Principal Investigator

Zheng Chen (陈政), Ph.D

Professor
Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of
Chemical and Nano Engineering

Bio
Associate Professor, UC San Diego, 2022.7-2024.6
Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, 2016.6-2022.6
Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2016.6
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA, 2012.12
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2007.7

Awards
ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellow, 2024
ECS Battery Division Early Career Award, 2023
Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, 2021
Emerging Investigator, Chemical Communication, 2020
Invited to US-China Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, 2019
NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2018
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2018
Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018
LG Chem BIC Award, 2017
Scialog Fellow in Advanced Energy Storage, 2017-2019

Mingqian Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at UC San Diego
Research: High energy batteries, batteries for grid storage

Wei Tang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at New Mexico State University
Research: Solid-state batteries

Yuju Jeon, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Postdoc at Ulsan National Institue of Science and Technology
Research: Solid-state batteries

Ki Hwan Koh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Hanyang University
Research: High-energy cathodes, conversion materials

Anthony Mu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Texas A&M University
Research: Metal-organic framework

Wei Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Postdoc at Texas A&M University
Research: Battery recycling

Feng Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Solid-state batteries

Wenqing Lu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Paris Sciences et Lettres University
Research: Metal-organic frameworks, ion-organic materials

Jiao Lin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Beijing Institute of Technology
Research: Battery recycling

Chang Zhang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at ShanghaiTech University
Research: Regeneration of spent batteries, solid state batteries

Qingyang Yin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at UCLA
Research: Zinc-ion batteries

Geonha Kim

Visiting researcher

M.S. at Sejong University
Battery development at LG Energy Solutions
Research: Solid-state batteries

Hongpeng Gao

Ph.D. Candidate

M.S. at Stanford University
Research: Battery recycling, fast-charging batteries

Varun Gupta

Ph.D. Candidate

M.S. at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Research: Battery recycling

Junlin Wu

Ph.D. Student

M.A. and M.E. at University of Virginia and Tsinghua University
Research: Solid-state batteries

Dong Ju Lee

Ph.D. Student

B.S./M.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Solid-state batteries

Maura Appleberry

Ph.D. Student

Technical Program Manager at Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Research: Battery recycling

Marta Vicencio

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Solid-state batteries

Dapeng Xu

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Research: Solid-state batteries, sodium materials

Lanshuang Zhang

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at University of Chinese Academy of Science
Research: Lithium-metal batteries, solid-state batteries

Luqi Zhang

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at UC San Diego
B.S. at University of Connecticut
Research: Battery recycling

Shyamli Dwivedi

Ph.D. Student

B.S. at Central University of Jharkhand, India
Research: Battery recycling

Duc Tran

Ph.D. Student

B.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Battery recycling, high-entropy electrolytes

Dongwoo Kim

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at Sejong University
Research: Battery recycling

Piyuan Liu

Masters Student

B.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Battery recycling

Madhav Vasudev

Masters Student

B. ASc. at University of Waterloo
Research: Solid-State Batteries

Jordan Lee

Masters Student

B.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Batteries for grid storage

Sihyun Kim

Masters Student

B.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Sodium-ion batteries

Jeongwon Lee

Masters Student

B.S. at Yonsei University
Research: Solid-state battery

Thao Nguyen

Masters Student

B.S. at Purdue University
Research: Battery recycling

Fourth Manaanuntakul

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling

Namseo Kim

Undergraduate Student

Research: Metal-organic framework

Yoon Chung

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling

Greta Feague

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling

Austin Tran

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling

Harrison Mach

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling

Christopher Potts

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling

Alumni

Simon Danitz

Undergraduate student

Jung-Pil Lee

Visiting Scholar
Researcher for LG Energy Solution

Xiaolu Yu

Ph.D. student

Jianting (Jane) Qin

Undergraduate student
Ph.D. student, University of Texas Austin

Seamus McNulty

Undergraduate student
M.S. student, UC Berkeley

Yu-Ting Chen

Ph.D. student
Battery Scientist, Ampcera Inc.

John Jaeun Holoubek

Ph.D. student
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University

Yijie Yin

Ph.D. student
Senior Scientist, SES AI Corp

Sujoy

M.S. student
Battery Research Associate, Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Kunpeng Yu

Undegraduate student
Ph.D. student, Yale University

Arthur Zhou

Undergraduate student
M.S. student, UC San Diego

Aishwarya Ravisankar

M.S. student
Graduate Technical Intern, Intel

Shatila Sarwar

Scientist, Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Tae Hee Kim

Postdoc
Scientist, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

Guorui Cai

Postdoc
Postdoc, University of Maryland
Professor at USTC

Kangwoon Kim

M.S. student
Battery Materials Engineer, Tyfast

Sara Mohammadiasl

M.S. student
Cell Engineer, Tesla
Process Engineer, ExPost Technology

Ali Nekouei

Undergraduate student
Process Engineer, Intel

Yung Ho Kahng

Visiting Professor
Chonnam National Unversity

Serena Low

Undergraduate student
UC San Diego

Satchit Rose

M.S. student
Module & Integration Yield Engineer, Intel

Darren H. S. Tan

Postdoc & Ph.D. student
CEO, Unigrid Battery

Qiaowan Chang

Ph.D. student
Postdoc in Columbia University

Panpan Xu

Postdoc
Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nano bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yoongyo Cho

Postdoc
Scientist, LG Energy Solution

Dawei Xia

M.S. student
Ph.D. student, Virginia Tech

Mingyu Yu

M.S. student
Ph.D. student, University of Delaware

Ki Hwan Koh

Visiting student
Postdoc, UC San Diego

Tae Hee Han

Visiting Scholar
Associate Professor, Hanyang University

Dongdong Wang

Visiting student
Shangdong University

Pranjal Bhaladhare

M.S. student
Battery Test Engineer, Apple

Ying Zhang

Visiting student
Zhengzhou University

Iva Robb

M.S. student
Laboratory Operations Specialist, Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Brandon Markey

Undergraduate student
Engineering Technician, Tesla

Yang Shi

Postdoc
Staff Materials Engineer, Tesla

Fei Ji

M.S. student
Ph.D. student, UC Riverside

Khyati Shah

M.S. student
Module & Integration Yield Engineer, Intel

Jie Fang

M.S. student
Research Associate, Beyond Meat

Shang Gao

M.S. student

Shegli Jiang

Undergraduate student
Ph.D. student, University of Wisconsin

Yoo J. Jung

Undergraduate student

Riley Pu

Undergraduate student
Ph.D. student, Stanford University

Ning Wang

Visiting scholar
Associate Professor, Hebei Normal University

Kun Wang

Visiting student

Huanqing Guan

Undergraduate student
Ph.D. student, Brown Univeristy

Alba Martínez

Undergraduate student
Polytechnic University of Catalonia

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