Research Group Members

_{Yaroslava G. Yingling is a Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, USA. She received a University Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering from St. Petersburg State Technical University of Russia in 1996 and a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering and High-Performance Computing from Pennsylvania State University in 2002. She carried out postdoctoral research at Penn State University Chemistry Department and the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute before joining North Carolina State University in 2007. She received the National Science Foundation CAREER award, American Chemical Society Open Eye Young Investigator Award, NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award, and was named an NCSU University Faculty Scholar and was inducted into the NC State Research Leadership Academy.}

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_{He earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then earned a Ph.D. from the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (Blacksburg, VA campus), while advised by Prof. Joseph Freeman and Prof. Raffaella De Vita. He is currently a research faculty member in the MSE dept. at NC State involved with research (Yingling Group) and teaching (MSE 500).}

Email: alkwansa@ncsu.edu

^{_{He received his B.S. in Engineering Physics from the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus, his M.S. in Physics from NC Central University, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from NC State University. He is a part of the NSF STC Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center at NC State University. Prior to joining the NC State faculty, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Yingling’s Lab at the NC State University. Presently, he serves as a faculty member in the MSE department at NC State with various research projects in Yingling Group and education (MSE 201, MSE 255, MSE 335, MSE 490).}}

Email: agulyuk@ncsu.edu

_{He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Merced. He then worked as a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University. His research has been focusing on applying computational methods to solve mechanical engineering and materials science problems.}

Email: qyang27@ncsu.edu

_{Sergei earned his B.S. and M.S. in Laser Technologies from ITMO University (Saint Petersburg, Russia) and an additional M.S. in Chemistry from New Mexico Highlands University (Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA). Before joining the Yingling Group, he worked on the laser annealing of fiber Bragg gratings, as well as crystal growth and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of charge-transfer complexes, perovskites, and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Sergei is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Material Science, with his research focused on Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoparticle-embedded polymer brushes for Phosphorus Recovery.}

Email: srigin@ncsu.edu

_{She received her M.Sc. in Materials Science from Missouri State University (MO, USA) in 2019. She earned her B.Sc. in Materials and Metallurical Engineering from Banfladesh University of Engineering & Technology (Dhaka, Bangladesh) in 2014. During her M.Sc. she worked on the creep deformation of Ni-based superalloy using molecular dynamics simulation. She is interested in multiscale modeling and simulation of biomaterials and in material informatics.}

Email: spinky@ncsu.edu

_{He recieved his B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from NC State, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering. His research in the Yingling Group revolves around studying phosphate-binding proteins as well as predicting the optical properties of systems of self-assembling intrinsically disordered proteins.}

Email: ahcannon@ncsu.edu

_{She earned her Bachelor of Science in 2021 and her Master of Science in 2023, both in Materials Science and Engineering, from North Carolina State University. Joining the team as an undergraduate researcher in 2019, she has since focused on the computational modeling and simulation of biomaterials, including cellulose nanocrystals and carbonic anhydrases.}

Email: mfedai@ncsu.edu

_{She received her B.S. in Mechanical and Energy Engineering from the Univeristy of North Texas in 2022. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and her research is focused on computational study and design of nucleic acid nanoparticle supramolecular assemblies.}

Email: cvilche@ncsu.edu

_{Currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering department with the Yingling Group at North Carolina State University (North Carolina, USA). He received his Master of Nanoengineering with a concentration in Biomedical Sciences in Nanoengineering from the Materials Science and Engineering department at North Carolina State University (North Carolina, USA) in 2023 and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Anna Univeristy (Tamil Nadu, India) in 2020.}

Email: asenthi5@ncsu.edu

_{Mike received his B.S. in Biochemistry along with a Minor in Mathematics from SUNY Oswego in 2020. His reseach at Oswego involved determining the function of proteins on unknown function under the guidance of Dr. Julia Koeppe.}

Email: mpkirsch@ncsu.edu

_{He earned his Master of Science in Comprehensive Chemistry from Western Carolina University (2019-2021), where he was mentored by Dr. Channa De Silva, an associate professor in bioinorganic chemistry. His foundational education in chemistry was attained at Young Harris College, where he completed his Bachelor of Science (2016-2019). This academic path highlights Patrick’s deep engagement with and commitment to the field of Chemistry.}

Email: pbhogsed@ncsu.edu

_{He received his Bachelor of Technology from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar, India}

Email: schangl@ncsu.edu