Yaxin An

Assistant professor


Contact

yxan@lsu.edu
(225) 578-0721
Dr. Yaxin An CV
Office: 3314L Patrick F. Taylor Hall, 星空无限传媒, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 

Education

Postdoctoral Scholar, Princeton University (2022) 
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech (2020) 
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China (2013)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Central South University, China (2010)

Yaxin An

Courses Taught

CHE 2171: Chemical Engineering Fundamentals: Materials and Energy Balances
CHE 7110: Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering
CHE 7530: Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering

Research Interests

  • Integrating multi-scale modeling and machine learning to characterize, understand and design soft materials for health, sustainable and energy applications.
  • Accelerating molecular structure design of intrinsically stretchable polymers for soft robotics and wearable devices.
  • Enhancing drug loading of self-assembled lipid nanoparticles.
  • Unveiling the role of RNA in the phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins.

Projects

Dr. An is currently working on machine learning assisted computational design of (i) drug molecules promoting the formation of biocondensates, (ii) stretchable semiconductive polymers for wearable devices, and (iii) nanoparticles for drug delivery.