Xiangxi “Zoey” Meng (she/her)

Biographical Statement

Zoey earned her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University. She was jointly advised by both Prof. Sarah Perry and Prof. Jessica Schiffman. Her research is focused on developing methods to encapsulate antimicrobial and catalytic moeties into thin films and nanofibers of polyelectrolyte complex-based materials.

Dr. Zoey Meng successfully defended her PhD dissertation on Electrospinning Fibers via Complex Coacervation on November 10th, 2020. Dr. Meng was the fifth PhD student to graduate from the Perry Lab! Zoey since worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Prof. Rachel Segalman at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and is now a Senior Research Specialist at Dow Chemical.

Dr. Meng was honored with the 2021 Department of Chemical Engineering Best Dissertation Award!

Publications

1. J. Madinya, H. Tjo, X. Meng, I.A. Ramírez Marrero, C.E. Sing, S.L. Perry, "Surface Charge Density and Steric Repulsion in Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Coacervation," Macromolecules, (2023), 56(11), 3973-3988. [PDF]
2. X. Meng, Y. Du, Y. Liu, E.B. Coughlin, S.L. Perry, J.D. Schiffman, "Electrospinning Fibers from Oligomeric Complex Coacervates: No Chain Entanglements Needed," Macromolecules, (2021), 54, 5033-5042. [PDF]
3. J. Zhuang, B. Zhao, X. Meng, J.D. Schiffman, S.L. Perry, R. Vachet, S. Thayumanavan, "Programmable Chemical Switch based on Triggerable Michael Acceptors," Chemical Science, (2020), 11, 2103-2111. [PDF]
4. X. Meng, J.D. Schiffman, S.L. Perry, "Electrospinning Cargo-Containing Polyelectrolyte Complex Fibers: Correlating Molecular Interactions to Complex Coacervate Phase Behavior and Fiber Formation," Macromolecules, (2018), 51, 8821-8832. [PDF]
5. X. Meng, S.L. Perry, J.D. Schiffman, "Complex Coacervation: Chemically Stable Fibers Electrospun from Aqueous Polyelectrolyte Solutions," ACS Macro Letters, (2017), 6, 505-511. [PDF]

Highlighted in: Data from University of Massachusetts Advance Knowledge in Tissue Engineering, Biotech Week, June 28th, 2017.

Patents

1. X. Meng, S.L. Perry, J.D. Schiffman, Ultra-stable Printing and Coatings using Aqueous Complex Coacervates, and Compositions and Methods Thereof, US Patent No. 10,767,060 B2, Sept. 8, 2020. [PDF]
2. X. Meng, S.L. Perry, J.D. Schiffman, Polymer Nanofibers from Electrospinning of Complex Coacervates, and Compositions and Methods Thereof, US Patent Number 10,428,444 B2, October 1, 2019. [PDF]

Honors and Awards