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Group Members

Group Members

Principal Investigator

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Prof. Xiulei "David" Ji
[email protected]

Postdoc Scholars

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Mingliang Yu
[email protected]

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Min Soo Jung
[email protected]

Ph.D. Students:

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Yiming Sui (4th year)
[email protected]

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Yang, Sung Jin (4th year)
[email protected]
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Yanzhao Fang (3rd year)
[email protected]

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Samuel P. Murphy (2nd year)
[email protected]

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Zachary W. Ragan (2nd year)
[email protected]

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Ziang Jiang (1st year)
[email protected]

Exchange Ph.D. Students

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Eun Ji Joo (Seoul National University)
[email protected]

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Jungwook Song (Dong-A University)
[email protected]

Undergraduate Students:

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Ellen L. Crooks
[email protected]

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Elliot Holden
[email protected]

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Trenton Jantzer
[email protected]

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Isabella Campbell
[email protected]

ALUMNI

Ph.D. Students

Dr. Alexis Scida, September 2019 to December 2024, Sandia National Laboratories

Dr. David Hoang, September 2019 to September 2024

Dr. Sean Sandstrom, September 2018 to September 2023, Battery Cell Test Engineer, Supernal

Dr. Trenton Gallagher, September 2018 to June 2023, Coulomb Technology

Dr. Yunkai Xu, September 2017 to December 2021, Postdoctoral Fellow, Zhejiang University

Dr. Keun-il Kim, September 2017 to December 2021, Assistant Professor, Gachon University

https://sites.google.com/view/kkimlab

Dr. Jessica Hong, September 2016 to October 2021, Principal Materials Engineer, ENOVIX

Dr. Woochul Shin, September 2016 to January 2021, Cell Engineer, Rivian Automotive, Inc.

Dr. Heng Jiang, September 2016 to September 2020, Professor, Jilin Univ.

https://teachers.jlu.edu.cn/jiangheng/zh_CN/index.htm

Dr. Daniel Leonard, September 2014 to December 2018, Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dr. Zhifei Li, September 2013 to June 2018, Staff Cell Engineer, Tesla

Dr. Ismael A. Rodríguez-Pérez, September 2014 to June 2018, Senior Scientist, Blue Current Inc.

Dr. Xingfeng Wang, September 2012 to September 2017, Process Engineer III Senior, Applied Materials, Inc.

Dr. Clement Bommier, September 2012 to March 2017, Battery Engineer, Boeing

Dr. Zhenyu Xing, September 2012 to December 2016, Associate Professor, South China Normal University

Master Students

Mu-huai Lu, Sep. 2023 to December 2024, Applied Optoelectronic Tech

Mengyuan Cao, Sep. 2021 to June 2022, Battery Engineer, BYD Co. Ltd.

Che-yu Wu, Sep. 2021 to June 2022, Battery Engineer, Lyten

Yu Sung Liu, September 2018 to December 2019, Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, Simplo Technology

Bei Jin, September 2018 to December 2019

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Xianyong Wu (November 2016 to July 2019), Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico

https://natsci.uprrp.edu/chemistry/prof-xianyong-wu/

Dr. Zelang Jian (September 2014 - January 2017), Professor, Wuhan University of Technology

Dr. Raghu Subash Chandrabose (May 2014 - December 2015), Senior Scientist, Vels Advanced Energy Research Center, Vels University

Dr. Vadivukarasi Raju (May 2013 - March 2015), Safety Manager, Oregon State University

Dr. Bao Wang (May 2013 - May 2014), Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

http://sourcedb.ipe.cas.cn/zw/zjrc/201709/t20170908_4857186.html

Dr. Wei Luo (September 2012 - September 2014), Professor, Tongji University,

http://nev.tongji.edu.cn/info/1102/1130.htm

Visiting Scholars

Mr. Michael Minas, University of Stuttgart

Dr. Xin Chen, Currently Westlake University

Dr. Lu Zhang, Associate Professor, Yanshan University

Dr. Jongsik Kim, Associate Professor, Dong-A University

Dr. Aimei Gao, Associate Professor, South China Normal University

Dr. Aiju Li, Professor, South China Normal University

Exchange Students

Dr. Hamza Afaryate (Morocco) 2024 October to 2025 March

Dr. Samuel Silva (Brazil) 2023 October to 2024 March

Dr. Mingqi Chen, currently BYD, September 2019 to September 2020

Dr. Qiubo Guo, September 2018 to September 2020, Postdoctoral Fellow at Inst. Phys. CAS

