Current group members

Tine Curk

Principal investigator
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Uni. Cambridge, UK, 2016
[email protected]


Vicente Munizaga

Postdoctoral Researcher, joined Feb 2024

Ph.D. in Physics, JHU

Vicente develops charge transfer methods for simulating conductive polymers and designing soft electronics.


Turash Haque Pial

Postdoctoral Researcher, joined Apr 2024

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, U. Maryland College Park

Turash is working on lipid nanoparticle self-assembly and designing mRNA and DNA delivery vehicles.


Vid Ravnik

PhD student

M.S. in Chemistry, University of Ljubljana

Vid is working on designing multivalent co-polymers for membrane targeting.


Ziyun Miao

PhD student, joined Aug 2024

M.S. in Materials Science, Columbia University

Ziyun is a new PhD student interested in neuromorphic conductive polymers.


Xuanhao Lin

MS student, joined May 2024

B.S. in Materials Science

Xuanhao is designing efficient hydrogel-based nanoactuators.

Ex. Group members (survivors)

Zakiya Shireen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D. in Physics, IIT Delhi

Zakiya is working on collagen mechanics and self-assembly of lipid-RNA particles for RNA delivery.


Jackie Dong

Senior design student

Jackie is investigating mRNA-lipid nanoparticle self-assembly and growth.