Our Team
Principal Investigator
Prof. Qian Chen
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Coordinator
Nick Menacher
Postdocs
Dr. Xiaoying Lin
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park (2021)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021-)
Dr. Zhiheng Lyu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology (2020)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2020-)
Dr. Xiaokang Wang
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (2023)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2023-)
Dr. Zuochen Wang
Ph.D. Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong (2020)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2022-)
PhD Students
John Crockett
B.S. Chemistry, Western Washington University(2019)
M.S.: Chemistry, Western Washington University (2021)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021-)
Falon Christina Kalutantirige
B.S. Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. (2017)
Ph.D.: Materials Chemistry, UIUC (2019-)
Chansong Kim
B.S. Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. (2018)
M.S.: Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. (2020)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2020-)
Jiahui Li
B.S. Chemistry, Statistics, The University of Hong Kong. (2020)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2020-)
Oliver Lin
B.S. Chemical Physics, UC Davis (2013)
(Transferred) Ph.D. student, Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA (2016-2019)
Ph.D.: Physical Chemistry, UIUC (2019-)
Sindy Liu
B.S. Chemistry, Penn State University (2023)
Ph.D.: Materials Chemistry, UIUC (2023-)
Sohini Mandal
B.S. Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, India. (2021)
M.S. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India. (2023)
Ph.D.: Materials Chemistry, UIUC (2023-)
Chang (Chris) Qian
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, China. (2019)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2019-)
John Smith
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2016)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2016-)
Zhichu Tang
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. (2018)
M.S.: Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University (2020).
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2020-)
Lehan Yao
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Soochow University, China (2018)
M.S.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2018-2019)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2019-)
MS Students
Puquan Pan
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, China (2023)
M.S.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2023-)
Undergrad Students
Emily Chow
Joined Nov. 2022
Alumni
Hyosung An
Postdoc (September, 2018 – July, 2021), currently Assistant Professor, Department of Petrochemical Materials Engineering, Chonnam National University, South Korea.
Dr. Wenxiang Chen
Ph.D. Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2017)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2017-2023)
Fangfang Chu
Visiting scholar (April – May, 2015), currently Lab Manager at BASF, Germany.
Ahyoung Kim
PhD student (September, 2016 – July, 2022), currently postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Berkeley.
Juyeong Kim
Postdoc (August, 2015 – February, 2018), currently Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea.
Chang Liu
B.S. Physics, Kuang Yaming Honors School, Nanjing University, China. (2017)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2017-2023)
Yu-Shen Liu
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (2021)
M.S.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021-2023)
Binbin Luo
PhD student (September, 2015 – May, 2020), currently senior research specialist at Dow chemical company.
Stacey Ni
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2017-2021)
Zihao Ou
PhD student (September, 2015 – July, 2020), currently postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.
Adelé Poynor
Visiting professor (February, 2017 – July, 2017), currently Assistant Professor of Physics, Allegheny College.
Bonan Shen
Undergrad researcher (September, 2015 – May, 2017), currently a PhD student at Columbia University.
Yuka Wada
Undergrad researcher (September, 2015 – May, 2016), currently Research & Development Scientist at Morton Salt, IL.
Brian Wu
Undergrad researcher (September, 2016 – May, 2018), currently a PhD student at Cornell University.
Yuxiao Wu
Undergrad researcher (May – December, 2015), currently a PhD student at University of Minnesota.
Eric Yang
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2019-2023)
Shan Zhou
Postdoc (December, 2018 – August, 2022), currently Assistant Professor, Nanoscience & Biomedical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Join Us!
We have openings for undergrads, PhD students, and postdocs with background in TEM, nanoscience or biology. Interested candidates can send your CV to Prof. Chen at qchen20@illinois.edu