Principal Investigator
Prof. Qian Chen
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: Materials Research Laboratory , Supercon 1005
Phone: (217) 300-1137
Email: qchen20[at]illinois[dot]edu
Postdocs
Dr. Wenxiang Chen
Ph.D. Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2017)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2017-)
Email:
wxchen[at]illinois[dot]edu
Personal website
Dr. Zhiheng Lyu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology (2020)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2020-)
Email:
zlyu[at]illinois[dot]edu
Dr. Xiaoying Lin
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park (2021)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021-)
Email:
linx[at]illinois[dot]edu
Dr. Zuochen Wang
Ph.D. Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong (2020)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2022-)
Email:
zcwang[at]illinois[dot]edu
Dr. Xiaokang Wang
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (2023)
Postdoc: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2023-)
Email:
wangxk[at]illinois[dot]edu
Personal website
PhD students
John Smith
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2016)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2016-)
Email: jwsmith6[at]illinois[dot]edu
Chang Liu
B.S. Physics, Kuang Yaming Honors School, Nanjing University, China. (2017)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2017-)
Email: changl5[at]illinois[dot]edu
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-)
Email: lehan2[at]illinois[dot]edu
Chang Qian (Chris)
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, China. (2019)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2019-)
Email: changq2[at]illinois[dot]edu
Falon Christina Kalutantirige
B.S. Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. (2017)
Ph.D.: Materials Chemistry, UIUC (2019-)
Email:
fck2[at]illinois[dot]edu
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-)
Email: zhichut2[at]illinois[dot]edu
Chansong Kim
M.S.: Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. (2020)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2020-)
Email: ck32[at]illinois[dot]edu
Jiahui Li
B.S. Chemistry, Statistics, The University of Hong Kong. (2020)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2020-)
Email: jiahui4[at]illinois[dot]edu
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-)
Email: oylin2[at]illinois[dot]edu
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-)
Email: ysliu2[at]illinois[dot]edu
John Crockett
B.S. Chemistry, Western Washington University(2019)
M.S.: Chemistry, Western Washington University (2021)
Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2021-)
Email: johnrc5[at]illinois[dot]edu
Undergrad students
Stacey Ni
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2017-)
Email:
staceyn2[at]illinois[dot]edu
Eric Yang
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC (2019-)
Email:
ericy3[at]illinois[dot]edu
Alumni
Ahyoung Kim PhD student (September, 2016 – July, 2022), currently postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Berkeley.
Shan Zhou Postdoc (December, 2018 – August, 2022), currently Assistant Professor, Nanoscience & Biomedical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Hyosung An Postdoc (September, 2018 – July, 2021), currently Assistant Professor, Department of Petrochemical Materials Engineering, Chonnam National University, South Korea.
Zihao Ou PhD student (September, 2015 – July, 2020), currently postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.
Binbin Luo PhD student (September, 2015 – May, 2020), currently senior research specialist at Dow chemical company.
Brian Wu Undergrad researcher (September, 2016 – May, 2018), currently a PhD student at Cornell University.
Juyeong Kim Postdoc (August, 2015 – February, 2018), currently Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea.
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.
Fangfang Chu Visiting scholar (April – May, 2015), currently Lab Manager at BASF, Germany.
Yuxiao Wu Undergrad researcher (May – December, 2015), currently a PhD student at University of Minnesota.