BENJAMIN S. HSIAO
RESEARCH GROUP

Isaac Liu
Undergraduate student
Email: isaac.liu@stonybrook.edu
Isaac Liu is a Junior at Stony Brook University pursuing a B.S in Biology and is on the predental track. He is currently working with iron-cellulose based adsorbents in an attempt to remove anionic containments from water. He hopes to improve oral health through his research and is applying to dental school in 2022.

Heidi Yeh
Undergraduate student
Email:
Heidi Yeh is currently an undergraduate student pursing a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Business Administration. She is currently working on the absorption behavior of cationic dialdehyde cellulose and dialdehyde cellulose on anionic dyes.

Fahmida Akter
Undergraduate student
Email: fahmida.akter@stonybrook.edu
Fahmida Akter is a junior double majoring in Biology (Interdisciplinary Biology) and Sociology, with minors in Studio Art and Chemistry on the pre-med track. She is focusing on using bio-adsorbents to treat PFCs substances (PFBA, PFBS, PFBO, and PFBS) with Duning Li. This project could potentially lead to many advantages such as cheap feedstock, chemicals to be easily modified, and used as a selective design for PFAS removal.
Amy Yen Phung Ngo
Undergraduate student
Email: amyyenphung.ngo@stonybrook.edu
Amy Ngo is currently an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S in Chemistry with minors in Writing & Rhetoric and Health & Wellness. Besides being in the lab, she writes her own blog and loves trying different foods!


Justina Varghese
Undergraduate student
Email: justina.varghese@stonybrook.edu
Justina Varghese is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.A. in History and a Minor in Chemistry at Stony Brook University. She is currently working on the comparison of cationization reactions on different cellulose materials including cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibers and bacterial cellulose.

Jenny Gao
Undergraduate student
Email: jenny.gao@stonybrook.edu
Jenny Gao is currently an undergraduate student pursuing her B.S. in Biology. She is currently working on selectively removing lead from drinking water through cellulose-based membranes and picolinate-based compounds.

Jacob Pylypciw
Undergraduate student
Email: jacob.pylypciw@stonybrook.edu
Jacob is currently a junior pursing a B.S. in Biochemistry and Environmental Chemistry. His research focuses on functionalizing cellulose and lignin for use in water treatment systems.

Emanuel von Henduck
Undergraduate student
Email:
emanuel.vonhenduck@stonybrook.edu
Emanuel von Henduck is an undergraduate of B.S. Chemical Science. He joined the Hsiao Group in 2020 as a research assistant to Hsiao Group under the guidance of Dr. Chi.

Nilay Sebat
Undergraduate student
Email:
Nilay is currently an undergraduate student at Stony Brook University, pursuing a Bachelor's of Science in Biology. She is currently focusing on fabrication and elongation of cellulose nanofibers through the use of a rheo-optic device, a milli-flowing channel with a polarizing film.

Jianfeng Lin
Undergraduate student
Email: jianfeng.lin@stonybrook.edu
Jianfeng is currently a sophomore of stony brook university, studying the major of Bio-chemistry. He is working with Ken Johnson for his research project in Hsiao group. Besides, he had one year experience of coding. He loves playing sport such as badminton and basketball for relaxation.

Zhipeng Zhu
Undergraduate student
Email:zhipeng.zhu@stonybrook.edu
Zhipeng graduated with a bachelor of science degree in Chemical Science in May 2021. He was working on jute fiber characterizations for water purification under the guidance of Dr. Sharma and aims to pursue a doctoral degree.