Members
Principal Investigator
Prof. Guihua Yu (Bio)
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Materials 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, 2014-2016
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
Yangen Zhou
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Eng., Metallurgical Engineering, Central South University, 2009
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Fuzhou University, 2015
Yumin Qian
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Physics, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 2005
Ph.D., Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), 2011
Postdoc, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sci & Tech (AIST), Japan, 2015
Ping Wu
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B. Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2007
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2012
Associate Professor, Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University, 2015-Present
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
Yu Ding
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Chemistry, Nankai University, 2012
Lele Peng
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 2012
Yue Zhu
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2011
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
Katrina Ramirez-Meyers
Graduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Mathematics, Goucher College, 2011
Xiao Zhang
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical 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.S., Material Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2017
Chunshuang Yan
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Materials Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2013
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (expected 2018)
Panpan Li
Visiting Ph.D. 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 (expected 2019)
Sangshan Peng
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 2013
Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (expected 2018)
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
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
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
Group Alumni
Yu Zhao
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Present: Professor @ Soochow University, China
Jun Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Present: Professor @ Zhejiang University of technology, China
Ye Shi
PhD Student
Materials Science and Engineering Program
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Postdoc @ Caltech
Borui Liu
Master Student
Materials Science and Engineering Program
The University of Texas at Austin
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: Postdoc @ NIMS, Japan
Chongbo Ma
Visiting 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: Graduate Student @ 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: Associate Professor @ Shandong University, China
Hongsen Li
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
Materials Physics and Chemistry
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Present: Professor @ Qingdao University, China
Dahong Chen
Visiting PhD Student
Chemical Engineering and Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
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
Costa Checkles
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Graduate Student @ UCLA
Paulo Soares
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Present: Graduate Student @ Stanford University
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 Chemistry and Materials Science
University of Science and Technology of China
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 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