Publications

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

Making sense of ATP hydrolysis: how students reconcile conflicting ideas from chemistry and biology
Hall H., Yang M.
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (2026)
Visual representations of energy and chemical bonding in biology and chemistry textbooks: A case study of ATP hydrolysis
Yang M., Armpriest B.C., Wright L.K., Newman D.L.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2025) Cover Feature
Myelin ensheathment and drug responses of oligodendrocytes are modulated by stiffness of artificial axons
Yang M., Martin C.J.L., Kowsari K., Jagielska A., Van Vliet K.J.
PLOS One (2025)
Upskilling the cell therapy manufacturing workforce: design, implementation, and evaluation of a massive open online course
Yang M., Keumurian F.J., Neufeld C., Skrip E., Duguid J., Vega-Mercado H., Rao R.P., Rolle M.W., Springs S.L., Wolfrum J.W., Barone P.W., Van Vliet K.J.
Advances in Physiology Education (2024)
Artificial axons - a biomimetic 3D myelination platform for the discovery and validation of pro-myelinating compounds
​Jagielska A., Radzwill K., Espinosa-Hoyos D., Yang M., Farley J.E., Giera S., Kowsari K., Byrne A., Sheng Q., Fang N.X., Dodge J.C., Pedraza C.E., Van Vliet K.J.
Scientific Reports (2023)
Additive manufacturing of high aspect-ratio structures with self-focusing photopolymerization
Yang M., Kowsari K., Myrie N.O., Espinosa-Hoyos D., Jagielska A., Kim S., Fang N.X., Van Vliet K.J.
Light: Advanced Manufacturing (2022)
The effect of a nanofiber-hydrogel composite on neural tissue repair and regeneration in the contused spinal cord
Li X., Zhang C., Haggerty A.E., Yan J., Lan M., Seu M., Yang M., Marlow M.M., Maldonado Lasunción Iné., Cho B., Zhou Z., Chen L., Martin R., Nitobe Y., Yamane K. You H. Reddy S., Quan D.P., Oudega M., Mao H.Q.
Biomaterials (2020)

Op-Eds, Book Chapters, and Other Publications

Virtual materials science outreach through food and cooking
Yang M., Farruggio C.C., Baidoo J.E., Lindemann W.R., Rosenberg E.R., Kundargi R.
Matter (2021)