Burns Research Group Webpage: People

Below are the members that make up the Burns group. Please click each individual's picture for more information.

Professor			Research Engineer
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Mark A. Burns - Professor

Education

Ph.D. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 1986
University of Pennsylvania

M.S. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 1983
University of Pennsylvania

B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1981
University of Notre Dame

Email

maburns at umich.edu

More information can be found here.

Current Group Members

Brian N. Johnson - Research Engineer/Cleanroom Manager

Education

B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, 1992
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Email

brianj at umich.edu

Jihyang Park, Post-Doctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2012
University of Michigan

M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2006
Seoul National University

B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2004
Seoul National University

Project

Bacterial Cultivation and Screening in Microdroplets

Publications

J. Park, A. Kerner, M. A. Burns, X. X. N. Lin, "Microdroplet-Enabled Highly Parallel Co-Cultivation of Microbial Communities," PLOS ONE, 6 (2), e17019, 2011.

Email

pjhyang at umich.edu

Eric Livak-Dahl, 4th Year Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Education

M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2010
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2008
University of California, Los Angeles

Project

Microrheometer for Measuring Blood Properties

Publications

E. Livak-Dahl, I. Sinn, M. A. Burns, “Microﬂuidic Chemical Analysis Systems,” Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2, 2011.

Email

elivak at umich.edu

Jaesung Lee, 3rd Year Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Education

M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2009
Seoul National University

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2007
Seoul National University

Email

netjigi at umich.edu

Lavinia Li, 1st Year Ph.D. Pre-Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Education

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2011
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Email

yunzili at umich.edu

Steven Wang, 1st Year Ph.D. Pre-Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2011
Texas A&M University

Email

sidawang at umich.edu

Group Alumni

Jihyang Park, Ph.D. (2012)

Irene Sinn, Ph.D. (2012)

Ramsey Zeitoun, Ph.D. (2011)

Dana Matthews, M.S.E. (2010)

Sean Langelier, Ph.D. (2010)

Dustin Chang, Ph.D. (2010)

Fang Wang, Ph.D. (2009)

Minsoung Rhee, Ph.D. (2008)

Greg Sommer, Ph.D. (2008, ME)

Akshat Jain, M.S. (2008)

Kyung Eun Sung, Ph.D. (2007)

Prasanna Thwar, Ph.D. (2007)

Zheng Chen, Ph.D. (2006)

Sun Min Kim, Ph.D. (2006, ME)

Papiya Sen, M.S. (2006)

Moon-Bin Yim, Ph.D. (2005)

Rongsheng Lin, Ph.D. (2005)

Ming Yang, Ph.D. (2005)

Rohit Pal, Ph.D. (2005)

Nimisha Srivastava, Ph.D. (2005)

Victor Ugaz, Post-Doc (2005)

Dylan Heldsinger, Research Engineer

Kenneth Alfano, Research Engineer

Zafar Razzacki, Research Engineer

Kenneth Chomistek, Research Engineer

Madhavi Krishnan, Ph.D. (2003)

Vijay Namasivay, Ph.D. (2002)

Sundaresh Brahmasandra, Ph.D. (2001)

Kaylan Handique, Ph.D. (2000)

Timothy S. Sammarco, Ph.D. (1999)

David D. Putnam, Ph.D. (1997)

Kevin D. Seibert, Ph.D. (1996)

Akhil Agrawal, Ph.D. (1995)

Lisa E. Curry, Ph.D. (1995)

Ashok S. Chetty, Ph.D. (1990, UMass)

Deborah D. Lindway, M.S. (1989, UMass)

Brenda E. Terranova, M.S. (1988, UMass)

Deborah J. Riley, M.S. (1987, UMass)