoral follow in the spring of 2008. His research interests include synthesis of  colloidal nanocrystals and their applications in biomedical research and cosmetics.

Sung-Wook Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Yonsei University in 2000 and 2004, respectively. His doctoral research focused on synthesis of biodegradable block copolymers and design of functionalized nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery system. He worked as a senior researcher in LG Cable from 2004 to 2006 and as a research professor at Yonsei from 2006 to 2007. In the spring of 2008, he joined the Xia group as a postdoctoral fellow working on the development of biodegradable scaffolds for tissue engineering.

Jingwei Xie was born in Anhui, China. He received his B.S. (1999), M.S. (2002) from Nanjing University of Technology in 1999 and Ph.D. from National University of Singapore. His doctoral research was focused on the biomedical devices development using electrohydrodynamic atomization. Jingwei joined the group as a postdoctoral fellow in 2007, working on the production of nanostructured materials by electrospinning, with a focus on their biomedical applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery.

Byungkwon Lim was born in Seoul, South Korea. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from school of chemical and biological engineering at Seoul National University in 2000 and 2004, respectively. His doctoral research was focused on the development of polymer and carbon nanostructures by using vapor deposition polymerization. He worked as a senior researcher in LG Chem from 2004 to 2007. In the spring of 2007, he joined the Xia group as a postdoctoral fellow working on the synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals for catalytic and fuel cell applications.

Jie Zeng was born in Henan, China. He received a BS in Applied Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2002. With Professor Jianguo Hou, he obtained his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from USTC in 2008. His doctoral research was focused on the physical and chemical properties of zero-dimensional nanomaterials. Jie joined the group as a postdoctoral fellow in December 2008, working on the synthesis and utilization of novel nanostructures.

Dong Qin was born and raised in Shanghai, China. Her academic records include a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry with Professor Hai-Lung Dai from the University of Pennsylvania (1995), a postdoctoral stint with Professor George M. Whitesides at Harvard University (1996-1997), and an MBA degree from the University of Washington (2003).  Dong is an "honorable" member and webmaster of the Xia group.