News — 2020 and earlier

2020

Andy’s summer research as a SURF Scholar was highlighted by the Stanford School of Engineering! We are so proud of Andy for her resilience, determination, and creativity!

Marina passed her MSE qualifying exam! Congratulations!!

Prof. Mai has been named a winner of AIChE’s 35 Under 35 Award for 2020! Read more here.

Welcome to our fall quarter rotation students, Michal Gala, Qianhe (Kelly) Liu, and Audrey Shih! Michal, Kelly, and Audrey are joining us as new Ph.D. students in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

We are very proud of Andy for her fantastic SURF Lightning Talk! Andy adapted to remote research this summer and proposed creative designs for new anisotropic biomaterials. We have enjoyed getting to know her this summer, and we wish her the best of luck as classes resume in Puerto Rico!

Summer is here…and we are excited to welcome to our newest team members! Andrea (Andy) Flores joins us as part of Stanford’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) and Winnie Huang joins us through Stanford Chemical Engineering’s Undergraduate Summer Research Program.

ColorMePhD released HydrogeLand, a board game and coloring page featuring the work of Chelsea Edwards and Prof. Mai from their time in the Olsen Lab at MIT. Thank you for including us in ColorMePhD Volume 2, featuring research by female scientists and engineers!

Stanford Engineering featured Prof. Mai in the #IAmAnEngineer spotlight series! Read more here.

Marina Chang joins as our group’s first Ph.D. student!! Welcome!

Although campus is experiencing unusual times, many thanks to our rotation students for their hard work. We send our best wishes to Lucia and Michelle in their new research groups!

Welcome to our newest rotation student, Michelle Huang! Michelle is a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering, and she is joining the lab for the Spring 2020 quarter.

Thanks to the Stanford Polymer Collective for inviting Prof. Mai to share her work on “Stretching Dynamics of Topologically Complex Polymers” during the first Winter 2020 Lunch & Learn!

We welcome Marina Chang to the group! Marina is a Ph.D. student in Materials Science & Engineering, and she is rotating with the lab for the Winter 2020 quarter.

The Mai Group is now affiliated with Stanford Bio-X. We are excited to join this interdisciplinary research community, and we look forward to future collaborations!

Happy New Year! The Mai Research Group has officially opened at Stanford University! Our new web address is mailab.stanford.edu. We look forward to sharing our latest news and updates here.

2019

The Mai Research Group welcomes its first student, Lucia Brunel! Lucia is a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering, and she will rotate with the lab during Winter 2020.

Danielle is joining Stanford University’s Department of Chemical Engineering as an Assistant Professor! The Mai Research Group will open in the Shriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering in January 2020 and is seeking creative, dedicated, and enthusiastic biopolymer engineers and scientists.

2018

Danielle shared her work at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, where she was spotted by ChEnected during the Meet the Faculty Candidate Poster Session! Thanks to Ralm Ricarte for the photo tip.

Danielle gave a seminar at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois - Chicago. Thanks to Vivek Sharma for hosting a wonderful visit!

Danielle was selected as an MIT IMPACT Fellow.

Danielle was selected as a PMSE Future Faculty Scholar. Thanks to symposium organizers Melissa Grunlan, Julie Jessop, and Luis Campos, and congratulations to the entire inaugural class!

Danielle and Michael Thees (Emory University) chaired the Polymer Physics Gordon Research Seminar. Thanks to our speakers, discussion leaders, panelists, and attendees for an exciting and successful program before the Polymer Physics GRC!

Danielle and Chelsea’s work was awarded the 2018 Journal of Polymer Science poster prize for the Division of Polymer Physics (DPOLY) at the March American Physical Society (APS) meeting!

2017

Danielle was selected as an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow.

Danielle shared her work at the ACS Fall Meeting in Washington, DC.

2016

Danielle completed her Ph.D. in the Schroeder Lab at Illinois and joined the Olsen Lab at MIT as a Postdoctoral Associate.