Dr. Qiao Ni, 2018 November to 2019 November

Dr. Dongxu Yu, 2018 September to 2019 September

Dr. Chong Zhang, 2017 September to 2019 May, Assistant Professor at Shaanxi Normal University

Dr. Zhixuan Wei, 2017 September to 2018 September, Postdoctoral Fellow at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen

Dr. Shengyang Dong, 2016 October to 2017 October, Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Dr. Assadawoot Srikhaow, Thai Scholar Ph.D. visiting student, Mahidol University, Thailand, 2015-2016

Mr. David Xu, 2016 September, Currently Ph.D. student at Northwestern University

Dr. Simon Lorger, 2014, Currently Ph.D. student, Max Planck Institute, Physical Chemistry of Solids

Undergraduate Researchers

58 Trenton Jantzer Chemistry (January 2025 – September 2025)

57. Mateo Rodriguez Biochemistry and Biophysics (April 2025 – June 2025)

56 Hunter Maclennan Chemistry (January 2023 – March 2025)

55. Andrew Tran Chemical Engineering (June 2024 – December 2024)

54 Maxine McNerney Biology (June 2024 – October 2024)

53. Jacob M. Maclaughlin-Johnson Chemical Engineering (May 2024 – May 2025)

52. Breden Pollard Honors College (September 2022 – December 2024)

51. Rachel Jensen Chemistry (September 2022 to June 2024)

50. Riitvek Baddireddi Chemistry (June 2024 to August 2024)

49. Ada Zhao Chemistry (November 2023 to May 2024)

48. Zhixin Zhang Chemical Engineering (October 2022 to January 2024)

47. Timothy D. O'Larey Chemistry (October 2022 – May 2023)

46. Ms. Lindsey D Hagglund Chemistry (October 2020 – June 2022)

45. Mr. Ehman Tannenholz Chemical Engineering. (October 2020 – December 2021)

44. Mr. Kenny Koga Chemistry (October 2019 – July 2020)

Notes: Kenny is a co-author of one article.

43. Ms. Amanda Stainebel Chemistry (October 2019 – March 2020)

42. Ms. Madison Plaisted Chemical Engineering (October 2019 – March 2020)

41. Ms. Helen Li Chemical Engineering (October 2019 – March 2020)

40. Mr. Alexi Renquist Chemistry (October 2018 – June 2019)

39. Mr. Joseph J Hébert Chemistry (October 2018 – June 2019)

38. Mr. Aaron Markir Chemical Engineering (May 2018 – June 2019)

Notes: Aaron is a co-author of two articles.

37. Alex Hernadez Chemical Engineering (May 2018 – June 2019)

36. Galo Bustamante Pre-Med Program (May 2018 – September 2018)

Notes: Galo is a co-author of one article.

35. Ms. Aigerim Daniyar Chemical Engineering (May 2018 – June 2019)

Notes: Aaron is a co-author of one article.

34. Ms. Jane Chen Wang Chemical Engineering (June 2017 – June 2018)

Notes: Aaron is a co-author of one article.

32. Mr. Yicong Chen Chemical Engineering (September 2016 – June 2019)

Notes: Yicong is a co-author of two articles.

Yicong has joined the Ph.D. program at Minnesota University.

31. Mr. Yitong Qi Chemistry (November 2014 – June 2019)

Notes: Yitong was funded by URSA program of OSU 2015. Yitong is a co-author of nine articles. Yitong has joined the Ph.D. program at Harvard University.

