Our Core Values: Safety First, Respect for People, Highest Integrity, and Environmental Stewardship
(Jiayingzi Wu and Youlong Zhu are not in the photo)
Current Members
PI: Jianguo Mei, (More Info)
2014-present, Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
2010, Ph.D. University of Florida
2014-present, Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
2010, Ph.D. University of Florida
Graduate Students
Aristide Gumyusenge (GS) - 2015
A native of Southern Province of Rwanda and the Rwanda Presidential Scholar
B.S. in Chemistry, a minor in Mathematics, Wofford Colllege, SC, 2015
Year entered group: July, 2015
Research interest: Polymers Thin Film Electronics
A native of Southern Province of Rwanda and the Rwanda Presidential Scholar
B.S. in Chemistry, a minor in Mathematics, Wofford Colllege, SC, 2015
Year entered group: July, 2015
Research interest: Polymers Thin Film Electronics
Jiazhi He (GS) - 2015
B.S., South China University of Technology, 2014
M.S., The University of Akron, 2015
Year entered group: Oct, 2015
Research interest: Polymer Thin Film Energy and Electronic Devices
Email: He320@purdue.edu
B.S., South China University of Technology, 2014
M.S., The University of Akron, 2015
Year entered group: Oct, 2015
Research interest: Polymer Thin Film Energy and Electronic Devices
Email: He320@purdue.edu
William Mcnutt (GS) - 2015
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, Spring 2015
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2015
Research Interest: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Email: wmcnutt@purdue.edu
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, Spring 2015
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2015
Research Interest: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Email: wmcnutt@purdue.edu
Saadia T Chaudhry (GS) - 2015
B. S., William Paterson University of New Jersey, 2015
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2015
Research Interest: Synthesis and Doping of Organic Semiconductors
Email: chaudhr2@purdue.edu
B. S., William Paterson University of New Jersey, 2015
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2015
Research Interest: Synthesis and Doping of Organic Semiconductors
Email: chaudhr2@purdue.edu
Jiayingzi Wu (GS) - 2016
jointly with Prof. Jixin Cheng @ Boston University
B.S., Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2014
M.S., The University of Akron, 2015
Year entered Group, June, 2017
Research Interest: Polymers for Biomedical Imaging
jointly with Prof. Jixin Cheng @ Boston University
B.S., Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2014
M.S., The University of Akron, 2015
Year entered Group, June, 2017
Research Interest: Polymers for Biomedical Imaging
Xuyi Luo (GS) - 2016
B. S., Peking University, China, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2016
Research Interest: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Email: luo241@purdue.edu
B. S., Peking University, China, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2016
Research Interest: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Email: luo241@purdue.edu
Dung T Tran (GS) - 2016
B. S., Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2016
Research Interest: Polymer Thin Film Energy and Electronic Devices
Email: tran102@purdue.edu
B. S., Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2016
Research Interest: Polymer Thin Film Energy and Electronic Devices
Email: tran102@purdue.edu
Kuluni Perera (GS) - 2017
B.S. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2017
Research Interest: Polymer Thin Film Energy Devices
Email: perera1@purdue.edu
B.S. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2017
Research Interest: Polymer Thin Film Energy Devices
Email: perera1@purdue.edu
Kaelon Athena Jenkins (GS) - 2017
B.S. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2017
Research Interest: Computational chemistry and thin film electronics
Email: jenkin94@purdue.edu
B.S. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2016
Year Entered Group: Oct, 2017
Research Interest: Computational chemistry and thin film electronics
Email: jenkin94@purdue.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Zhenran Yi (PD)
B.S., Hubei University, 2004
Ph.D., Wuhan University (Advisor: Xingguo Chen), 2012
Year entered group: Oct, 2018
Research interest: Organic Synthesis
Email: xx@purdue.edu
B.S., Hubei University, 2004
Ph.D., Wuhan University (Advisor: Xingguo Chen), 2012
Year entered group: Oct, 2018
Research interest: Organic Synthesis
Email: xx@purdue.edu
Youlong Zhu (PD)
B.S., Nanjing University, 2011
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder (Advisor: Wei Zhang), 2016
P.D., Northwestern University, (Advisor: SonBinh T. Nguyen), 2018
Year entered group: Sep, 2018
Research interest: Organic Synthesis
Email: zhu837@purdue.edu
B.S., Nanjing University, 2011
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder (Advisor: Wei Zhang), 2016
P.D., Northwestern University, (Advisor: SonBinh T. Nguyen), 2018
Year entered group: Sep, 2018
Research interest: Organic Synthesis
Email: zhu837@purdue.edu
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: Electroactive Polymer Synthesis.
