Director of ZBML
Professor Babak Ziaie
Office: BRK 2023
Birck Nanotechnology Center
1205 W. State St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765.494.0725
Curriculum Vitae
Research in our group is centered on biomedical applications of MEMS (BioMEMS) and nanotechnology. This includes a variety of device and microsystems to address important clinical problems. Our group collaborates closely with physicians in order to transfer the technology to the clinic. This website presents brief descriptions of the current and recent projects pursued in our lab. For more information see the published literature or contact us.
Graduate Students
Alumni
| Name | Graduate Institution | Degree | Year | Current Position |
| Dr. Tianshuo (Tony) Zhang | Purdue University | PhD | 2019 | |
Dr. Jiawei Zhou | Purdue University | PhD | 2018 | |
| Dr. Wuyang Yu | Purdue University | PhD | 2018 | |
| Dr. Hongjie Jiang | Purdue University | PhD | 2018 | |
| Dr. Rahim Rahimi | Purdue University | PhD | 2017 | Assistant Professor at Purdue University |
| Dr. Chang Keun Yoon | Purdue University | PhD | 2017 | Samsung |
| Dr. Seung Seob Lee | Purdue University | PhD | 2016 | |
| Dr. Manuel Ochoa | Purdue University | PhD | 2016 | Post-doctoral at Purdue University. |
| Dr. Albert Kim | Purdue University | PhD | 2015 | Assistant Professor at Temple University |
| Dr. Jun Hyeong Park | Purdue University | PhD | 2015 | Senior Engineer at Samsung Display |
| Dr. Seung Hyun Song | Purdue University | PhD | 2014 | Research Fellow at Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Sungkyunkwan University |
| Dr. Girish Chitnis | Purdue University | PhD | 2013 | Postdoctoral Associate at MIT |
| Dr. Charilaos Mousoulis | Purdue University | PhD | 2011 | Postdoctoral Research Associate at Purdue University |
| Dr. Pinghung Wei | Purdue University | PhD | 2010 | Process Development Engineer at MC10 |
| Dr. Zhenwen Ding | Purdue University | PhD | 2010 | Process Engineer at Applied Materials Inc. |
| Dr. Teimour Maleki | Purdue University | PhD | 2010 | Product Manager at Bruker Nano, Inc. |
| Dr. Amani Salim | Purdue University | PhD | 2009 | Assistant Professor at International Islamic University Malaysia |
| Dr. Ming-Fang Wang | Purdue University | PhD | 2007 | Researcher at Industrial Technology Research Institute |
| Dr. Hyunjoong Kim | Purdue University | PhD | 2007 | Senior Process Engineer at Applied Materials Inc. |
| Dr. Chulwoo Son | Purdue University | PhD | 2007 | PTD Senior Process Engineer at Intel |
| Dr. Jayant Parthasarathy | University of Minnesota | PhD | 2006 | Director of Innovation and R&D at UnitedHealth Group |
| Dr. Woohyek Choi | University of Minnesota | PhD | 2006 | Samsung Corporation |
| Dr. Tingrui Pan | University of Minnesota | PhD | 2005 | Faculty at UC Davis |
| Dr. Ming Lei | University of Minnesota | PhD | 2005 | Engineer at Intel |
| Dr. Shramik Sengupta | University of Minnesota | PhD | 2005 | Associate Professor at University of Missouri |
| Mr. Vaibhav Jain | Purdue University | MS | 2017 | |
| Mr. Junyoung (Justin) Kim | Purdue University | MS | 2017 | |
| Mr. Tianlin Tan | Purdue University | MS | 2015 | Field Application/Sales Engineer at EHANG Inc. |
| Mr. Zachariah Hughes | Purdue University | MS | 2015 | Associate Engineer at Oncor Electric Delivery |
| Mr. Marcus Brown | Purdue University | MS | 2013 | System Engineer at Nanosphere |
| Mr. Benjamin Fogle | Purdue University | MS | 2009 | National Security Agency |
| Ms. Jamie Wang | Purdue University | MS | 2008 | Motorola |
| Ms. Eleanor Kai | University of Minnesota | MS | 2004 | Intel |
| Mr. Joe Guimont | University of Minnesota | MS | 2004 | Memory Design Engineer at Honeywell International |
Previous Post-doctoral Scholars
| Dr. Teimour Maleki |
| Dr. Antonio Baldi |
Previous Undergraduate Students
| Mr. Mark Oscai | Summer 2014 & Summer 2016 – Spring 2017 |
| Ms. Rebeca Hannah Oliveira | Summer 2016 |
| Ms. Farah Alimagham | Spring 2015 – Summer 2015 |
| Mr. Pablo Jimenez | Summer 2015 & Summer 2015 |
| Mr. Rodolfo Leiva | Summer 2015 |
| Mr. Sam Kenknight | Summer 2015 |
| Mr. Pablo Jimenez | Summer 2014 |
| Mr. Lior Ben-Yehoshua | Summer 2012 – Fall 2014 |
| Mr. Tianlin (Mark) Tan | Summer 2012 – Summer 2014 |
| Mr. Yiran Gu | Summer/Fall 2013 |
| Mr. Pranav Laxmanan | Summer 2013 |
| Mr. Adam Karcz | Fall 2013 |
| Mr. Shashik Banda | Summer 2013 |
| Ms. Tiffany Huang | Summer 2013 |
| Mr. Timothy Scheidler | Summer 2012 & Summer 2013 |
| Mr. Renju Liu | Summer 2012 |
| Mr. Zheyang Zhu | Summer 2012 |
| Ms. Swetha Chandrasekar | Summer 2011 |