Members

Dr. Leticia Lopez-Flores

_{Complex electolytes}

Dr. Ahis Shrestha

_{Continuum membrane models}

Dr. Vipin Agrawal

_{Membranes and Vesicles}

Dr. Yao Xiong

_{Covalent adaptable networks and elasticity}

Dr. Chuting Deng

_{Soft materials}

Dr. Sergi G. Leyva

_{Active matter and living crystals}

Dr. Behzad Mehrafrooz

_{Biophysics and iontronics}

Hector Manuel Lopez de la Cerda Rios

_{PhD 2023, Active matter}

Han Umana Kossio

_{PhD 2025, Protein-like polymers for therapeutics (Co-advised with Prof. Nathan Gianneschi)}

Yang Li

_{PhD 2025, Self-assembly (Co-advised with Prof. Evan Scott)}

Zehao Song

_{PhD 2025, Soft robotic materials}

Nicholas Pogharian

_{PhD 2026, Electric fields in soft materials}

Brandon Onusaitis

_{PhD 2027, Iontronics}

Antara Sen

_{PhD 2027, Soft robotics}

Matthew Farnese

_{PhD 2027, Active matter}

Annie Gomez

_{PhD 2027, Bacterial microcompartments (Co-advised with Prof. Danielle Tullman-Ercek)}

Sullivan Fitz

_{PhD 2028, Membranes}

Isaac Smith

_{PhD 2028, Iontronics}

Eden Taddese

_{PhD 2027, Tau protein aggregation (Co-advised with Prof. Songi Han)}

Olvera de la Cruz Group

Group Members

Past alumni can be found here

Principal Investigator

Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Group Program Assistant

Vanessa V-Gutierrez

Research Associate Professor

Felipe Jimenez-Angeles

Visiting Professor

Vikram Jadhao

Postdoctoral Fellows