AFM Research Group - CHENG-YU LAI'S ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS LAB

Principal Investigator

Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai

Group Leader, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering - Joint Faculty, Department of Chemistry

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Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai is an associate professor at Florida International university. He obtained his BS and MS degrees in Chemistry from National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, and his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (2004) from Iowa State University. During his Ph.D. and postdoctoral training (Scripps Research, CA) he specialized in nanomaterials with application in bio-medicine. His current research encompasses development of advanced functional materials with applications in quantum information science and engineering (QISE), bio-nanotechnology, additively manufactured Electronics (AME), catalysis for bio-fuels synthesis, tissue engineering, bio-sensors and bio-renewable resources utilization.

Courses Taught:

CHM 4611 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, CHM 5620 Graduate Inorganic Chemistry.

EGN 3365 Materials Engineering, EMA 5015 Introduction to Nanomaterials, EMA 6584 Introduction of Biomolecular Structure and Engineering, EMA 5904 Introduction to Materials for Sustainable Energy, EMA 6492 Materials for Renewable Energy Generation, EMA Sustainable Materials for Nanoscale Semiconductors and Quantum Science

Office: EC 3242

Email : clai@fiu.edu

Website: lai-afm.fiu.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Sahil Gasso

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Stacked 2D TMDC/ MXene Hybrid Nanomaterials for Energy and Electronic Applications.

Graduate Students

Changliang An

Graduate Student

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Research Focus: Nanomedicine: Hybrid materials for Tissue Engineering, 3D Printing Biomimetic Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration.

Na Ha

Graduate Student

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Research Focus: Nanoparticle Delivery of Edited Genes and Nucleic Acids; Bio-inspired Nanomaterials for Theranostic Nanomedicine.

James Henry

Research Interest: solid-state crystal growth, crystal & molecular structure simulation and all-inorganic perovskite synthesis.

Moustafa Mohamed

Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering (Co-Advised by Dr. Daniela Radu)

Research Focus: Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Energy Conversion, Storage, and Quantum Emitters.

Samuel Oyon

Graduate Student

Research Focus: Flexible conductive substrate and metal additive manufacturing

Jesna Sara Shaji

Graduate Student

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Research Focus: Nanostructured materials for solution-processed solar photovoltaics, Synthesis Sulvanite Nanoparticle via Cation exchange

Fei Zhang

Graduate Student

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Research Focus: Functionalization and Nanobiotechnology Applications of Bio-inspired Nanomaterials; 2D TMDC Nanomaterials for Theranostic Nanomedicine.