Jin He Research Laboratory - People

Department of Physics • Florida International University

Principal Investigator

Jin He

Dr. Jin He

Professor, Department of Physics & Biochemistry Program

Ph.D. Arizona State University (2005)
B.S. Fudan University (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Current Postdoctoral Researchers

Shomita Ferdous

Shomita Ferdous

06/2026

Research: Engineered human brain-blood barrier tissue

Current Graduate Students

Navin Jung Prajapati

Navin Jung Prajapati

Ph.D. Student at FIU Physics, 2018 fall-, join the lab 2019 fall

Research: Integrated fluoresence imaging and electrical detection of single-entity by nanopipette

Zhe Wang

Zhe Wang

Ph.D. Student at FIU Physics, 2021 fall-,

Research: nanolipid for molecule-lipid interaction studies

Abraham Campos

Abraham Campos

Ph.D. Student at FIU Physics, 2023 spring-,

Research: AI and machine learning methods for single-molecule time-series data

Chhatra Bastola

Chhatra Bastola

Ph.D. Student at FIU Physics, 2023 fall-,

Reserach: Surface Plasmon mediated reactions for catalysis and sensing

Md Hossain

Md Hossain

Ph.D. Student at FIU Biochemistry program, 2023 fall-,

Reserach: Nanopipette for probing small molecule involved interactions

Pratiksha Khatiwada

Pratiksha Khatiwada

Ph.D. Student at FIU Physics, 2024 fall-,

Reserach: Nanopipette based techniques for single-cell analysis

Current Undergraduate Researchers

Joerlianis Rengifo (2026 summer) Summer SRI intern, MDC student

Past Group Members

Former Postdoctoral Researchers

Alberto Seseña Rubfiaro (6/2018/-09/2022), Cell-Met, electrical and mechanical stimulation of engineered cardiac tissue

Popular Pandey (8/2020/-07/2022), Nanopipette based biosensing, Postdoc at Case Western Universtiy, Medical school

Jie Pan (8/2015/-10/31/2017), SERS spectroscopy, now Research scientist, Michigan State University

Yuping Shan(2012/02-2013/08), SICM cell imaging, now Professor at Changchun University of Technology

Jianyuan Dai(2012/10-2013/04), Nanopipette biosensing, now Associate Professor at SiChuan University

Former Graduate Students

Jonathan Tabares (2019 fall-2025 fall)PhD, first job, a company in Colorado Springs

Santosh Khatri (2020 fall-2025 spring)PhD, first job, postdoc at SMU

Govinda Ghimire (2017 fall-2023 fall)PhD, first job, postdoc at Iowa state University

Jin Guo (2016 fall-2020 fall)PhD, first job, lecture at Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Popular Pandey (2014 fall-2020 summer)PhD, first job, FIU CASE outstanding postdoc fellowship

Namuna Panday (2011 fall-2017 summer)PhD, first job, postdoc at UCLA medical school

Purushottam Tiwari (2009 fall-2015 spring) PhD, now associate professor at Department of Oncology, Georgetown University

Former visiting scholars and students

Meijie Zhang (8/2019-8/2020), Nanomaterials synthesis(interrupted by COVID 19), Associate Professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Ruizhen Xu (11/7/2017-5/5/2018), Nanopipette, Associate Professor at China Three Gorges University

Gongming Qian (11/2018-6/2019, 2014/05-2015/04), Multifunctional Nanopipette, Associate Professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Haijian Chen (10/2019-9/2021) Graduate from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, electrochemically controlled single-molecule conductance measurements

Lei Yu (10/2018-10/2020) Graduate from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Nanopipette for STM, DNA nanotechnology (collaboration)

Jianmei Wang (1/2020-9/2020) Graduate from Deakin University, EC-SERS applications

Jianghao Zhou (9/2018-9/2020) Graduate from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, probing single-molecule chemical reaction and interaction by SERS

Mingzhu Huang (7/2017-7/2019) Graduate from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, molecular electronics

Feng Chen (11/2016-11/2018) Graduate from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Tao Ma (7/2017-7/2018) Graduate from Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Qiushuang Ai (4/2016-7/2017) Graduate from Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Na Kong (4/2017-12/2017) Graduate from Deakin University

Former Undergraduate Researchers (not a full list)

Jackeline Ramirez(2025 summer) Summer SRI intern, MDC student

Miguel Angel Fonz Flores (2024 fall-2025 summer) FIU Physics major.

Favian Gonzalez(2024 summer) FIU Physics.

Valeria Robles (2024 summer) FIU Physics, NSF STROBE REU program

William Cardet(2023 fall-2024 spring) FIU Physics, NSF REU

Sneha Jos (2023 summer) Boston University, Mechanical engineering

Jean Ashby (2023 summer) John Hopkins University, 2023 STROBE summer REU program

Neel Joshi (2022 fall-2023 summer) FIU Physics, 2023 STROBE summer REU program

Ivette Maria (2022 fall-2023 summer) MDC student, 2023 SRI program

Benjamin Gross (7/2020-fall 2022) FIU Physics,

Andrea Sanabria Gomes (2022 summer) FIU, biomedical enginnering, STROBE summer REU program

Teng-Jui (Owen) Lin (2022 summer) University of Washington, Chemical Engineering, STROBE summer REU program

Laurent Cabezas (2022 summer) Miami-Dade colleage, Physis, URIP program summer REU,

Daniel Cotayo (9/2019-spring 2022) FIU applied Math, 2020 and 2021 summer REU by STROBE

