Group Members

Postdoc Fellows

Dr. Ke (Coco) Ma  (since August 2019), Gilbreth Fellow 2019-2021

• Ph.D.: University of Colorado Boulder, Chemical Engineering
• Email: ma636@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskite Solar Cells, Bioelectronics

Dr. Kang Wang  (since Sept 2019)

• Ph.D.: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Physical Chemistry
• Email: wang4604@purdue.edu
• Project: Hybrid Perovskite LEDs and Photonics

Dr. Shuchen Zhang  (since Sept 2020)

• Ph.D.: Peking University, Physical Chemistry
• Postdoc (2019-2020): UC Berkeley with Prof. Gabor Somorjai
• Email: zhan4170@purdue.edu
• Project: Hybrid Perovskite Nanomaterials and Heterostructures

Dr. Yoon Ho Lee  (since Sept 2021),  jointly with Prof. Jianguo Mei

• Ph.D.: Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH); Chemical Engineering
• Email: lee4136@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskite solar cells, mini-modules

Dr. Jiaonan Sun  (since Oct 2021)

• Ph.D.: Ohio State University, Chemistry
• Email: sun1070@purdue.edu
• Project: Organic Synthesis, novel OSiPs

Dr. Hanjun Yang  (2022; Lillian Gilbreth Fellow with Prof. Libai Huang)

• Ph.D.: Brown University, Chemistry
• Email: yang2285@purdue.edu
• Project: Hybrid Perovskite Nanomaterials and Heterostructures

Dr. Seok Joo Yang  (since Jan 2022)

• Ph.D.: POSTECH, Chemical Engineering
• Email: yang2224@purdue.edu
• Project: Hybrid Perovskite LEDs and Solar Cells

Dr. Hyojung Kim  (Feb 2022; Korea National Research Foundation Postdoc Fellow)

• Ph.D.: Seoul National University, Materials Science and Engineering
• Email: 
• Project: Hybrid Perovskite Electronics

Graduate Students

Blake Finkenauer (since Nov 2017)

• Undergrad: Virginia Tech, Chemical Engineering
• Email: bfinkena@purdue.edu
• Project: Polymer – Perovskite hybrid Materials, solar cells

Zitang Wei  (since Nov 2018)

• Undergrad: UC Santa Barbara, Chemistry
• Email: wei0616@purdue.edu
• Project: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Organic Synthesis

Sheng-Ning Hsu  (since Nov 2018; co-advised with Prof. Bryan Boudouris)

• Undergrad: National Taiwan University, Chemical Engineering
• Email: hsu172@purdue.edu
• Project: Organic and Hybrid Materials for Bio-sensors

Jee Yung Park  (since Nov 2019)

• Undergrad: Korea University, Chemical Engineering
• Email: park1176@purdue.edu
• Project: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Single Crystals

Qixuan Hu  (since Dec 2020)

• Undergrad: University of Maryland, Chemical Engineering
• Email: hu739@purdue.edu
• Project: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Polymers

Xuyi Luo (since March 2021; joint student with Prof. Jianguo Mei)

• Undergrad: Peking University, Chemistry
• Email: luo241@purdue.edu
• Project: Polymer Single Crystals, Polymer Chemistry

Dharini Varadharrajan (since April 2021; co-advised with Prof. Bryan Boudouris)

• Undergrad: Anna University, Chemical Engineering
• Email: dvaradha@purdue.edu
• Project: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials

Jisung Seo (since August 2021; PMP student)

• Undergrad: University of Florida, Chemical Engineering
• Email: seo108@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskite LEDs

Yuanhao Tang (since Nov 2021)

• Undergrad: Zhejiang University, Materials Science
• Email: tang571@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskite Solar Cells

Visiting Scholars

Catherin Galvis Guiral (since March 2021; joint with Prof. Bryan Boudouris)

• Home institute: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: dgalvisg@purdue.edu

Martin Gomez Dominguez (summer 2021)

• Home institute: Universidad de los Andes
• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: mgomezdo@purdue.edu

Ajeet Singh (since Oct 2021; SERB-OVDF fellow, visiting PhD student)

• Home institute: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• Major: Chemistry
• Email: singh815@purdue.edu 

 Leonardo Franquilino  (since Feb 2022)

• Home institute: Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Sao Paulo
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Email:  ldossan@purdue.edu

Dr. Vijayakumar Chakkooth (since March 2022)

• Home institute: National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)
• Title: Principal Scientist
• Email:  

Undergraduate Students

Alan Pistone (since Sept 2019)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: apistone@purdue.edu
• Project: Hybrid Perovskites Nanomaterials

Yiyuan (Melody) Zhang (since Jan 2020)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: zhan3384@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskites Solar Cells

Brandon Hamel (since Jan 2020)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: hamel0@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskites Solar Cells

Leticia (Wyat) Cervantes (since Jan 2021)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: cervan26@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskites Solar Cells

Jake C. Schulz (since Jan 2021)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: schulz20@purdue.edu
• Project: Perovskites Solar Cells

Lucas Martin Sy (since Feb 2021)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: lsy@purdue.edu
• Project: 

Anika Bhoopalam (since Feb 2021)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: bharga17@purdue.edu
• Project:

Jack Jones (since May 2021)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: jone1510@purdue.edu
• Project:

Joseph Farrell (since May 2021)

• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Email: farrel28@purdue.edu
• Project:

Coleman B. Jennewein (since August 2021)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: cjennewe@purdue.edu
• Project:

Ian N. Burch (since August 2021)

• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Email: burchi@purdue.edu
• Project: