Postdoc Fellows
Dr. Yao Gao (since Oct 2017)
- Ph.D.: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS, Polymer Chemistry and Physics
- Email: gao479@purdue.edu
- Project: Organic – Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Dr. Ke (Coco) Ma (since August 2019), Gilbreth Fellow jointly with Prof. Jianguo Mei
- 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. Wenchao Zhao (since August 2019), jointly with Prof. Bryan Boudouris
- Ph.D.: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Polymer Chemistry and Physics
- Email: zhao1032@purdue.edu
- Project: Radical-Perovskite hybrid materials, Transistors
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
Graduate Students
Blake Finkenauer (since Nov 2017)
- Undergrad: Virginia Tech, Chemical Engineering
- Email: bfinkena@purdue.edu
- Project: Polymer – Perovskite hybrid Materials, solar cells
Akriti (since Nov 2017)
- Undergrad: Birla Inst Tech & Sci-India, Chemical Engineering
- Email: akriti@purdue.edu
- Project: Halide Perovskites for Solar Cells and Optoelectronics
Aidan Coffey (since Nov 2017)
- Undergrad: University of Colorado, Boulder
- Email: ahcoffey@purdue.edu
- Project: Halide Perovskites for Solar Cells and Optoelectronics
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
Xi Wang (since Dec 2020)
- Undergrad: Materials Science
- Email: wang4853@purdue.edu
- Project: Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cell and Electronics
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)
- Undergrad: Anna University, Chemical Engineering
- Email: dvaradha@purdue.edu
- Project: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Aihui Liang (since August 2019)
- Title: Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Home institute: Jiangxi Normal University
- Email: liang343@purdue.edu
Catherin Galvis Guiral (since March 2021; co-advised 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
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
Jacob M. Lorenz (since Jan 2020)
- Major: Chemical Engineering
- Email: lorenz17@purdue.edu
- Project: Perovskites LEDs
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
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