Robert Halmagian (6/2021-summer 2022) FIU Physics,

Victor Deng (8/2021-summer 2022) FIU, Biology/premed,

Paulina Alvarez (2021 summer) FIU, biomedical enginnering, NSF CELL-MET 2021 summer REU,

Alejandro Fernandez (2021 summer) Miami-Dade College, Electrical Engineering NSF CELL-MET 2021 summer REU,

Jennifer Riera (6/2020-4/2021) FIU premed, 2020 ARCH program

Kavon Bastian (6/2020-12/2020) FIU Physics major

Prashant Gautam (10/2020-12/2020) FIU Biomedical Engineering major

Catherine Fraga (2020 summer) Johns Hopkins University biomedical enginnering, NSF STROBE 2020 summer REU

Guillermo Rame (8/2019-2020 spring) FIU premed, NSF REU,

Emmanuel Cabello (4/2019-3/2020) FIU premed, NSF REU

Alex Rodriguez (1/2019-3/2020) FIU math major, NSF REU, Current, FIU applied Math graduate

Antonio Martinez (10/2017-2019 summer) FIU Physics major, NSF REU, Current, UCF Physics graduate

Ivanna Corzo (1/2018-2019 summer) FIU Biomedical engineering major, NSF REU,

Joseph Moscoso (10/2017-2019 summer) FIU Physics major, NSF REU, Current, NCSU Physics graduate

Jonathan Tabares (4/2018-2019 summer) FIU Physics major, current, FIU Physics gradaute

Daniel Santana (2019 summer REU from Cal Poly Pomona)

Javier Garcia (2017 spring-2019 srping) Biology major, Multifunctional Nanopipette for biosensing, supported by NSF REU. FIU medical school

Mario Blondin (12/2017-2019 spring) Biology major, UF medical shool

Daniela Zapata (4/2018-9/2018) Major: Physics, Research: FDTD simulation of E-field in nanojunction

Brian Mayorga (2016 summer-2017 summer), NSF REU, Major: Biomedical engineering, Research: Nanoelectrode for biosensing, now at medical device company

Ricardo Cuevas (2011/09-2012/06) Major: Biomedical engineering, Research: Microfluidic device for biosensing

Christian Vargas (2012), Major: Biomedical engineering, Research: The transport of small molecules in nanoporous materials

Stefano Murcia (2012-2013), graduated in 2013, Major: Electrical engineering; Minor: Physics (BA), Research: STM tip fabrication and current amplifier design

Lila Zapata (2013-2014), graduated in 2014 summer, now in a Biophysics graduate program, Major: Biology, Research: SICM for cell imaging

Juan Bedoya (2013 fall-2015 spring), now at a medical school, Major: Biology, Research: Nanopipette biosensor

Leif Elliott (2014 summer), Major: Physics(BA), Research: Nanoelectrode biosensor

Oshman Lopez (2014 spring-fall), now at a medical school, Major: Biophysics(BA), Research: the fabrication of mutifunctional nanopipettes

Tanya Henry (2014 spring-fall), Major: Biology, Research: SICM for single molecule imaging of E coli

Wyndham Batchelor (2015 summer), College of William and Mary, Major: Physics, Research: Build a AFM for biophysis research

Ana Carolina de Oliveira (2015 summer), Brazil exchange student, Major: Physics, Research: SICM for cell imaging

Luis Arango (2015 summer-fall), Major, Biomeical engineering, Research: Nanoelectrode for single nanoparticle analysis

Dino Martinez (2014 summer-2015 fall), Major, Physics, Research: Microfluidics and optical microscope using LED light source

Former K-12 summer interns

2024 summer:Sophia Espinoza (High school student in Davie, FL) from FIU SRI program
Research: Nanopipettes for exosome detection

2024 summer:Student: Annalise Yee (Pine View School, Sarasota) from FIU SRI program
Research: Nanopipettes based single-particle detection

2023 summer:Student: Trisha Chapagain (Archimedean HS, Miami) from FIU SRI program
Research: Probing exosomes at the single-entity level by multifunctional Nanopipettes

2022 summer:Student: Trisha Chapagain (Archimedean HS, Miami) from FIU SRI program
Research: Single entity detection using multifunctional Nanopipettes

2020 summer-2021 summer :Student: Jack(YiQi) Gao (Sage Hill School, Newport Cost, CA)
Research (remotely): literature survey of nanopipette based single-cell analysis (2020), then data analysis for 2021

2019 summer: Teacher, Hector Leon, Archimedean Upper Conservatory, Research on spectroscopy and microscope

2018 summer:Student: Eugene Li (Gulliver Preparatory School)
Research: PDMS support for cell culture

2015 summer:Student: Nathan Moreno-Mendelson (Ransom Everglades School)
Research: AFM by 3D printing
Teacher, Kester Peters (Horace Mann Middle School), Nanopipette fabricationa and electrical characterization

2014 summer: Student, Harrison Nguyen (Ransom Everglades School)
Research: Microfluidic device fabrication
Teacher, maria Licona (Southwood Middle School), Nanopipette fabricationa and electrical characterization
Teacher, Sarah Rodriguez (Homestead Senior High School), Microfluidics device fabrication

2013 summer and fall semesters:Sanchit Bhattacharjee (John Ferguson High School)
Research: Graphene and CNT based devices

2012 summer: Anthony Aznar, Noyan Darici, Javiera Latorre, Martin Cox, Bruce Batista, all from TERRA Environmental Research Institute (link)