Multiple Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Opportunities

UA Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is looking for graduate students starting in January 2026 in the following groups and research areas:

1. Yuping Bao: Drug screening for new drug development and drug repurposing
Qualifications: interest in cell culture, cellular proteins and cell-ligand interactions
2. Qiang Huang: Electrochemical methods for superconducting damascene structures used for semiconductor and quantum devices.
Qualifications: interest in physics/electronic/high tech, and strong in physics as well as in chemistry
3. Yonghyun (John) Kim: Bioengineering of neural and tumor stem cells
Qualifications: B.S. in chemical engineering or biomedical engineering (required), interest in oncology & mammalian cell culture, background in biochemistry, prior research experience (preferred)
4. Zhiheng Lyu: Modular design and direct visualization of ​catalysts for electrocatalysis
Qualifications: Strong motivation and interests in nanocrystal synthesis, electrochemistry, and electron microscopy
5. Tibor Szilvási: Machine learning accelerated materials design
Qualifications: interest in simulations, computational chemistry, and programming

If interested, contact the faculty directly.