Principle Investigator

Mutian Hua, Ph.D.

Dr. Mutian Hua received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  His research focuses on understanding the structural-property relationship in polymers to develop the next generation of robust, intelligent, sustainable, and evolving polymers with high robustness, bio-renewability, life-like responsiveness, and evolvable properties to resolve the conflict of global development and plastic waste accumulation. 

Students

Graduate

Xingrong Ren

M.E. in Biomedical Engineering

B.E. in Light Chemical Engineering 

Undergraduate

Claire Bailey 

Junior, Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering 

Undergraduate

Joshua Zhou 

  • Aspiring researcher in biomaterials and sustainable fuels.

Junior, Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering

Undergraduate

Ivy Moore 

  • I love playing music and reading.

Junior, Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering

Undergraduate

Trang Nguyen 

  • Initial curiosity can lead to passion.

Senior, Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering

Undergraduate

Rachel Lam 

  • Initial curiosity can lead to passion.

Senior, Chemical Engineering

Postdocs

Specialty: 3D Printing and Tough Hydrogels

Jiayu Wu

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 Ph.D. of Chemical Engineering and Technology

 Masters of Materials Physics and Chemistry

 Bachelor of Polymer Materials and Engineering