30. Mr. Marcos Hernandez Chemical Engineering (June 2017 – June 2018)

Notes: Marcos is a co-author of one article.

29. Mr. John Holoubek Chemical Engineering (May 2017 – August 2018)

Notes: John is a co-author of five articles, including one as the first author.

John has joined the Ph.D. program at the University of California, San Diego.

28. Mr. Juan A. Villegas Chemistry (August 2016 to June 2017)

27. Mr. Andrew Williams Chemical Engineering (September 2016 – June 2017)

Notes: John is a co-author in one article.

26. Mr. Joseph Palmisano Chemical Engineering (September 2015 – May 2017)

Notes: Joseph is a co-author of one article.

25. Mr. Joe Junwei Li Chemical Engineering (January 2016 – Present)

24. Mr. Duncan Fuller Chemistry (April 2016 – October 2016)

Notes: Duncan is a co-author of one article.

23. Mr. Wentao Wang Chemistry (May 2016 – September 2016)

Wentao joined the Ph.D. program of Chemical Engineering at the Oregon State University, fall 2016.

22. Mr. Alex Hernandez Chemistry (April 2016 - September 2016)

21. Mr. Maoyu Wang Chemical Engineering (February 2016 – June 2016)

Notes: Maoyu joined the Ph.D. program of Chemical Engineering at the Oregon State University, fall 2016.

20 Mr. Zhi Sen Chong Chemical Engineering (September 2015-June 2016)

19. Mr. Sergiu Coporan Chemistry (April 2016 – June 2016)

Notes: Serjiu is joining the Master Program of Materials Science at the University of Oregon, fall 2016

18. Mr. Will Schreiber Chemical Engineering (February 2015 -March 2016)

17. Mr. Michael A. Rebarchik Chemical Engineering (August 2015 – March 2016)

16. Mr. Elliot Chong Chemical Engineering (April 2013 – June 2015)

Notes: Elliot is a co-author of two articles.

15. Ms. Tianqi Zhang Chemistry (April 2013-December 2015)

Notes: Tianqi has joined the Ph.D. program of Chemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology in fall 2016. Tianqi is a co-author of one article.

14. Mr. Joshua Halsted Nuclear Engineering (January 2014-August 2014)

Notes: Joshua was funded by URSA program of OSU 2014. Joshua is a co-author of two articles.

13. Mr. Marshall Allen Chemistry (September 2013-August 2014)

Notes: Marshall is a co-author of two articles.

12. Mr. Cooper Gates Chemistry (January 2014 to August 2014)

Notes: Cooper is a co-author of one article.

11. Mr. John Ren Chemical Engineering (April 2014 to June 2014)

10. Mr. Jordan Rainin Chemistry (January 2014 to June 2014)

9. Mr. Gabriel Nowak Chemistry (April 2014 to June 2014)

8. Mr. Adrian Hinkle Chemistry (April 2014 to June 2014)

5. Mr. Christopher G. Heron (Veteran) Chemistry (January 2013 to March 2014)

Notes: Christopher is a co-author of one article.

6. Mr. Wesley Atwood Honors College (March 2013 to August 2013)

5. Ms. Gillian M. Downey Honors College (March 2013 to June 2013)

4. Ms. Erica Nuth Chemistry (January 2013 to June 2013)

3. Ms. Kristen Kaya Pre-Med Program (March 2013 to June 2013)

2. Mr. Caleb Mickey (Veteran) Pre-Med Program (March 2013 to June 2013)

Notes: Caleb is currently a student at Washington University School of Law.

1. Mr. Colin Meyer Chemical Engineering (January 2013 to June 2013)

Notes: Colin has been working at Intel Corporation after graduation. Colin is a co-author of one article.

High School Students

Mr. Edward C. Hu Corvallis High School, 2018, Attending the University of California, Los Angeles

Mr. Kevin T. Dai Corvallis High School, 2018, Attending Amherst College

Ms. Mei Meng, Corvallis High School, 2016

Mr. David Wen, Albany High School, 2014, Attended Johns Hopkins University