Jun 2022 Group Photo
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Xiaodan Gu, Ph.D.
2022 - present Associate Professor
2017-2022 Nina Bell Suggs Endowed Assistant Professor
University of Southern Mississippi
School of Polymer Science and Engineering
2016 Post-Doc Stanford University & Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Zhenan Bao & Prof. Michael F. Toney
2014 Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Polymer Science and Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Thomas P. Russell
Honors:
2023 Journal of Materials Chemistry A 10 Year Anniversary Special Issue
2023 NSF EPSCoR Research Fellows
2022 Sustainable Energy & Fuels Emerging Investigators
2022 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2022 Scholarly Researcher of the Year, College of Arts & Sciences, USM
2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators
2022 ACS Applied Polymer Materials Early Career Forum
2021 "35 Challenges In Materials Science Being Tackled By Pis Under 35", by Matters
2021 USM 2021 School Year Convocation Speaker
2021 ACS Polymer Au Rising Stars in Polymers
2021 Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award
2021 Basic Research Award, Vice President for Research Office, USM
2021 Nina Bell Suggs Endowed Professorship
2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Award
2021 MRS Journal of Materials Research Early Career Scholars
2020 ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award
2019 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2019 Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigators
2019 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics "Talents"
2018 Macromolecular Rapid Communications Young Talents in Polymer Science
Graduate Students
Sonia Stanciu (2020- )
Co-advised with
Yoan Simon
Saroj Upreti (2023 - )
Andrew Bates (2022- )
Saranga Raut (2023 - )
Research Scientist
Ph.D. USM
Visiting Student/Teacher
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Dr. Sean Cook (2022- )
Hinds Community College
Post-doc
Undergraduate students
Jamaal Jackson (2021- )
Jacob Meilleur (2021- )
Ranni Middleton (2022- )
Kaitochukwu Chukwuka (2022- )
Otitodilichukwu Chukwuka (2022- )
Ember Wilson (2022- )
Looking for talents!
We have 3~4 positions for highly-motivated graduate students and postdoc to join our group! The projects are mainly experimental polymer physics and device engineering. All the students currently in the program are welcome to apply. Please contact Prof. Gu to discuss the details of projects.
We especially encourage underrepresented minority and female students with diverse backgrounds to join the team!
We also encourage prospective undergraduate students to apply for their doctoral degree in our department. Detailed information can be found here.