

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Tania Betancourt
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Assistant Director, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program
Director, PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly
Education
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Advisors: Professors Lisa Brannon-Peppas and R. Malcolm Brown
Postdoctoral Research, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Advisor: Professor Nicholas A. Peppas
FEATURED AWARDS
- National Academy of Inventors: 2025 Class of Senior Members
- 2025 Inaugural American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Emerging Leader
- Research Corporation for Science Advancement Cottrell College Single Investigator Award





Junaid ur Rehman
PhD Candidate, Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization
Dissertation Topic: Polymer nanocomposites for water purification
Shuvo Brahma
PhD Student, Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization
Dissertation Topic: Vapor phase deposition of electroactive polymers on nanofibers
Sakib Hossain Bhuiyan
PhD Student, Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization
Dissertation Topic: Synthesis and characterization of photothermal hydrogels
Moriom Afiza
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization
Dissertation Topic: Photothermal therapy mediated by conductive polymer NPs as immunotherapy treatment for cancer




Keya Das
PhD Student, Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization
Dissertation Topic: Nanomedicine enabled treatment of neuroblastoma





Dillon Gee
B.S. Biology
Amelia Strait
B.S. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Nicolas Bueno Ponce
B.S Biochemistry
Brandon Taylor
B.S. Exercise Sports Science (Pre-Rehabilitation Sciences Concentration)




Eunice Rodriguez
B.S. Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Mckenzie Siller
B.S. Biochemistry