Hai-Quan Mao
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
& Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute
Johns Hopkins University
102 Maryland Hall, 3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel: (410) 516-8792
Fax: (410) 516-5293
Email: 
Graduate Students
Xingyu Liu (Ph.D. Candidate, DMSE, 2003)
Email: liuxingyu AT jhu.edu
B.S. Zhejiang University, Polymer Science and Engineering
M.S. Zhejiang University, Polymer Science and Engineering
Thesis Research: Growth factor-immobilized substrates for human neural stem cell expansion
Gregory Christopherson (Ph.D. Candidate, DMSE, 2004)
Email: gtchrist AT jhu.edu
B.S. Michigan Technological University, Biomedical Engineering
Thesis Research: Electrospun fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications
Shawn Lim (Ph.D. Candidate, BME, 2004)
Email: shlim AT jhu edu
B.Ch.E. University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering
M.S.E. Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering
Thesis Research: Directed differentiation of neural stem cells
Stephen Fisher (Ph.D. Candidate, ChemBE, 2002)
Email: sefische AT jhu.edu
B.S. University of Notre Dame, Chemical Engineering
M.S. University of Iowa, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Research: Hydrogel scaffolds from self-assembling, modular artificial proteins
Xuan Jiang (Ph.D. Candidate, DMSE, 2005)
Email: xuanjiang AT jhu.edu
B.S. Fudan University, Polymer Materials and Engineering
M.S. National University of Singapore, Chemistry
Thesis Research: Self-assembled polymeric micelles for gene delivery
Shimon Unterman (Ph.D. candidate, BME, 2005)
Email: shunterman AT jhmi.edu
B.S. Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering
Rotation research: Crosstalk between adhesion and mitogenic/maintenance pathways in adult neural stem cells
Kenneth Lin (M.S. Candidate, DMSE, 2006)
Email: kenlin AT jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins University, Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Diameter control of electrospun polymeric nanofibers
Undergraduate Students
Danny Gossett (B.S. Candidate, DMSE, Class of 2007)
Email: gossett AT jhu.edu
Research: Synthesis of hydrogel-forming proteins with cell binding specificity
Chris Yu (B.S. Candidate, BME, Class of 2007)
Email: chrisyu AT jhu.edu
Research: Cell encapsulation and oral drug delivery
Kartik Trehan (B.S. Candidate, BME/AMS, Class of 2007)
Email: cell AT jhu.edu
Research: Cell encapsulation and oral drug delivery
Chyan Ying Ke (B.S. Candidate, BME, Class of 2008)
Email: chyan-ying.ke AT jhu.edu
Research: Polymer-mediated gene delivery
Trisha Koenke (B.S. Candidate, BME, Class of 2008)
Email: tkoenke1 AT jhu.edu
Research: Engineering recombinant protein with heparin binding activity
Sarah Leismer (B.S. Candidate, BME, 2007)
Email: sleismer AT gmail.com
Research: Mechanical cues in directing neural stem cell differentiation
Danny Chung (B.S. Candidate, ChemBE, 2007)
Email: dchung AT jhu.edu
Research: Rheological Properties of self-assembled artificial protein hydrogels
Sean McWilliams (B.S. Candidate, DMSE/AMS, Class of 2009)
Email: smcwill5 AT jhu.edu
Research: Electrospinning of hybrid nanofibers
JC Zheng (B.S. Candidate, BME, Class of 2009)
Email: jzheng4 AT jhu.edu
WISE Program Students (2006):
Stephanie Travers (Garrison Forest School)
Liz Nelson (Garrison Forest School)
Former Lab Members
Sasha H. Bakhru (M.S. DMSE, JHU 2006)
B.S. Columbia University, Biomedical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering (Minor)
Thesis Research: Microencapsulation of Adult Stem Cells
Shin Yeu Ong (M.S., BME, JHU, 2005)
B.S. Duke University, Biomedical Engineering
Hanming Chua (B.S. BME, JHU, 2004)
Albert Swiston (B.S./M.S. DMSE, JHU, 2005)
James Yu Kwan Chan (B.S. BME, JHU, 2005)
Linda Trinh (B.S., BME, JHU, 2005)
Erin Trish (B.S., BME and Bioethics, JHU, 2005)
Ka Man (Carmen) Law (B.S. BME, JHU, 2006)
Philip Tsang (B.S. BME & DMSE, JHU, 2006)
David Hung (B.S. Candidate, DMSE, JHU, 2007)
Thomas Link (B.S. Candidate, BME, JHU, 2007)
