Lab Groups

The STAGE Lab's distinct research focuses on creating and developing new theatre and film work inspired by science and technology. Technology is integrated into the staging of their plays as a vital part of telling the story, not just for special effect. Rather than science lectures disguised as plays, these are emotionally engaging, entertaining stories.

The Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC) designs and develops new functional materials and structures for advanced energy storage and conversion applications. Our research focuses on the direct integration of novel experimental techniques (electron, X-ray neutron) with ab initio computation methods for rational materials characterization and design.

The Liu Group is an interdisciplinary research group that focuses on design and synthesis of materials as well as development of advanced characterization tools to address the challenges in water-energy nexus.

The Maurer lab focuses on the development and application of novel imaging and sensing modalities which enable the investigation of biological systems that are not accessible by conventional techniques. Through the use of state-of-the-art tools from quantum optics, quantum information technology, and single-molecule biophysics, they develop such novel technologies as a nanoscale quantum sensor for NMR spectroscopy of individual biomolecules, a single-molecule platform for quantum sensing, and the establishment of new nanophotonics techniques for bio-imaging.

The Mendoza Group aims to understand protein function in the context of human health and disease. By leveraging the lab’s expertise in structural biology, computation, cell signaling, and protein engineering, the group’s insights are used to push the functional boundaries of natural proteins and to develop new protein therapeutics.

The Mimee Group develops strategies to engineer the microbiome, investigating genetic design of commensal bacteria and bacteriophage. The group aims to achieve precise control of microbiome composition and function in order to improve health and cure disease.

The Nagler Lab pursues several different, but complementary, lines of research aimed at examining the mechanisms regulating non-responsiveness to stimuli in healthy individuals and its abrogation in food allergy. The group's murine disease models will provide the pre-clinical basis for future translational studies aimed ultimately at the development of novel immunotherapeutic modalities.

The Nealey Research Group consists of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers pursuing interdisciplinary topics in advanced lithography, nanofabrication, polymer thin films, and cell-substrate interactions.

The Park Lab focuses on the science and technology of nanomaterials. The group includes researchers with diverse backgrounds, such as chemistry, physics, material science, and electrical engineering.

The Patel Group focuses on functional polymeric materials (e.g. electronic conductors, ion conductors, redox-active) for energy conversion and storage applications.