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

  • Take the step; time will do the rest.

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 

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