Dr. Makarand Paranjape – “Mak” (Google Scholar)

Mak has been a member of the Georgetown Physics Department since 1998
He has studied electrical engineering, MEMS, solid state physics, and biotech throughout his career
Mak enjoys hockey, and puns, and anything Canada

Daniel O’Brien – “Dan” (Google Scholar)

Dan is a current graduate student in the Physics PhD program
His research is in the design and fabrication of a flexible, transdermal, biomolecular sensing device
Dan excels at sports and will never let you hear the end of New York’s dominance over DC

Darrian Mills

Darrian is a current graduate student in the Physics PhD Program
His research involves the development of a patch for noninvasive transdermal drug delivery
Darrian is a big fan of football and basketball

Undergraduates

We have a constant flow of undergrads (and a few high schoolers!) participating in research in lab, and welcome newcomers. Stop by Mak’s office (Regents 430) or lab (Regents 439) any time for more info.

Recent Lab Alumni

Graduate Students

Kyle DiCamillo – Fabrication, Characterization, and Functionalization of MoTe2 Field Effect Transistors for Gas Sensing Applications (2019)

Andrew Hankins – Investigating Defects in the Sensing Mechanism of Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors (2019)

Yian Liu – Gold Nanoparticle Decorated Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors for Glucose and Gas Sensing (2014)

Isha Dube – Mechanism of Gas Sensing in Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors (2014)

Jianyun Zhou – Fabrication and Functionalization of Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors for Bio-Sensing Applications (2009)

Vincent Paul Spinella-Mamo – Control of Micro- and Nano- Particles with Electric and Magnetic Fields (2008)

Andrew Hayes Monica – I n-Plane Carbon Nanotube Field Emitters for High Temperature Integrated Electronics (2008)

Undergraduate Students

JoJo Farina

Pia Bhatia – 2021 Senior Thesis – Fabrication of a polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic platform for studying the toxicity of metal nanoparticles and metal ions on mammalian cells

Andy Sedlack – 2020 Senior Thesis – Long-term Hydrophilic Stability of Polydimethylsiloxane Modifications

Eva Pontrelli – 2019 REU – Ion Selective Electrodes for Blood-Free Potassium Sensing

Ganzorig Batbold – 2019 Senior Thesis – Silk Fibroin and its Potential as a Carrier for Lung Surfactant

Michael Chanen – 2019 Senior Thesis – Engineering of Submicron Fibers that Mimic Conductive Neuronal Axons

Jon O’Neill – 2017 Senior Thesis – Optimizing Electrospun Piezoelectric Polymers

Gavriel Kleinwaks – 2015 REU – Piezoelectric Response of Aligned PVDF Nanofibers

Daniel O’Brien – 2015 REU – Biomedical Nanofiber Scaffolds Formed by Electrospinning and STRAND Spinning Technique

R. Nick Baker – 2015 Senior Thesis – Dry spinning of PMMA and PGS: Applications for retinal stem cell implantation

William Duncan – 2015 Senior Thesis – Physical properties of hydrophilic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

James McGinnis – 2015 Senior Thesis – Fabrication of piezoelectric nanogenerators using electrospun PVDF

Michael Berrardo – 2014 Senior Thesis – Fabrication of a Glucose Oxidase/Polypyrrole and Palladium Two-Electrode System for Sensing Glucose

Tristan Deppe – 2012 Senior Thesis – Layered MoS2 field-effect transistors

High Schooler Students

Chelsea Hu – 2020-present

Justin Hu – 2018-19 Summer Researcher – Using Self-Assembled Monolayers for the Fabrication of Implantable Strain Gauge Sensors

Deniz Nemli – 2018 Summer Researcher