Staff

Developing fluid flow and automation techniques for the synthesis and characterization of advanced macromolecular materials.

Designing and building scientific instruments, and facilitating researchers who are working on their own projects is the focus of my work these days.

Developing and integrating data management systems for an array of chemical synthesis and characterization tools.

Main point of contact for the BioPACIFIC MIP, providing administrative support and visitor coordination.

Develop new analytical methods, techniques, and instrumentation for the x-ray diffraction lab.

Operating the Living Biofoundry Facility at the UCLA CNSI for production and characterization of bio-inspired monomer material libraries.

My research focus is on developing techniques, instrumentation tools, and analysis methods for advanced x-ray diffraction characterization of materials.

Oversight of BioPACIFIC daily operations, shared-use facilities, industry relations, and the User Proposal program.

I detect temperature and pressure via electron density measurements, and test the physical limits in electronic and spectroscopic imaging.

Design, synthesis, and characterization of soft materials.

Development and optimization of the Living Biofoundry for high-throughput synthetic biology.

As the User Coordinator for BioPACIFIC MIP, Eleni Papananou is responsible for the User Program’s leadership, management, and development.

I focus on facilitating varied and optimal usage of high performance computational resources to a diverse scientific audience, all the while keeping the hardware happy.

Assists researchers using instrumentation in the Biological Nanostructures Laboratory in research areas from biology to engineering.

Dr. Stieg oversees the CNSI at UCLA’s Technology Centers - user facilities that foster innovation, facilitate collaborations with industry, and aid in rapid commercialization.

Developing bio derived materials and their application in additive manufacturing; Developing additive manufacturing tools and methodologies to improved material properties.

Co-manages the CSC HPC systems. Assists researchers in using computation, and HPC in furthering their research.

Design and develop custom instrumentation for X-ray diffraction experiments and related projects.