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Current Members and Alumni

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PI: Jianguo Mei, (More Info)
Associate Professor 
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
​​2010, Ph.D. University of Florida
2010-2011 and 2012-2014, Postdoc, Stanford University

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Research Scientist
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​ Dr. Na Gou
B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2005
Ph.D., Northeastern University, 2015
Year entered group: Feb., 2020
Email: 
 ngou@purdue.edu

​Postdoctoral Fellows
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Ashkan Abtahi (PD)
B.S., University of Tehran, 2013
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2020 
(Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Graham and Dr. Joseph Brill)
​Year entered group: Dec. 2020
Research interest: Electrochemical Devices and Charge Transport in OSC
Email: aabtahi@purdue.edu

Other interests: Enjoy hiking and mountain climbing, traveling, and reading Sci-fi books.

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Jungho Lee (PD)
B.S., Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 2013
Ph.D., Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
​(Advisor: Changduk Yang), Feb. 2020

Year entered group: Aug. 2020
Research interest: Organic and Polymer Synthesis
Email: Lee3609@purdue.edu

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Wenting Wu (PD) 
B.S., Qingdao University, 2014
Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Advisor: Xike Gao), Oct 2019
Year entered group: Oct. 2019
Research interest: Organic and Polymer Synthesis

Email: wu1595@purdue.edu

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Hongguang Shen (PD)
MI-Bio 
Fellow 
B.S., Peking University, 2014
Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry (Advisor: Chongan Di and Daoben Zhu), 2019
Year entered group: Aug. 2019
Research interest: Bioelectronics
​Email: shen506@purdue.edu

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Ke Ma (PD) 
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Gilbreth Fellow jointly with Prof. Letian Dou
B.S., Zhejiang University, 2013
Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Jennifer N Cha), 2017
Year entered group: Aug. 2019
Research interest: Thin Film Energy Devices 
Email: ma636@purdue.edu​​

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​​Xuefei Li (PD)
B.S., Jinlin University, 2013
Ph.D., Penn State University (Advisor: Raymond E. Schaak), 2018
Year entered group: Jan. 2019
Research interest: Electrochemical Materials and Devices 
Email: li3458@purdue.edu​

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Liyan You (PD)
B.S., Hefei University of Technology, 2006
Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011
Senior Scientist/Group Leader, WuXi AppTec (STA), 2011-2015

Year entered group: Nov. 2015
Research interest: Polymer Synthesis and Manufacturing.
Email: you33@purdue.edu


​Graduate Students
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Mustafa Ahmed (GS) - 2020
B.S., Virginia Tech, 2017
Eastman Chemical, 2017-2020
Research Interest: Organic and Polymer Synthesis
Email: ahmed166@purdue.edu



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Joseph Romo (GS) - 2020

B.A., Macalester College, 2018
 Axalta Coating Systems, 2018-2020
Research Interests: Electrochemical Devices, Materials Processing and Manufacturing
Email: ​romo8@purdue.edu

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Zhiyang Wang (GS) - 2019
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B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2018
​​Research Interest: Analytical Science and Electrochemical Devices
Email: wang4482@purdue.edu

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​Yukun Wu (GS) - 2019
B.S., Tsinghua University, China, 2018
​Research Interest: Organic and Polymer Synthesis
Email: wu1558@purdue.edu




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Zhifan Ke (GS) - 2018
B. E., Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, 2017
Research Interest: Thin Film Electronics and Electrochemical Devices
Email: ke17@purdue.edu

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 Ke Chen (GS) - 2018
B.S., Central China Normal University, 2015
M.S., East China Normal university
Research Interest: Analytical Science and Electrochemical Devices
​Email: chen2932@purdue.edu

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​Kuluni Perera (GS) - 2017
B.S. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016
​Research Interest:
Analytical Science and Electrochemical Devices
Email: perera1@purdue.edu

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Kaelon Athena Jenkins (GS) - 2017
B.S. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2016
​Research Interest: Computational chemistry and thin film electronics
​Email: jenkin94@purdue.edu 

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​Xuyi Luo (GS) - 2016
​B. S., Peking University, China, 2016
​Research Interest: Organic and Polymer Synthesis
Email: luo241@purdue.edu

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Dung T Tran (GS) - 2016
​B. S., Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam, 2016
​​Research Interest: Thin Film Electronics
Email: tran102@purdue.edu

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Saadia T Chaudhry (GS) - 2015
​B. S., William Paterson University of New Jersey, 2015
Research Interest: Organic Synthesis and Analytical Science
Email: chaudhr2@purdue.edu

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William Mcnutt (GS) - 2015
​B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, Spring 2015
​Research Interest: Organic and Polymer Synthesis
Email: wmcnutt@purdue.edu

Undergraduate Researchers: Join us if you like to challenge yourself
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John Putziger (Chemistry), 2018
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Hanning Jiang (Chemistry), 2019
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Dylan Forbes (Chemistry), 2020
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Matt Fosdick (Chemistry), 2020
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Isabella Wolson (ChemE), 2020