Email: you33@purdue.edu
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: Electroactive Polymer Synthesis.
Email: you33@purdue.edu
Undergraduate Researchers:
Tyler M Kadlubowski (Chemical Engineering)
Tyler M Kadlubowski (Chemical Engineering)
"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
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
6. Yan Zhao, Purdue Graudate School Postdoctoral Travel Grant, 2017
7. Junchen Liu, the SURF fellowship, 2017
8. M Kadlubowski, the SURF fellowship, 2018
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
6. Alumni (Photos)
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. Zhuorui Zhao, V-UG, Tsinghua University, July-Sep, 2016 (GS, UC San Diego)
6. Guobiao Xue, V-GS, Zhejiang University, 2015.09-2016.09 (Intel)
7. Tianbai Xu, V-GS, Zhejiang University, 2015.11-2016.11 (Microelectronics)
8. Xikang Zhao, GS, Purdue University, 2014.09-2016.12 (Postdoc, Purdue, Boudouris)
9. Prof. Haijun Niu, Helongjiang University, 2016.03-2017.03
10. Lina Ma, V-GS, Harbin University of Technology, 2016.11-2017.05
11. Vani Singania, UG, Chemistry and Math, Spring 2015 - Spring, 2017 (GS, UCSB)
12. Tianxiong Mi, V-UG, Peking University, July-Sep, 2017 (GS, Texas AM)
13. Yan Zhao, PD, ICCAS, 2014.8-2018.2 (MSE Faculty at Fudan University)
14. Junchen Liu, UG, Chemical Engineering, 2015-2017, (GS, NC state, ChemE)
15. Hongyi Zhang, UG, Chemistry, 2015-2017, (GS, U Chicago, IME)
16. Sebastian Kenny, UG, Chemistry, 2016-2017, (GS, Purdue, Chem)
17. Jordan Hunter, GS-candidate, Chemistry, 2016-2018, (Transferred to Lipton Group)
20. Xingrui Zhu, GS-MS, Chemical Engineering, 2017-2018 (Colorado School of Mines)
21. Dazheng Huang, PD, ICCAS, 2017.9-2018.9
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. Zhuorui Zhao, V-UG, Tsinghua University, July-Sep, 2016 (GS, UC San Diego)
6. Guobiao Xue, V-GS, Zhejiang University, 2015.09-2016.09 (Intel)
7. Tianbai Xu, V-GS, Zhejiang University, 2015.11-2016.11 (Microelectronics)
8. Xikang Zhao, GS, Purdue University, 2014.09-2016.12 (Postdoc, Purdue, Boudouris)
9. Prof. Haijun Niu, Helongjiang University, 2016.03-2017.03
10. Lina Ma, V-GS, Harbin University of Technology, 2016.11-2017.05
11. Vani Singania, UG, Chemistry and Math, Spring 2015 - Spring, 2017 (GS, UCSB)
12. Tianxiong Mi, V-UG, Peking University, July-Sep, 2017 (GS, Texas AM)
13. Yan Zhao, PD, ICCAS, 2014.8-2018.2 (MSE Faculty at Fudan University)
14. Junchen Liu, UG, Chemical Engineering, 2015-2017, (GS, NC state, ChemE)
15. Hongyi Zhang, UG, Chemistry, 2015-2017, (GS, U Chicago, IME)
16. Sebastian Kenny, UG, Chemistry, 2016-2017, (GS, Purdue, Chem)
17. Jordan Hunter, GS-candidate, Chemistry, 2016-2018, (Transferred to Lipton Group)
20. Xingrui Zhu, GS-MS, Chemical Engineering, 2017-2018 (Colorado School of Mines)
21. Dazheng Huang, PD, ICCAS, 2017.9-2018.9
Yan Zhao (PD)
B.S., Shandong University, 2008
Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,2014
Year entered group: Aug, 2014
Research interest: Polymer Electronic Devices
Email: zhao557@purdue.edu
B.S., Shandong University, 2008
Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,2014
Year entered group: Aug, 2014
Research interest: Polymer Electronic Devices
Email: zhao557@purdue.edu