Teng-Jui Lin
Dedicated and detail-oriented Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley interested in the intersection of chemical engineering, bionanotechnology, and data science.
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Updated 2024-11-23
Education
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA, USA
- Ph.D. student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Washington | Seattle, WA, USA
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering: Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering, summa cum laude
- Minor in Applied Mathematics and Chemistry
- Focus Area on Bio & Biomedical Materials, Interfaces, and Systems
- Honors Thesis: Quantifying Microglia Morphological Response to Injury and Treatment Across Species with Unsupervised Machine Learning
- Industry Capstone: Characterization of Silica-Based Anion Exchange Resin for Acid Mine Drainage
Research Experience
Graduate Student Researcher
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Summer Undergraduate Research Scholar
Department of Physics, Florida International University, PI: Jin He
Honors & Awards
Annual Dean’s Lists | University of Washington
Library Research Award for Undergraduates | University Libraries, University of Washington
Nominee, Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence | College of Engineering, University of Washington
Poster Competition 2nd Place | American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Conference Travel Award | Undergraduate Research Program, University of Washington
Future Leader in ChemE | Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University
Dan Evans Term Scholarships | Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
ChemE Hackathon Team 1st Place | Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Mary Gates Research Scholarship | Mary Gates Endowment for Students, University of Washington
ChemE Hackathon Team 3rd Place | Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Publications
Equal Contribution# | Corresponding Authors*
Preprints
- R. Coreas, N. Sridhar, T.-J. Lin, H. Squire, E. Voke, M.P. Landry*. Deep profiling of plant stress biomarkers following bacterial pathogen infection with protein corona based nano-omics. bioRxiv (2024). DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.12.627884
- T.-J. Lin, M.P. Landry*. Quantifying Data Distortion in Bar Graphs in Biological Research. bioRxiv (2024). DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.20.609464
- Featured by Nature: “Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology” (2024). DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-03996-w
- Commented by Science: “Bad Bar Graphs” (2024). Link.
Peer-Reviewed
- A. Ashkarran#, H. Gharibi#, S. Sadeghi, S. Modaresi, Q. Wang, T.-J. Lin, G. Yerima, A. Tamadon, M. Sayadi, M. Jafari, Z. Lin, D. Ritz, D. Kakhniashvili, A. Guha, M. Mofrad, L. Sun, M.P. Landry, A. Saei*, M. Mahmoudi*. Small Molecule Modulation of Protein Corona for Deep Plasma Proteome Profiling. Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53966-z
- H. Helmbrecht, T.-J. Lin, S. Janakiraman, K. Decker, E. Nance*. Prevalence and Practices of Immunofluorescent Cell Image Processing: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2023). DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1188858.
Presentations
Presenting Author^
Oral Presentations
- T.-J. Lin^, M. Landry. Effect of Protein on Lipid Mixing of Liposome and Lipid Nanoparticle.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Student Symposium, UC Berkeley, CA, USA. 9 May 2024. - T.-J. Lin^, G. Charpentier^, L. Miller^, M. Gokani^, M. Nelson^, B. Rutz, O. Lenz. Characterization of silica-based anion exchange resin for acid mine drainage.
Material Science and Engineering & Chemical Engineering Capstone Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 2 Jun 2023. - H. Helmbrecht^, E. Nance, K. Decker, T.-J. Lin, S. Janakiraman, M. Onodera. Analysis of microglia morphology across different Neuroinflammatory rat models.
AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 13 Nov 2022. Link. - T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, E. Nance. Incorporating Visually Aided Morpho-Phenotyping Image Recognition into robust microglial shape analysis.
Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 20 May 2022. Link. - T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, E. Nance. Robust microglial shape analysis using Visually Aided Morpho-Phenotyping Image Recognition.
AIChE Pacific Northwest Student Regional Conference, Seattle, WA, USA. 23 Apr 2022.
Poster Presentations
- T.-J. Lin^, M. Landry. Quantifying Data Distortion in Bar Graphs in Biological Research.
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inter-lab Confab, San Francisco, CA, USA. 23 Oct 2024. - T.-J. Lin^, M. Landry. Quantifying Data Distortion in Bar Graphs in Biological Research.
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Physics in Life Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA. 25 Sep 2024. - T.-J. Lin^, M. Landry. Quantifying Data Distortion in Bar Graphs in Biological Research.
