
Education
- Degree: PhD in BME, 2016
- Advisor: Gabriel Lopez, Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Research Project: Biomineralization of Peptide Assemblies
Research Interests
PUBLICATIONS
- Thapa A, Han W, Simons RH, Chilkoti A, Chi EY, . Effect of detergents on the thermal behavior of elastin-like polypeptides. Biopolymers. 2013 Jan;99(1):55-62. PMCID: PMC3481190
- Han W., Ista L.K., Gupta G., Li L., Harris J.M., Lopez G.P. "Siliceous Nanobiomaterials" in Handbook of Nanomaterials Properties. Springer, 2014.
- Han W., MacEwan S.R., Chilkoti A., Lopez G.P. "Bio-inspired Synthesis of Hybrid Silica Nanoparticles Templated from Elastin-like Polypeptide Micelles," Submitted to ACS Macro Letters.
- Ghoorchian A., SImon J.R., Han W., Bharti B., Zhao X., Chilkoti A., Lopez G.P. "Bio-inspired Reversibly-crosslinked Hydrogels Comprising Polypeptide Micelles Exhibit Enhanced Mechanical Properties," Submitted to Advanced Functional Materials.
POSTERS
- Materials Research Society (Fall 2014)
- Kewaunee CBTE Poster Session (2014)
- NC Triangle Soft Matter (2013)
- MRS Student Poster Competition (2013)
- Kewaunee CBTE Poster Session (2013)
- Kewaunee CBTE Poster Session (2012)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (2011)
- NC Triangle Soft Matter (2011)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
- Duke EGSC Student Seminar (2012)
AWARDS
- CBTE Kewaunee Student Service Award (2012)