About
Dr. Helen Zha received her B.Sc. (2007) from MIT and her Ph.D. (2013) from Northwestern University in Materials Science & Engineering. After pursuing postdoctoral research at Eindhoven University of Technology and UC Berkeley, Helen started as a tenure-track assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering in 2018. Helen has received an NSF CAREER Award, published 22 peer-reviewed journal articles to date (Google Scholar Page), and currently sits on the Advisory Board of Materials Innovation Initiative.
Research
Other Focus Areas
Biomimetic and Bio-inspired Materials, Nanostructured Soft Matter, Molecular Engineering and Self-assembly, Nanomedicine, Materials for Energy and Sustainability
Publications
The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Helen Zha has 32 indexed publications in the subjects of Materials Science, Engineering, Medicine.
Runye Helen Zha
Supramolecular Nanotechnology: Advanced Design of Self-Assembled Functional Materials: Volumes 1-3
, 3
, 2023
, pp.1001-1026
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Alexander Connor, Jessica V. Lamb, Massimiliano Delferro, Mattheos Koffas, R. Helen Zha
Microbial Cell Factories
, 22
, 2023
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Alexander Connor, Caleb Wigham, Yang Bai, Manish Rai, Sebastian Nassif, Mattheos Koffas, R. Helen Zha
Metabolic Engineering Communications
, 16
, 2023
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Devan L. Puhl, Jessica L. Funnell, Tanner D. Fink, Anuj Swaminathan, Martin Oudega, R. Helen Zha, Ryan J. Gilbert
Acta Biomaterialia
, 155
, 2023
, pp.370-385
.
Zhengyang Xiao, Alexander J. Connor, Alyssa M. Worland, Yinjie J. Tang, R. Helen Zha, Mattheos Koffas
Metabolic Engineering
, 77
, 2023
, pp.231-241
.
Mirco Sorci, Tanner D. Fink, Vaishali Sharma, Sneha Singh, Ruiwen Chen, Brigitte L. Arduini, Katharine Dovidenko, Caryn L. Heldt, Edmund F. Palermo, R. Helen Zha
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
, 14
, 2022
, pp.25135-25146
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Alexander J. Connor, Runye H. Zha, Mattheos Koffas
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
, 69
, 2021
, pp.263-272
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Amrita Sarkar, Cody Edson, Ding Tian, Tanner D. Fink, Katherine Cianciotti, Richard A. Gross, Chulsung Bae, R. Helen Zha
Biomacromolecules
, 22
, 2021
, pp.95-105
.
Alexis M. Ziemba, Tanner D. Fink, Mary Clare Crochiere, Devan L. Puhl, Samichya Sapkota, Ryan J. Gilbert, R. Helen Zha
ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
, 6
, 2020
, pp.1321-1332
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Robert Centore, Filbert Totsingan, Anna Christina Amason, Samantha Lyons, R. Helen Zha, Richard A. Gross
Biomacromolecules
, 21
, 2020
, pp.493-507
.
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