Molecular Therapeutics Division Retreat, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. 24 Sep 2024. - T.-J. Lin^, G. Charpentier^, L. Miller^, M. Gokani^, M. Nelson^, B. Rutz, O. Lenz. Characterization of silica-based anion exchange resin for acid mine drainage.
Material Science and Engineering & Chemical Engineering Capstone Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 2 Jun 2023. - T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, R. Jin, T. Wood, E. Nance. Assessing separate and combinatorial treatments in neuroinflammatory preterm ferret model by quantifying microglia and oligodendrocyte morphology.
Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 19 May 2023. Link. - T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, R. Jin, T. Wood, E. Nance. Assessing separate and combinatorial treatments in neuroinflammatory preterm ferret model by quantifying microglia and oligodendrocyte morphology.
AIChE Pacific Northwest Student Regional Conference, Corvallis, OR, USA. 15 Apr 2023. - T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, E. Nance. Quantifying microglia morphology across neuroinflammatory rat models with unsupervised machine learning.
Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, Malibu, CA, USA. 19 Nov 2022. - T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, E. Nance. Quantifying microglia morphology across neuroinflammatory rat models with unsupervised machine learning.
AIChE Annual Student Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 13 Nov 2022. Link. - T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, E. Nance. Quantifying microglia morphology across neuroinflammatory rat models with unsupervised machine learning.
Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering Award Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. 24 Oct 2022. Link. - T.-J. Lin^, A. Rubfiaro, G. Ghimire, J. He. Fabrication and characterization of functionalized gold nanorods for improving engineered cardiac tissue maturation.
Center for Diversity and Student Success Summer Research Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. 29 July 2022.
Lightning Talks (≤ 3 min)
- T.-J. Lin^, H. Helmbrecht, E. Nance. Quantifying microglia morphology across neuroinflammatory rat models with unsupervised machine learning.
Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering Award Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. 24 Oct 2022. Link.
Mass Media Appearances
- (Insights letter) A. Heim, T. Bharani, N. Konstantinides, J. Powell, S. Srivastava, X. Cao, D. Agarwal, K. Waiho, T.-J. Lin, E. Virgüez, W. Strielkowski, A. Uzonyi. AI in search of human help. Science. 381, 162-163 (2023). DOI: 10.1126/science.adi8740
- (Insights letter) R. Tang, T. Bharani, J. Ding, K. Li, J. Wen, S. D. Gopinath, T.-J. Lin, J. X. J. Luo, Q. Wen, K. Davis, N. van Rhijn, Name withheld, S. M. Anderson, R. J. Patel, S. Sarnala, F. S. Oda, G. Singh, N. R. Kothapalli, N. Scott, J. R. Powell, S. N. Kirshner. When internships disappoint. Science. 378, 22-24 (2022). DOI: 10.1126/science.ade6397.
Teaching Experience
Open-Source Chemical Engineering Education (Link)
Graduate Student Instructor,
CHM ENG 130: Mathematics and Statistics in Chemical Engineering
Graduate Student Instructor,
CHM ENG 130: Mathematics and Statistics in Chemical Engineering
Teaching Assistant, CHEM E 455: Surface and Colloid Science Laboratory
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus
Professional Experience
Member, Industry Capstone Project Team
Membrion, Inc.
Service
Undergraduate Liaison
Graduate Student Mentor
Note Taker
Chemical Engineering Peer Mentor
Undergraduate Representative, Faculty Search Committee
Undergraduate Research Leader
Webmaster
Secretary
Research and Development Officer
Maple Hall Council Sustainability Representative
References
Markita Landry | landry@berkeley.edu | Research, Leadership
Associate Professor
Elizabeth Nance | eanance@uw.edu | Research, Leadership, Academics
Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Endowed Career Development Associate Professor
ChemE Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Jim Pfaendtner | wjpfaend@ncsu.edu | Leadership, Academics
Professor
Louis Martin-Vega Dean of Engineering
Aditi Krishnapriyan | aditik1@berkeley.edu | Teaching, Leadership
Bruce & Susan Stangeland Assistant Professor
John Berg | spc@uw.edu | Teaching, Academics
Rehnberg Chair Professor
Alex Prybutok | prybutok@uw.edu | Academics, Research
Assistant Teaching Professor