(2016) Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention, Emerging Contaminants Summit.
(2016) Certificate of Merit, ACS Spring 2016 National Meeting & Exposition.
(2016) MWH/AEESP Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award, Second Place, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
(2017) Student Award, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Annual Conference.
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2015 - 2018
M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 2012 - 2015
B.S., Nanjing University, 2008 - 2012
Han, Z., Ma, Y., & Wang, M. (2025). Ferritin Protein Nanocages for Selective Separation and Recovery of Critical Metals. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 12(5), 567-572.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00181.
Vizcarra, M.J.J., Han, Z., Gao, P., & Wang, M. (2025). Underrecognized three-carbon chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons: Occurrence, regulation, and treatment strategies. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 55(14), 1047-1069.Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2025.2484889.
Ma, Y., Yi, S., & Wang, M. (2024). Biomimetic mineralization for carbon capture and sequestration. CARBON CAPTURE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 13, 100257.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ccst.2024.100257.
Jiménez Vizcarra, M.J., Mahendra, S., & Wang, M. (2023). A Co-Immobilized Enzyme-Mediator System for Facilitating Manganese Peroxidase Catalysis in Solution Free of Divalent Manganese Ions. Bioresour Technol, 390, 129897.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129897.
Gao, Y., Shah, K., Kwok, I., Wang, M., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2022). Immobilized fungal enzymes: Innovations and potential applications in biodegradation and biosynthesis. Biotechnol Adv, 57, 107936.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107936.
Gao, Y., Wang, M., Shah, K., Singh Kalra, S., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2022). Decolorization and detoxification of synthetic dye compounds by laccase immobilized in vault nanoparticles. Bioresour Technol, 351, 127040.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127040.
Borthakur, A., Wang, M., He, M., Ascencio, K., Blotevogel, J., Adamson, D.T., Mahendra, S., & Mohanty, S.K. (2021). Perfluoroalkyl acids on suspended particles: Significant transport pathways in surface runoff, surface waters, and subsurface soils. J Hazard Mater, 417, 126159.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126159.
Wang, M., Kickhoefer, V.A., Lan, E.H., Dunn, B.S., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2021). Vault nanocapsule-mediated biomimetic silicification for efficient and robust immobilization of proteins in silica composites. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 418, 129406.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129406.
Lothe, A.G., Kalra, S.S., Wang, M., Mack, E.E., Walecka-Hutchison, C., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2020). Vault packaged enzyme mediated degradation of amino-aromatic energetic compounds. Chemosphere, 242, 125117.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125117.
Wang, M., Chen, Y., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., Allard, P., & Mahendra, S. (2019). A Vault-Encapsulated Enzyme Approach for Efficient Degradation and Detoxification of Bisphenol A and Its Analogues. ACS Sustain Chem Eng, 7(6), 5808-5817.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05432.
Wang, M., Mohanty, S.K., & Mahendra, S. (2019). Nanomaterial-Supported Enzymes for Water Purification and Monitoring in Point-of-Use Water Supply Systems. Acc Chem Res, 52(4), 876-885.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00613.
Merino, N., Wang, M., Ambrocio, R., Mak, K., O'Connor, E., Gao, A., Hawley, E.L., Deeb, R.A., Tseng, L.Y., & Mahendra, S. (2018). Fungal biotransformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol. Remediation Journal, 28(2), 59-70.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/rem.21550.
Wang, M., Abad, D., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2018). Encapsulation of Exogenous Proteins in Vault Nanoparticles. In Protein Scaffolds. 1798, (pp. 25-37).Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7893-9_3.
Wang, M., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., Foellmer, O.K., & Mahendra, S. (2018). Synthesis and assembly of human vault particles in yeast. Biotechnol Bioeng, 115(12), 2941-2950.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/bit.26825.
Zhu, Z.Y., Jiang, S.Y., Mathur, R., Cook, N.J., Yang, T., Wang, M., Ma, L., & Ciobanu, C.L. (2018). Iron isotope behavior during fluid/rock interaction in K-feldspar alteration zone - A model for pyrite in gold deposits from the Jiaodong Peninsula, East China. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 222, 94-116.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.10.001.
Wang, M., Abad, D., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2015). Vault Nanoparticles Packaged with Enzymes as an Efficient Pollutant Biodegradation Technology. ACS Nano, 9(11), 10931-10940.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04073.