Ph.D. Students
| Junho Moon Junho received his B.S. degree in Polymer Science and Engineering and M.S. degrees in Materials Science and Convergence Technology from Gyeongsang National University (S. Korea). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and joined the Sukhishvili Group in Fall 2021, where his research will focus on hydrolytically degradable layer-by-layer polymer thin films and 3D-printable dynamic covalent polymer networks. Cooking, photographing, trekking, and playing soccer are other activities he enjoys for life outside work. |
| Konstantinos Stamatis Konstantinos earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the Department of Chemistry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and completed his Master of Science degree in a collaborative program between the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the National Centre of Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’ and the Department of Chemistry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Konstantinos joined the Sukhishvili Lab and Ware Lab in August 2023. His research interests center on the development of innovative materials that combine Dynamic Polymer Networks with Liquid Crystals Elastomers, with the goal of creating stimuli-responsive materials for biomedical applications. |
| Yilei Zhao After earning her B.S. degree in Polymer Materials and Engineering from Anhui University, Yilei completed her M.S. at the University of Science and Technology of China. She was admitted to the Ph.D. program in Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in Fall 2024 and is currently working in Dr. Sukhishvili's Group. Here, her research focuses on temperature-responsive dynamic polymer networks and their properties for applications. Outside of work, she enjoys photography, music, and cooking. She also firmly believes she has the cutest cat in the world (pictured on the right). |
| S. M. Ashik Abedin Ashik received a bachelor’s degree in Textile Engineering with a focus on Wet Processing and subsequently gained industrial experience in the textile manufacturing industry. He completed an MS degree in Materials Science and Nano Engineering before joining the PhD program in Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on understanding the fundamental behavior of salogels, polymer gels formed from molten inorganic salt hydrates (Phase Change Materials), and on developing approaches to control their thermomechanical properties. His work aims to enable the rational design of phase change material compositions for thermal energy storage applications, ranging from building thermal management to cooling biomedical devices. Outside of research, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling to natural landscapes, and cooking traditional Bangladeshi cuisine. |
