PERSONNEL

Group Photos

Principal Investigator

Education

• 2002-2005, High School Diploma, Fuzhou No.1 High School, Fuzhou, China
• 2005-2009, B.S. in Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
• 2009-2015, Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Employment

• 2015-2018, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
• 2018-2020, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• 2020-Present, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Postdoctoral Scholars

Lin Xiong 熊琳

linxiong@umass.edu

• B.S. in Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
• Ph.D. in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
• Postdoc, Peking University, Beijing, China
• Postdoc, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Graduate Students

Hongshan Bi 毕洪山

hongshanbi@umass.edu

• B.S./M.S. in Mineral Process Engineering, Northeast University, Shenyang, China
• Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Guo Ling 凌过

gling@umass.edu

• B.S. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
• Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Siqi Chen 陈思琪

siqichen@umass.edu

• B.S. in Energy Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
• M.S. in Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Xi Cheng 成蹊

xcheng@umass.edu

• B.E. in Materials Chemistry, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
• M.S. in Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Undergraduate Students

Chase Presz

cpresz@umass.edu

B.S. in Chemistry (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Wyatt Fajkowski

wfajkowski@umass.edu

B.S. in Chemical Engineering (expected), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA

Visiting and Exchange Students

Qiushi Ma 马秋实

qiushima@umass.edu

• B.E. in Environmental Engineering, Hefei Institute of Technology, Hefei, China
• Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Chenxi Sun 孙晨熹

chenxisun@umass.edu

• B.S. in Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
• Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Xianqi Deng 邓显琪

xianqideng@umass.edu

B.E. in Computer Science and Technology (expected), North Minzu University, Yingchuan, China

Group Alumni (and Last Known Position)

Kaijia Liu 刘凯佳

Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

Chenxi Jiang 姜忱希

Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Yili Shen 沈益立

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (expected), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Gideon Tzafriri

B.S. in Chemistry (expected), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Anthony Fosu

Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Dr. Jun Yi 易军

Postdoctoral Scholar, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Ethan French

Research Technician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA

Shuyi Chen 陈舒仪

Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Dieaa Alhmoud ضياء الحمود 

M.S. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Kevin Alexander

B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology(expected), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA

Qianli Xing 邢千里

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (expected), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Jiaxu Yan 闫嘉序

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Adi Manish Soota

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Lulu Yang 杨逯

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Fhareeha Tadamarry

M.S. in Medical Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Cheng-Wei Ju 鞠成威

Ph.D. in Molecular Engineering (expected), The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Zhihao Liu 刘之昊

Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lauren MacDonald

M.S. in Chemistry (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Aaron Tian 田起源

B.S. in Computer Science (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Matthew Rando

Process Development Engineer, Akston Biosciences Corporation, Beverly, MA

Daniel Chambers

Ph.D. in Chemistry (expected), Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Collaborators

Prof. Hui Guan 关卉

Assistant Professor, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA

Prof. Yayuan Liu 刘亚媛

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Prof. Sen Zhang 张森

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Dr. Ying Zhu 朱莹

Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Cooper Sigrist

Ph.D. in Computer Science (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Xinyu Bian

B.S. in Computer Science and Business Administration (expected), University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA