Watkins Research Group

Principal Investigator

James J. Watkins

Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and Director of the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing

Education:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 1987
M.S., Chemical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 1988
Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997

Contact:
watkins@polysci.umass.edu (413) 545-2569
Office: A616 Conte

Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Researchers

	Jayanta K. Baral Post Doctoral Research Associate Education: M.S., Physics/Electronics, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, 2004. Ph.D., Organic Non-Volatile Memory and Charge Transport studies, Abo Akademi University and Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, 2009.	Research Interests: Charge transport, device physics and printed flexible electronics. Contact: jayanta@polysci.umass.edu Office: A233 Research Profile
	Takayuki Kobayashi Visiting Researcher Education: B.E., Chemistry and Biotechnology, the University of Tokyo, 2003. M.E., Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 2005.	Research Interests: Self-assembly, additive-driven assembly, and their applications in functional materials Contact: tkobayashi@polysci.umass.edu Office: B125 Conte
	Ying Lin Post Doctoral Research Associate Education: B.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, China, 2003. Ph.D., Polymer and Organic Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, China, 2009.	Research Interests: Nanoparticle-driven assembly of block copolymers for ordered hybrid materials; morphology control in block copolymer/nanocrystal hybrids for solar cells, floating gate memory, and supercapacitors Contact: yinglin@polysci.umass.edu Office: A237 Conte Research Profile
	Dan Miranda Post Doctoral Research Associate Education: B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Materials Science and Engineering, 2006. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012.	Research Interests: Utilization of block copolymer phase behavior in polymer gel electrolytes. Contact: dmiranda@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: A232 Conte Research Profile
	Dongpo Song Post Doctoral Research Associate Education: B.A., Chemistry Education, Qufu Normal University, 2005. M.S., Organic Chemistry, Jilin University, 2008. Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011.	Research Interests: Preparation and characterization of polymers and nanoparticles for the self-assembly of well-defined nanostructures. Contact: dpsong@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: A232 Conte Research Profile
	YuYing Tang Senior Research Scientist Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1984. M.S., Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1987. Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994.	Research Interests: Polymer electrolytes; roll to roll processing of polymer and composite materials. Contact: yuyingtang@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: B125 Conte Research Profile
	Hongtao Zhang Post Doctoral Research Associate (Currently at NIST) Education: B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 1996. M.S., Theoretical Physics from Peking University, 2002. Ph.D., Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2009.	Research Interests: Optical sensors, nanophotonics, and quantum physics. Contact: hongtao.zhang@nist.gov Research Profile

Graduate Students

	Eric Anderson Ph.D. Student Education: B.S., Chemistry and Mathematics, Winona State University, 2007. M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008.	Research Interests: Functionalized metal oxide nanoparticles for use in solid polymer electrolytes. Contact: anderson@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: B125 Research Profile
	Michael R. Beaulieu Ph.D. Student Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst, 2007. M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009.	Research Interests: Patterning of nanoparticle composites for manipulation of electromagnetic radiation. Contact: beaulieu@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: A322 Research Profile
	Nicholas S. Colella Ph.D. Student Education: B.A., Chemistry and Mathematics, Williams College, 2009. M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012.	Research Interests: Novel crystallization methods of organic semiconductors. Contact: ncolella@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: A233 Research Profile
	Rohit Kothari Ph.D. Student Education: B. Tech. and M. Tech., Materials Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University, 2010. M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012.	Research Interests: Additive-driven assembly of block copolymers; mesoporous oxides. Contact: rkothari@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: A225 Research Profile
	Cheng Li Ph.D. Student Education: B.S. Chemistry, Nanjing University, 2010. M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012.	Research Interests: Tuning UV-curable polymer properties using nanoparticles. Contact: cli3@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: A236 Research Profile
	Shengkai Li Ph.D. Student Education: B.E., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2011.	Research Interests: Hydrothermal synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles and their hybridization with polymers. Contact: shengkaili@ecs.umass.edu Office: A232 Research Profile
	Xinyu "Glen" Wang Ph.D. Student Education: B.S. Polymer Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2008. M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009.	Research Interests: Morphological studies of nanoparticle/block copolymer hybrid systems towards the fabrication of high-permeability low-loss metamaterials for electromagnetic applications. Contact: xwang@polysci.umass.edu Office: A233 Research Profile
	Li Yao Ph.D. Student Education: B.S. Chemistry and Geochemistry, Nanjing University, 2006. M.S., Organic Chemistry, Boston College, 2008. M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010.	Research Interests: Fabrication of mesoporous silica films with tunable-size and shape channels templated from chemical amplified block copolymers in supercritical CO2. Photo-induced disorder in strongly segregated block copolymer composite films for hierarchical pattern formation. Contact: lyao@mail.pse.umass.edu Office: A236 Research Profile