"if you have passion for and fun at work, the probability for great discoveries is higher than if you do things just because they seem to be strategically well placed or because someone else is expecting you to work on them"
 
by Ferdi Schüth 

"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities; seize common occasions and make them great."
-- Orison Swett Marden

Postdoc 
1. Yan Zhao, ICCAS; 2014.08-2018.02 (currently MSE Faculty at Fudan University)
2. Dazheng Huang, ICCAS; 2017.09-2018.09 
3. Youlong Zhu, University of Colorado, Boulder; 2018.09-2019.05 (currently Faculty at Sun Yat-Sen University)
4. Zhenran Yi, Wuhan University; 2018.09-2019.10 (currently Faculty at Fudan University)
​5. Jongsu Lee,  Konkuk University, Korea; 2019.09-2020.02 (currently Faculty at  Sunchon National University
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Graduate Students 
1. Xikang Zhao, 2014-2017 (Postdoc, Purdue, with Prof. Bryan Boudouris)
​2. Jiazhi He, 2015-2019 (Founding Member, Ambilight Inc)
3. Aristide Gumyusenge, 2015-2019  (GLAM Postdoc, Stanford University, with Prof.  Zhenan Bao @Chemical Engineering and Prof. Alberto Salleo at MSE)
4. Jiayingzi Wu, 2016-2020, co-advised by Prof. Jin-Xin Chen at Boston   University (Researcher at Shenzhen University)



Visiting Students and Scholars
1. Guobiao Xue, V-GS, Zhejiang University, 2015.09-2016.09 (Intel)
2. Tianbai Xu, V-GS, Zhejiang University, 2015.11-2016.11 (Microelectronics)
3. Prof. Haijun Niu, Helongjiang University, 2016.03-2017.03
4. Lina Ma, V-GS, Harbin University of Technology, 2016.11-2017.05
​    (Faculty at Qingdao University)

5. Tianxiong Mi, V-UG, Peking University, July-Sep, 2017 (GS, Texas AM)
6. Zhuorui Zhao, V-UG, Tsinghua University, July-Sep, 2016 (GS, UC San Diego)
7. Maria Fernanda Lizarazo Rojas, V-UG, 
 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Fall 2018
8. Brandon Jang, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, Fall, 2018 - Spring 2019 
9. Ronaldo H. Franjul, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Summer 2019 
10. Huihong Jiang, V-GS, Zhejiang University, 2019.09-2020.09


Undergraduate Students
1. Conner Noel, UG, ChemE, 2014-2015
2. Samuel Kim, UG, Biochem, 2015-2015
3. Rachel Rahn, UG, ChemE, 2015-2016 (Engineer, Ecolab Inc)
4. Michael Abu-Omar, UG, Biochem, 2015-2016
5. Vani Singania, UG, Chemistry and Math, Spring 2015 - Spring, 2017 (GS, UCSB)
6. Junchen Liu, UG, Chemical Engineering, 2015-2017, (GS, NC state, ChemE)
7. Hongyi Zhang, UG, Chemistry, 2015-2017, (GS, U Chicago, IME)
8. Sebastian  Kenny, UG, Chemistry, 2016-2017, (GS, Purdue, Chem)
9. Jordan Hunter, GS-candidate, Chemistry, 2016-2018, (Transferred to Lipton Group)
10. Xingrui Zhu, GS-MS, Chemical Engineering, 2017-2018 (Colorado School of Mines) ​​
​11. Natalie Kadlubowski, UG, Chemical Engineering, 2018-2020 (DuPont)


Awards and Recognitions:

1. Rachel Rahn, the SURF fellowship, 2015 ; Best Poster Award at the 2015 Semiconductor Research Corporation TECHCON, 2015
2. Michael Abu-Omar, the Margerum award, 2015
3. Xikang Zhao, the PRF fellowship, 2015
4. Vani Singania,  
the Falkner Summer Research Award, 2016; Poster Award for 2016 Norte-Dame Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter and Polymers
​5. Aristide Gumyusenge, HC Brown Travel Grant, 2017; 
 Charles Viol Fellowship, 2018; HC Brown Travel Grant, 2019; HC Brown Graduate Student Award, 2019; MRS Graduate Student Gold Award, 2019;  Arthur Nowick Graduate Student, 2019​; the  GLAM Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2020-2022, Stanford University.
6. Yan Zhao, Purdue Graudate School Postdoctoral Travel Grant, 2017
7.  Junchen Liu, the SURF fellowship, 2017
8. M Kadlubowski, the SURF fellowship, 2018; Goldwater Scholar, 2019; Astronaut Scholar, 2019
9. Xuyi Luo, HC Brown Symposium Poster Award, 2018
10. Saadia T Chaudhry, HC Brown Travel Grant, 2018; Best Poster Award for 2018 Norte-Dame Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter and Polymers;
the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, 2020; Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020.
11. John Michael Putziger, Wolinsky Summer Research Fellowship, 2019; Outstanding Sophomore, College of Science, 2020;  the SURF fellowship, 2020.
12. Dung Tran, Poster Award for 2019 Norte-Dame Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter and Polymers; HC Brown Travel Grant, 2020.
13. Kuluni Perera, 
 the Eastman Summer Graduate Fellowship ​, 2020.

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