Principal Investigator
Prof. Guihua Yu (Bio)
Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Texas Materials Institute, UT Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2003
Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University, 2009
Postdoctoral, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2012
Postdoctoral Scholars
Changkun Zhang
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, 2009
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, 2014
Postdoc., National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, 2016
Fei Zhao
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Materials Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2009
M.Sc., Organic Electronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 2012
Ph.D., Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2016
Yu Ding
Postdoctoral Scholar
Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, Nankai University, 2012
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018
Yue Zhu
Postdoc Fellow
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Eng. & Project Officer, Chemical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2011 &
2013
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019
Hengyi Lu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Eng., Materials Science Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, 2013
Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Fudan University, 2018
Panpan Li
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 2013
M.Sc., Department of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, 2016
Ph.D., Department of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, 2019
Visiting Professors
Gaohong He
Changjiang Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Director of R & D Center of Membrane Science and Technology
Dalian University of Technology
Graduate Students
Zhiwei Fang
Graduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2016
Xingyi Zhou
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2016
Leyuan Zhang
Graduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
M.Sc., Materials Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016
Jiwoong Bae
Graduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, 2014
M.Sc., Mechanical Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University, 2016
Xiao Zhang
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Materials Science & Technology, South University of Science and Technology of China, 2017
Youhong (Nancy) Guo
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., M.Sc, Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2017
Xuelin Guo
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Material Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2017
Wen Shi
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Materials Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2018
Zhengyu Ju
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2018
Desiree Fernandez
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019
Sishuang Tang
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, New York University, 2020
Gehong Su
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B. Sc., Department of Materials and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and
Technology, 2013
M.Sc., Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, 2016
Ph.D., Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University (expected 2020)
Li Gao
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.E., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Qufu Normal University, 2014
M.E., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2017
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (expected 2021)
Panpan Zhang
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B. Sc., Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University,
2014
M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2017
Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University (expected 2021)
Undergraduate Students
Allen Thai
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Samantha Mendez
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Alexander Megan
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Jesse Ye
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Mason Liu
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Carol Xia
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Duke University
Yu Yan
Visiting Undergraduate Student
School of Gifted Young
University of Science and Technology of China
Renad Abualjamal
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University
Qiyu Xing
Visiting Undergraduate Student
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
University of Science and Technology of China
Bochen Zhao
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Tsinghua University
Group Alumni
Yu Zhao
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Professor @ Soochow University
Jun Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Materials Science and Engineering Program
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Professor @ Zhejiang University of Technology
Ping Wu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Professor @ Nanjing Normal University
Yangen Zhou
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Professor @
Yumin Qian
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Xihong Zu
Visiting Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Professor @ Guangdong University of Technology
Zhongchao Bai
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Professor @ Shandong University of Science and Technology
Nana Wang
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Research Scientist @ University of Wollongong
Ye Shi
PhD Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Postdoc @ Caltech
Lele Peng
PhD Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Postdoc @ UCLA
Katrina Ramirez-Meyers
Master Student, NSF Graduate Fellowship
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: PhD @ Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Borui Liu
Master Student
Materials Science and Engineering Program
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: PhD @ Australian National Univ.
Atheer Al Sudani
Master Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Pan Xiong
Visiting PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Nanjing University of Science & Technology
Present: Professor @ Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Chongbo Ma
Visiting PhD Student
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Lanzhou University
Present: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Ziyang Zhang
Visiting Student
Department of Chemistry, Kuangyaming Honors School
Nanjing University
Present: Ph.D. @ UCLA
Nicolas Hatet
Visiting Student
B.Sc., Engineering, Centrale Lille Graduate School, 2012
High National Diploma in Physical Measurement, Orsay Institute of Technology, 2010
Present: PSA Peugeot Citroën, United Kindom
Yaqun Wang
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Electronic Science and Engineering
Nanjing University
Present: Professor @ Shandong University
Dahong Chen
Visiting PhD Student
Chemical Engineering and Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
Hongsen Li
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Materials Physics and Chemistry
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Present: Professor @ Qingdao University
Chunshuang Yan
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Chemical Engineering
Harbin Institute of Technology
Present: Postdoc@Nanyang Technological Univ.
Sangshan Peng
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Dalian University of Technology
Present: Professor @ Hunan University
Mingxiang Hu
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 2015
Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2020
Ke Yan
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Applied Physics, Northeastern University, 2015
Ph.D., Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, 2020
Danilo Pena
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Engineer @ EcoLab
Umair Khakoo
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Engineer @ Iconixx
Andrew Bond
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Pranav Kalyani
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Costa Checkles
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Engineer @ General Motors
Paulo Soares
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Engineer @ Schlumberger
David Gonzalez
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Mechanical Engineer @ Dow Chemical
Aimon Allouache
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Engineer @ BHP Billiton
Zhaohan Zhang
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Department of Chemistry
University of Science and Technology of China
Vincent Teran
Undergraduate Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Chemical Engineer @ Goodyear
Christopher Tran
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Visiting Undergraduate Student
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
University of Science and Technology of China
Visiting Undergraduate Student
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
University of Science and Technology of China
Visiting Undergraduate Student
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
Nanjing University
Visiting Undergraduate Student
School of Physical Sciences
University of Science and Technology of China
Visiting Undergraduate Student
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
University of Science and Technology of China
Group Photo
Nov 2019, Thanksgiving Group Party at Gateway Community!
Nov 2018, Thanksgiving Group Party at Prof. Yu's House!
Sep 2018, Group Party in Sao Paulo's!
Nov 2017, Thanksgiving Group Party at Prof. Yu's House!
Nov 2017, Zhenan visits our lab during her MSE seminar trip in Austin!
2017 Fall BBQ Party at Emma Long Park.
2017 Group photo taken in front of ETC building.
2016 Thanksgiving Group Party at Prof. Yu's House.
2016 Fall BBQ Party at Emma Long Park
Group Get-Together Lunch Summer 2016 in The Varsity's UT Room
Group Lunch October 2015 in The Varsity
Group Lunch October 2014 in Double Dave's
Group Lunch August 2013 in Double Dave's
Group Dinner April 2013 in Sao Paulo's